Today I read about Alessandro Volta who is the person the “volt” was named after. Volta achieved a number of things but the most famous of them is the Voltaic pile, the first battery.
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Category Archives: Hardware
Low Tech Sensors and Actuators
Today I discovered Low Tech Sensors and Actuators while reading Getting Started with Arduino. It’s a report about how to salvage electronics from cheap toys to make various types of systems which can interact with their environment.
Reballing DDR3/4/5 RAM Is EASY
Regballing RAM is in my future.
X-TREME 3D RC HELICOPTER FLYING
Okay, these guys are just showing off.
USB Looper for Serial Debugging and File Transfer
Here’s a fun build from element14 presents: Build Your Own USB Looper for Serial Debugging and File Transfer — Episode 702. It lets you connect two USB hosts to each other. I wanted to check out the software and schematics but I couldn’t find the files to download from anywhere…
DIY BluesBreaker
In this video Ruckus Audio makes a BluesBreaker for his guitar.
A look inside the FGE2500 ECL Gate Array from Fairchild Semiconductor
In this short video we see inside a FGE2500 gate array from Fairchild Semiconductor. It has 2,840 gates using a 1.5 micron process and was made back in the 1980s.
Undeformable pen clip
I love what these guys are doing with clips and such.
The “Secret Code” Key | Project 9/30 | Maxitronix 30in1 | In The Lab With Jay Jay
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Silly Job Title: Earth Grounder. I am the Earth Grounder!
In this video we do the 9th project from the Maxitronix 30in1 Electronics Project Lab Kit: The “Secret Code” Key.
We use the Rigol MSO5074 Mixed Signal Oscilloscope to examine the buzzer tone signal.
We use the UNI-T UTi260B Thermal Imager to check thermals (there are none to speak of).
We use the Kaisi S-160 45x30cm Repair Mat as our workspace.
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One ROM 40 – 16-Bit ROM Replacement for Amiga and Beyond
The latest One ROM installment from Piers Rocks. He made his own PIO/DMA emulator and One ROM logic analyzer, as one does.