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Slides PDF: Electrolytics are Ticking Time Bombs Bit Preserve: GitHub Repo with Vintage Computer Schematics in KiCad Bald Engineer’s Capacitor Video Playlist TRS 80 Model 100 Cap …

Multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) are so ubiquitous that you see them on almost every printed circuit board. Engineers and supply chain managers often ask whether polymer …

Experience comparing DIY and Turnkey PCB assembly with the Bald SENSE project. This journey started almost four years ago. Thanks to a collaboration with MacroFab, I am finally …

I dive into Pico Technology’s latest PicoScope oscilloscope software, PicoScope 7. Using a PicoScope 2000A (from the element14 Community), James walks through key measurements and …

The Apple II’s ROM has the 8th bit set for all of its ASCII strings. This convention makes it difficult to search the ROM for hex strings quickly. This Python script takes an ASCII …

Learn more about Teardown 2024 Google Slides Download Slides (PDF) Links Circuit Break Podcast #434: The Other VCC Circuit Break Podcast #141: It Depends MLCCs with James Lewis …

The B&K Precision DAS60 is a data recorder. It features 6 wide-range voltage inputs, 16 digital channels, and RTD thermal sensor inputs and comes in a small compact form factor. In …

The Retro Repairs RoundUp crew invited me to be a guest on episode 56 of their livestream. As their name implies, they discuss retro computers and, in many streams, how to repair …

I must extend a big “Thank You!” to Lewin Day at Hackaday for this excellent Mega IIe write-up. Accompanying the post is an archived recording of my Supercon 2023 talk. That talk …

Check out NXP’s latest microcontroller boards. These boards of their new MCX-A and MCX-N microcontrollers. The form factor is what NXP calls Freedom (FRDM.) The MCX line of …