Author Archives: M. Eric Carr

The USB-C High Voltage Hydra: Don’t Get Bit!

USB-C multiple-device charging cables can subject devices to excessive voltage. Here’s the story. Continue reading

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Artisinal Digital Audio

Loss of precision due to scale in a float32 parameter makes for weird, shaky sine waves. Continue reading

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MobiFlight

MobiFlight makes it easy to add physical controls to a flight simulator setup, using Arduino. Continue reading

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Z80 End-Of-Life

Zilog has announced that the Z80 processor will go EOL. Almost fifty years is a pretty good run, for a CPU. Continue reading

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