An awesome video about The RS-232 protocol by Ben Eater. There’s some cool stuff on his channel.
The RS-232 protocol
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Category Archives: Electronics
Engineer PA-09 crimping tool
So my new Engineer PA-09 crimping tool arrived today, here are some photos of the packaging:
Some light reading…
Gonna pump this tome:
DVD power cable connector type
There’s a first time for everything, I have posted a question on reddit: DVD power cable connector type.
Update: well, I got an answer! I have ordered the following:
And I went all out and got myself a new crimping tool as well.
Quote for the day
I would like to know more about this: “CMOS latchup was a serious problem well into the 1980s. It no longer is.” from How the FPGA Came to Be, Part 1.
Why can’t two series-connected diodes act as a BJT?
So it turns out you can’t make a transistor from two diodes. :P
Hans Camenzind on the Invention of the Microchip
In this video Hans Camenzind (the electronics engineer who invented the 555 timer) discusses the invention of the microchip. Conclusion? Life is not fair!
Fringe benefits
So someone on #arduino on libera.chat IRC network suggested that I get some Tic Tac containers to put my Arduino Nano circuit boards in… so I got some. A good problem to have! Yum. :)
Transistor count
Wikipedia has an interesting article on Transistor count.
USB Mass Storage Class
I found some info on how mass storage devices are operated over USB:
I believe the relevant kernel source code is here.