Today I learned about the Adafruit SHARP Memory Display. Looks like an interesting bit of kit. Don’t have one yet, but maybe one day.
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Open Source Firmware Extraction – Reversing the XGecu T76 Universal Programmer
New Book Teardown #10: The Art of Electronics: The x-Chapters 2nd Edition (2026) | In The Lab
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Silly Job Title: Solder Soldier. I am the Solder Soldier!
In this video we have a look at what’s in The Art of Electronics: The x-Chapters 2nd Edition by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill. The book’s website is here: https://x.artofelectronics.net/
In the same family of books are The Art of Electronics 3rd Edition also by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill and Learning the Art of Electronics: A Hands-On Lab Course 2nd Edition by Thomas C. Hayes, David Abrams, and Paul Horowitz.
There were a few things that came up as we flipped through this venerable tome:
- Prehistory of The Art of Electronics
- Metcal PS-900 Soldering Iron
- JBC Soldering
- Four-terminal sensing
- Digital potentiometer
- Highland Technology
- Sziklai pair
- PIN diode
- Audio Power Amplifier Design by Douglas Self
- Eurocard (printed circuit board)
- Building Electro-Optical Systems: Making It All Work by Philip C. D. Hobbs
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ATX Bench Power Supply Build
Orders of Magnitude, Logarithmic Scales, and Decibels
Today I read Orders of Magnitude, Logarithmic Scales, and Decibels from Ultimate Electronics.
Shuhari
Today I learned Shuhari, or how to master a skill:
- Shu: obey
- Ha: break
- Ri: move away
I don’t really get it yet, but it sounds good. :)
How to measure motor speed electronically
I enjoyed this one from Electronic Wizard.
USB-Micro to USB-C upgrade
HTML Can Do That
An interesting demo of some of the things you can do with contemporary HTML: HTML Can Do That. No JavaScript required!
