Category: Electronics

  • December 16, 2024
    One of the main things you’ll do in electronics is switch voltages. However, for both beginners and advanced electrical engineers,…
  • December 8, 2024
    This is a categorized list of standard and interesting electronic components that I've found over the years. It's sorted by…
  • December 1, 2024
    This is a list of microprocessors, microcontrollers, FPGAs and CPLDs used in military equipment. This information is for curiosity purposes…
  • December 1, 2024
    Pioneer Venus Orbiter (1978) Uses an Intel 4004, which is the first microprocessor to go to space^[http://www.retrotechnology.com/restore/pioneer_4004.html]! Galileo Orbiter (1989)…
  • November 16, 2024
    When you want to do something approximately, quickly, easily, and very reliably, you can always go with an analog circuit.…
  • October 10, 2024
    I updated my MPLAB from v5.45 to v6.2 recently, but when I tried to use my favorite MCC, it decided…
  • September 24, 2024
    Continuing my exploration of Russian military hardware through the Ukrainian government’s open-sourcing of captured equipment, this time, it’s the turn…
  • June 26, 2024
    About a month ago, the Ukrainian Ministry of Intelligence released a massive and comprehensive list of foreign electronic components used…
  • May 8, 2024
    1. Introduction This is a series of three posts I wrote for my university's WARR Rocketry club concerning IO protection…
  • February 25, 2023
    This February I participated in this year’s Vex Robotics Challenge (VRC) with a team from my school. We won an…
  • January 8, 2023
    I love music and I love synthesizers. I’ve already written this introduction in a previous blog post. At the time…
  • December 3, 2022
    Motivation I have a friend. Well, I have more than one, but I have a particularly peculiar friend. Now, according…
  • November 23, 2022
    I am a proud owner of a Yamaha DX7 digital synthesizer from 1984. It’s essential that I mention that. Because…
  • October 11, 2022
    Introduction (do you guys really need it?) The USB-UART converter is the Swiss army knife of the post-Arduino hobby electronics…
  • October 9, 2022
    I like music and I like electronics, so mixing music with electronics is something I would presumably like more. Except…
  • August 11, 2022
    The convenience of modules Sometimes, when on vacation in a Central/Western European country, I visit hobbyist electronics stores. I’m always…
  • July 19, 2022
    Obtaining a strange PLC A few months ago, while talking with an amazing friend, I mentioned that I have an…
  • May 1, 2022
    8051 woes The 8051 microcontroller, in its stock configuration, does not contain an inbuilt ADC. For modern microcontrollers, this is…
  • April 23, 2022
    This is a blog post detailing my construction of a thermometer, from the planning phase, to parts choice, to construction…
  • April 3, 2022
    The main issue As a high school student in a country with extremely limited import capabilities, my choices of equipment…
  • March 23, 2022
    The number 12 Most 8051s work with a clock speed from 0-24MHz, though some can go much faster. The 8051 can…
  • March 19, 2022
    When you set a port as 1, you enable its pull-up resistor. It can’t source much current (“enough for 3…