Monsoon season just ended here in southern Arizona. During this time of year, brief but intense storms roll through with lots of lightning — one of nature's most spectacular sources of electromagnetic ...

You would think detecting lightning would be easy. Each lightning bolt has a staggering amount of power, and, clearly, you can hear the results on any radio. But it is possible to optimize a simple ...

ESD detectors are useful in correlating unusual circuit upsets with specific ESD events. The following is based on a simple lightning detector circuit by Charles Wenzel and written up later by Bob ...

Lightning storm detectors have been around for a surprisingly long time. The early designs consisted of a pair of metal bells and a pendulum. When there was a charge applied, for example by connecting ...

A while ago, we had a ton of lightning. As a bonus, it always happened in the middle of the night. I love sleeping where it sounds like I am on the front line in WWI - no, I don't. But, while lying ...