Category Archives: Analog

Anything and everything related to analog electronics (which on this blog won’t be much, trust me.)

Kilofarad

Posted on 2023-03-31 by M. Eric Carr

“Kilofarad” is not a word I thought I’d ever have an actual use for. And yet… Continue reading →

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Back EMF

Posted on 2020-02-03 by M. Eric Carr

Lenz’s Law explodes an NMOSFET and kills an Arduino Uno. (Sometimes, Science goes bang.) Continue reading →

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Gone fishin’

Posted on 2019-09-15 by M. Eric Carr

Automating Minecraft fishing with an Arduino Leonardo and a microphone sensor. Continue reading →

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Component Tester

Posted on 2019-05-31 by M. Eric Carr

The microcontroller revolution has accelerated the development of tools available to the electronics industry. Multimeters (recently, DMMs) and oscilloscopes (recently, DSOs) have been a staple of electronics workbenches for decades, along with signal generators, frequency counters, and other specialized tools. … Continue reading →

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