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STICKY Megathread: Random observations about electronic devices

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The Vacuum Tube’s Last Stand(s)

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My son bought a box of "stuff" and called me to see what he should do with it.

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50-Ohm Impedance: Origins and Why It Became the Standard

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Make Your Own ColecoVision At Home (Part 1 - Design) | Leaded Solder

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A survey of capacitance meters

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Minimum voltage applied to a super-bright LED [2048x1400 - 375KB]

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This Little Piggy Audits Your Wi-Fi Security - Hackster.io

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Kris Slyka Builds a Working Analog TV Transmitter From an STM32 and "Almost No [Other] Parts" - Hackster.io

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Soviet Tektronix 7000-series oscilloscope copies | martinjonestechnology

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Archive of the Dick Smith Electronics Catalogue 1987 1988 : Internet Archive

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Desoldering Made Easy (thick copper wire to spread heat to all pins at once)

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GaN 65W power supply/charger bought for four quid from Aliexpress

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The Surprisingly Long Life of the Vacuum Tube

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SparkFun Electronics Officially Dropping AdaFruit Industries due to Code of Conduct Violation

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Visual ASMR of microsoldering [1:24]

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High Performance Motor Control From the Ground Up || Field Oriented Control (FOC)

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Just another electronics blog

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Radio Antenna Fundamentals - Part 1 (1947) [Gerry Trenwith] [26:09]

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Why the Mark On the Tip of a Ceramic Capacitor? - Mr. Carlson's Lab

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Unfortunately, the old radio isn't going to sing again for a while. [4032x3024 - 981KB]

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The next thing on my bench. [4032x3024 - 1.54MB]

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This Device Made Phone Calls Cheaper! [Ringway Manchester] [08:22]

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WisMesh Tag - A thin, IP66-rated Meshtastic GPS tracker for outdoor use

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A vintage TRF Coil from CARCO of Cleveland, OH [2000x2667 - 484KB]

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I've got an old power supply on the bench. [3024x4032 - 1.03MB]

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