USB to serial port adapters are gadgets that we have a love/hate relationship. We love that we can add serial port to a new PC, but we hate that many of those adapters do not feel reliable in use. Counterfeit copies of USB to serial ICs have caused headaches for users and manufacurers. And it →
EDN magazine has a very good article series on audio electronics related to ground loop issues (issue I have written myself in this blog and my ground loop documents). The article series is based on material that has originally appeared in Linear Audio, a book-format audio magazine published half-yearly by Jan Didden. The G word: →
AnandTech has an interesting article for all those who don’t know everything on semiconductors: An Introduction to Semiconductor Physics, Technology, and Industry. The article says that while it’s rather easy to understand what a transistor does and some of the terminology thrown around, going deeper can be tough. A great deal of the information on →
Here is something to think about this weekend: I thought that not very much new winds comes on HiFi field. But now I came by an interesting idea: current driven speakers instead of traditional voltage driven. EDN magazine has a nice two article series on this: Loudspeaker operation: The superiority of current drive over voltage →
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Spintronics is an emerging technology exploiting both the intrinsic spin of the electron and its associated magnetic moment, in addition to its fundamental electronic charge, in solid-state devices. Spintronics differs from the older magnetoelectronics, in that the spins are not only manipulated by magnetic fields, but also by electrical fields. Spintronics emerged from discoveries in →
You have most probably used 7805 voltage regulator many times. It is a simple way to get regulated +5V power supply. A Detailed Look at the 7805 Voltage Regulator post at hackaday.com points to an an amazingly detailed article about its theory of operation and implementation of 7805 regulator. As some elements looked a bit odd during →
Android devices can be used as signal generators and signal analyzers. It is easy when all you want is to get the signal out of the speaker or headphone connector, and you are happy to analyze what internal microphone in the device receives. But what if you want to feed some external signal into your →
I have posted some teardowns of serveral electronics devices and have some notes on their electrical safety. Examples of ones with questionable safety were this is tiny USB charger and this USB charger. The later USB charger posting has also example of power supply that seems to have properly built safety in it. But how →