Collaborate Disseminate
[Bits und Bolts] has been restoring an old PC motherboard with the infamous bad electrolytic capacitors. The video of his exploits was interesting enough, but pretty standard stuff. What we …read more Continue reading Antique Motherboard Speaks
If you think about it, an antenna is nothing more than a radio frequency energy sensor, or — more precisely — a transducer. So, it shouldn’t be a surprise that …read more Continue reading Atomic Antenna uses Lasers
Recently, we’ve seen a lot of semi-portable power stations. These have some big rechargeable battery and various connection options. [Dereksgc] wanted to make his own and decided the perfect housing …read more Continue reading PC Case Makes Portable Power Supply
[Proper Printing] often does unusual 3D printer mods. This time, he’s taking a CPU cooler made for a Raspberry Pi with some heat pipes and converting it into a 3D …read more Continue reading CPU Cooler in a Printer’s Hot End
If you predate the pocket calculator, you may remember slide rules. But slide rules take a a little skill to use. There was a market for other devices that were …read more Continue reading Pocket Calculator isn’t a Brain or Magic
We were not surprised to read that a company that tracks NFTs declared that most NFTs are now worthless. But the NFT — non-fungible token — market was huge, so …read more Continue reading NFTs and Tulipmania: A Little Bit of History Repeating
If you’ve ever watched a cartoon where something blows up, you’ve probably seen a detonator — the device with a plunger that, when you push it, some dynamite blows up …read more Continue reading An Explosive Look at Detonators
If you spend much time helping people with word processor programs, you’ll find that many people don’t really use much of the product. They type, change fonts, save, and print. …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: Deep Git Rebasing
The 80386 was — arguably — Intel’s first modern CPU. The 8086 was commercially successful, but the paged memory model was stifling. The 80286 also had a protected mode, which …read more Continue reading [Ken] Looks at the 386
You smell smoke and the piece of gear you are working on stops working, probably at an inopportune time. You open it up and immediately see the burned remains of …read more Continue reading Burnt Resistor Sleuthing