Category Archives: Electronics

Components: LM386 audio amplifier

Posted on 2026-03-30 by M. Eric Carr

The LM386 audio amplifier is a convenient way to add a speaker amp to electronics projects. Continue reading →

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Serial LED Matrix

Posted on 2025-12-31 by M. Eric Carr

Daisy-chained SPI interfaces and fast microcontrollers make driving large, bright LED displays easy. Continue reading →

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Nerd Sniped

Posted on 2025-09-28 by M. Eric Carr

In which I self-nerd-snipe and find an empirical answer to the original xkcd Nerd Sniping problem Continue reading →

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Transistor Reliability

Posted on 2025-03-30 by M. Eric Carr

In order for modern CPUs to ever have a chance of working, transistors have to be insanely reliable. And then some. Continue reading →

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