Generic SMPS Schematic
General switched mode power supply
A Madcap look at Radio Valves (Thermionic tubes) – part two
While I am on a roll decided to write up part two of this series. Some idiotic things you can get away with when working...
A Madcap look at Radio Valves (Thermionic tubes) – part one
I think everyone over the age of 40 should be culled! Youngsters at work have never heard of the Holocaust, the Berlin Wall and now,...
Radio Valves (Thermionic Tubes) – For better or worse!
Read recently where the author claimed the radio tube was an analog device. I find that rather peculiar - what would make a 'tube' an...
Akai M8 – Vintage Audio
Akai M8 Semi-professional reel-to-reel vintage audio Many years ago my father owned an M8 - it was an expensive piece of equipment in those days,...
Is the Computer a Curse
I write this post being an avid believer that computers must work for us, not the other way round but also realise that there are...
The small s in BRICS
To Build or not to Build [Editor's comment: for visitors from countries outside BRICS the wiki article found here is fairly detailed and outlines the...
The Joomla Vs WordPress Vs Drupal debate.
I'm not going to plagiarise here, neither duplicate content which I found to be important in our own personal quest to determine the king of...