(nothing less than) The Perfect Tea Timer
Motivation Maybe you just drink coffee. Then this article is not particularly interesting for you. But if you like a cup of black or green tea once in a while […]
Motivation Maybe you just drink coffee. Then this article is not particularly interesting for you. But if you like a cup of black or green tea once in a while […]
Motivation I was building some Lo-Fi CMOS synthies, just like the ones you see here: http://hackaday.com/2015/02/04/logic-noise-sweet-sweet-oscillator-sounds/ or here: http://www.nicolascollins.com/hackingtutorial11.htm Soon after I played around with some simple sequencers and multiplexers […]
Motivation As you may have seen in earlier articles, I produce my own PCBs at home with the toner transfer method. After some experimentation the PCB quality is quite satisfactory, […]
Motivation A while ago a friend asked me if I could take a look on something. He got a clavinova YP-40 (world’s first digital piano) from a newspaper insertion. The […]
Motivation I’ve been manufacturing my own PCBs in my basement now for more than two years. It is amazing what you can achieve these days with relatively inexpensive tools. For […]
Motivation Though I am a musician I don’t care for calling an expensive hi watt stereo my own. For years I have used a homebuilt stereo amplifier built around the […]
Why do you call an ignition coil an ignition coil? Because it’s good for igniting things 😀 The ingredients are simple: – Ne555 based square wave oscillator – switching MOSFET […]
Abstract In this article I will tell you how to interface with a GOULD 4094 digital storage oscilloscope without proprietary software, i.e. using only Linux command line tools and the […]
Motivation The Korg CX-3 is one of the most popular and best sounding Hammond C3 clones. (I am talking about the vintage version from the 70s, not the digital reissue) […]
Motivation So my MFOS Mini Synth is working and a treat to the “synthetophile” ears. But at the time being it makes just experimental noises … what about connecting a […]