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Diode ring mixer

A picture says a 1000 words.. this is an ancient mixer on e-bay recently, I have one for experimentation. It…

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How to get a desired resistance using standard resistor values

This is easier than expected… (example) type “how can I get 2869 ohms using standard resistors” in Wolfram Alpha and …

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Programming the ATmega32U2

This is a low cost microcontroller, less than $5 in a qty of 1. ATmega ready-made boards are cheap, around…

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Quad FET mixer

Saw this mixer here (google translation – the original website is in Japanese).It looks quite neat! The entire website has…

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Transmission line transformers (TLT)

Worryingly, there are comments here: http://www.eham.net/articles/24502  that are simply wrong, and cause a lot of confusion to people trying to…

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Writing and running Java programs in 5 minutes: Java error: package com does not exist

For quick development work, I’m not interested in using netbeans or eclipse or some other IDE, but the majority of…

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Mixer circuits

Most modern mixer information these days concerns the Gilbert Cell active mixer, but these are alternative active mixers, snippets from…

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More dielectric constants

Since these are so hard to find, I’m going to record all findings. According to a 1961 document called Plastic-Film-Dielectric…

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Tablet cover part 3 (final part)

Edges were soaked with water, and sewed bit-by-bit, clipping it into place after sewing each little bit (lots of clips…

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Tablet cover part 2

I decided on a book type cover, so the following shape was laser cut in leather.   CAD file is…