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When most of us approach a project, we have a certain problem to solve. 3D printing, microcontrollers, batteries, and all kinds of technologies are usually tools to accomplish some task. …read more Continue reading Solar Cells As Art Form
A traditional early project for someone discovering a love for electronics has been for many years a metal detector. This would mean a few transistors back in the day, but …read more Continue reading A No-Calibration Metal Detector
You’d think that a synthesizer that makes as much noise and sports as many knobs as this one would have more than a dozen transistors on board. Surely the circuit …read more Continue reading Relax and Enjoy This Simple Drone Synthesizer
Hurricane season is rapidly approaching those of us who live in the northern hemisphere. While that does come with a good deal of stress for any homeowners who live in …read more Continue reading DIY Metal Detector Gives You The Mettle To Find Some Medals
Most of us have beheld the sonic glory of an Atari Punk Console, that lo-fi synth whose classic incarnation is a pair of 555 timers set up to warble and …read more Continue reading The Atari Punk Console, Now With More Vacuum Tubes
There’s a certain elite set of chips that fall into the “cold, dead hands” category, and they tend to be parts that have proven their worth over decades, not years. …read more Continue reading Classic Chip Line-Up Powers This Fun Dub Siren Synth
I wish I could tell you that there’s some complex decision tree at play when I select a piece of hardware to take apart for this series, but ultimately it …read more Continue reading Teardown: Franz Crystal Metronome
GPS technology is a marvel of the modern world. Not only can we reliably locate positions on the planet with remarkable accuracy and relatively inexpensive hardware, but plenty of non-location-based features of the technology are available for other uses as …read more
We are always glad to see [Ken Shirriff] tear into something new and this month he’s looking inside a quartz oscillator module. Offhand, you’d think there’s not much to these. A slab of quartz and some sort of inverter, right? …read more
Whatever kind of clock you’re interested in building, you’re going to need to build an oscillator of some sort. Whether it be a pendulum, a balance wheel, or the atomic transitions of cesium or rubidium, something needs to go back …read more
Continue reading Tuning Fork Keeps This Throwback Digital Clock Ticking