- December 16, 2024One of the main things you’ll do in electronics is switch voltages. However, for both beginners and advanced electrical engineers,…
- December 8, 2024This is a categorized list of standard and interesting electronic components that I've found over the years. It's sorted by…
- December 1, 2024This is a list of microprocessors, microcontrollers, FPGAs and CPLDs used in military equipment. This information is for curiosity purposes…
- December 1, 2024Pioneer 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, 2024When you want to do something approximately, quickly, easily, and very reliably, you can always go with an analog circuit.…
- October 10, 2024I updated my MPLAB from v5.45 to v6.2 recently, but when I tried to use my favorite MCC, it decided…
- September 24, 2024Continuing my exploration of Russian military hardware through the Ukrainian government’s open-sourcing of captured equipment, this time, it’s the turn…
- June 26, 2024About a month ago, the Ukrainian Ministry of Intelligence released a massive and comprehensive list of foreign electronic components used…
- May 8, 20241. Introduction This is a series of three posts I wrote for my university's WARR Rocketry club concerning IO protection…
- February 25, 2023This February I participated in this year’s Vex Robotics Challenge (VRC) with a team from my school. We won an…
- January 8, 2023I love music and I love synthesizers. I’ve already written this introduction in a previous blog post. At the time…
- December 3, 2022Motivation I have a friend. Well, I have more than one, but I have a particularly peculiar friend. Now, according…
- November 23, 2022I am a proud owner of a Yamaha DX7 digital synthesizer from 1984. It’s essential that I mention that. Because…
- October 11, 2022Introduction (do you guys really need it?) The USB-UART converter is the Swiss army knife of the post-Arduino hobby electronics…
- October 9, 2022I like music and I like electronics, so mixing music with electronics is something I would presumably like more. Except…
- August 11, 2022The convenience of modules Sometimes, when on vacation in a Central/Western European country, I visit hobbyist electronics stores. I’m always…
- July 19, 2022Obtaining a strange PLC A few months ago, while talking with an amazing friend, I mentioned that I have an…
- May 1, 20228051 woes The 8051 microcontroller, in its stock configuration, does not contain an inbuilt ADC. For modern microcontrollers, this is…
- April 23, 2022This is a blog post detailing my construction of a thermometer, from the planning phase, to parts choice, to construction…
- April 3, 2022The main issue As a high school student in a country with extremely limited import capabilities, my choices of equipment…
- March 23, 2022The number 12 Most 8051s work with a clock speed from 0-24MHz, though some can go much faster. The 8051 can…
- March 19, 2022When you set a port as 1, you enable its pull-up resistor. It can’t source much current (“enough for 3…