James
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@AddOhms on YouTube. aka KN6FGY, https://t.co/0O9YffBeym on bsky, and [email protected].
Chicago, IL
Joined October 2007
Here some more detailed macroshots of the two die-heavy sections of the package. Beautiful 😻 (3/n)
The Burr-Brown A/D converter was easily decapped, just some heat needed… …revealing a multi-IC setup with 28 dies in one package! (2/n)
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No Semiconductor November Contest Update #1
#NoSemiconductorNovember
NO SEMICONDUCTOR NOVEMBER $500 IN CASH PRIZES Submit a schematic of your best design without using any semiconductors. Follow this account and submit your schematic with the #NoSemiconductorNovember tag. I will decide the winners at the end of the month. FIVE CASH PRIZES!
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If number 666 is evil… Then 25.8069758011 is the root of all evil.
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The new Arduboy FX-C is an ATmega32U4-based, credit card-sized gaming device that supports multiplayer over USB-C and includes over 300 preloaded games.
theverge.com
The new 8-bit Arduboy FX-C comes with 300 preloaded games.
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Check out this unique contest. No LEDs means it'll have to consider some LECs: light-emitting capacitors. (They're one-time use only.)
NO SEMICONDUCTOR NOVEMBER $500 IN CASH PRIZES Submit a schematic of your best design without using any semiconductors. Follow this account and submit your schematic with the #NoSemiconductorNovember tag. I will decide the winners at the end of the month. FIVE CASH PRIZES!
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I spelled potentiometer correctly for the first time ever. I kept waiting for the squiggles to appear.
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It can also make music when powered by NFC. This uses the same MCU.
10 Cent Microcontroller Makes Music https://t.co/gvpKFNw6EC
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🎉 Registration Opens Monday, October 27! 🎉 Mark your calendars — APEC 2026 is coming to San Antonio, Texas, March 22–26, 2026! Don’t miss your chance to be part of the industry’s most exciting event of the year — where innovators, leaders, and future-shapers come together to
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Took a week but we have notes on our website about our first episode we recorded last week. Episode 1 - We Didn't Remember To Write Down the Episode Title https://t.co/JJaFez2N5Y Record episode 2 next Thursday. 7PM Central. Promise.
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Why and how to replace electrolytic capacitors in vintage computers -- my @vcfmidwest 2025 talk.
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Daniel Marks' ATmega328P-based ISA card provides two SD cards for use as mass storage on an old computer.
hackaday.com
Back when the IBM PC was new, laying out an ISA board was a daunting task. You probably didn’t have a very fast ‘scope, if you had one at all. Board layout was almost certainly done on …
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Hire Cyber City Circuits for your PCB Assembly and Prototyping needs. We handle quantities from three to a thousand. We have helped dozens of happy customers all around the country and we can help your small business too. Thank you. https://t.co/hsV3AV6Ovl
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Upcoming Webinar: Intro to Benchtop EMC Testing with Baltic Lab Join Elektor and Baltic Lab to tackle the essentials of Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC). Explore how to test emissions on your bench with easy-to-find gear and gain handy circuit design tips for EMC
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Here's an article I need to bookmark for later. If I want to do some ASIC design, I'll eventually want to do mixed-signal stuff, so I'll want to know how the analog is dealt with. https://t.co/IWtxZmdM2l
hackaday.com
Our hacker [Pat Deegan] of Psychogenic Technologies shows us the entire process of designing an analog ASIC. An ASIC is of course an Application-Specific Integrated Circuit, which is basically just…
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Teardown: A&D Medical UA-651SL Blood Pressure Monitor
goughlui.com
This weekend has been a bit of a tough one, battling the flu, but I suppose I better keep posting otherwise I’ll be buried in a mountain of things to write about. Seeing as I successfully mod…
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The WebScreen project by @hwmedialabllc is now live on @crowd_supply This clever little device provides a customizable notification screen designed to be placed on top of your monitor. The best part is that it is open source and extensible with JavaScript, so you can customize
crowdsupply.com
A hackable, open-source gadget for gamers and makers that sits on top of your monitor like a webcam to keep important notifications, reminders, and stats visible
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