Collaborate Disseminate
Generally semiconductor devices like transistors have fixed properties, but using an azobenzene (Azo) compound it’s possible to optically alter these properties by exposing them to UV light. This is demonstrated …read more Continue reading Using Azo Photoisomerization to Alter Semiconductor Film Properties
In the cross-over between the era of tapes into that of MP3s, you’d see quite a few of those special cassette tapes that were actually digital music players inside. Some …read more Continue reading Making a Digital Music Player for Cassette Decks
Before moving to land grid array (LGA) packaging whereby each pin on the substrate is just a copper pad, processors commonly used pin grid array (PGA) packaging, including the still …read more Continue reading Reconstructing a Pin on a Pin Grid Array Package
With the Earth’s atmosphere being effectively just a less dense fluid than the oceans around us, it’s reasonable to ask why we got wind turbines and wind mills quite literally …read more Continue reading Why Wave Energy is the Final Frontier of Renewable Energy
Although things may seem simple on the North American grid as an end-user if you limit yourself to just 120 VAC and NEMA 1-15 and 5-15 connectors, there is a …read more Continue reading Introducing the Periodic Table of US Electrical Receptacles
One of the nice things about the weather is that even if it’s bad right now, it’ll definitely be changing soon and maybe even for the better. There is one …read more Continue reading Heat Domes: Meet the Quiet and Oppressive Take on the Thunderdome
After previously adopting a big Sony Trinitron CRT TV that had been trying to hitch a ride along the side of a road in Italy for at least six years, …read more Continue reading After 6 Years as Road Ornament a Widescreen Sony Trinitron Lives Again
The site of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP) remains a unique location, as what’s left of the No. 4 reactor is the only place in the world where you …read more Continue reading Sampling the Elephant’s Foot and Chornobyl’s Tedious Corium Clean-up
With the Xtensa Lx7 twin CPU cores in the ESP32-S3 running at a relatively zippy 240 MHz and accompanying PSRAM of up to 16 MB, you might find yourself wondering …read more Continue reading Running Linux 6.11 on the ESP32-S3 with a Few Tweaks
After saving a £300, 16-port Ubiquiti network switch from getting tossed into the trash, [Buy It Fix It] got the honor of trying to repair it. With four ports and …read more Continue reading Fixing a Ubiquiti 16-Port PoE Switch With an Extra Hole