Class D – The beginning of a new Era
Why Class D amplifiers are the way to go As a young (or old) student it takes some time to get one's head around the...
The importance of RIAA
Why do we use RIAA? To kick off, and this is a response to forum user "Roggies" request for a schematic for a budget quality...
National Semiconductor – LME49811
The LME49811 from National Semiconductor / TI Greetings! Class D amplifiers and drivers are becoming so popular that some of the largest IC manufacturers are...
Protecting your Amplifier
Protection devices for Audio Amplifiers There is a lot of theory put into amplifier design and when one looks at these complicated circuits often the...
Practical examples Differentials and Current Mirrors (Part-II)
A quick glimpse into the lives of differential amplifiers and current mirrors. Here again we bring out the tried and trusted LM741. [caption id="attachment_976" align="alignnone"...
Current Mirrors and Long Tailed Pairs
Differential Amplifiers - what they do (Part One) Long tail pairs or differential amplifiers have one important purpose: To amplify the difference between two inputs...
Sziklai Pair and Quasi Complementary output stages
Sziklai versus Darlington The Sziklai, like the Darlington is a very high current gain device. After dabbling on a few pages about Darlington transistors, what...
DMX – Making the whole thing work
What and how to connect - the mechanics of DMX So now you have purchased or built your own desktop DMX lighting controller, what next?...
How DMX Intelligent Lighting works
Some real work for the Arduino and Pi - DMX Lighting In a previous article we briefly touched on DMX lighting - Light Control - The...
Top Links for the DIY Audio Nut
Learning about Audio Although SEO is all about well written material sometimes we do need to veer off this patch of oasis and not re-invent...