Racecar Engineering

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Slowly but surely, hybrid systems are starting to creep into race series across the globe, with electric assistance no longer reserved for the rarefied heights of Formula 1 or LMP1. This is understandable, with even the most basic hatchback from most

CQ Amateur Radio

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Low frequency transistor circuits (below 30 mc) are rapidly becoming passe and reader interest seems to be swinging to vhf stuff. Following the trend, I am brewing up several circuits that will interest you high frequency hounds. Future columns will

CQ Amateur Radio

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In the field of semi-conductors, we deal with materials such as silicon and germanium, and when these solids are employed in electronic circuits, it is generally stated that we are working with the electron flow within, or through, a solid. This enab

Guitar Magazine

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There are plenty of ready-to-go pedal kits out there but something as simple as a vintage-style fuzzbox can be built from scratch. Doing so will help you learn more about the circuitry, as well as make modifications to optimise its tone and versatili

How It Works

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The point-contact transistor is invented at Bell Labs. The p-n junction transistor is created the following year. British electronics engineer Geoffrey Dummer (right) conceives the integrated circuit. He builds a prototype and presents it at a confe

How It Works

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When the greatest inventions of the 20th century are weighed up for their merits there are few people who think of the integrated circuit. They often name some of the devices which it has enabled – which isn’t difficult, as they are numerous – but ra

CQ Amateur Radio

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I confess. I am attracted to inexpensive workbench test gadgets, especially when a gadget proves to be useful and accurate. The operative word in the preceding sentence is “inexpensive.” I’m always looking for an innovative “good deal” in electronic

CQ Amateur Radio

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It was a dark and cloudy day when this defective radio was returned to the 221B Baker Street Laboratory for analysis. I had offered my services to the Ministry of Defence before to help with some of the more singular failures. Watson was unavailable

Hi-Fi Choice

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What’s the difference between the Aria MK2 and the MK3? Well, you’re looking at it. On the inside, nothing. On the outside, what Rega calls its “latest half-width, custom-designed case to give the Aria a fresh new look”. Very smart it is, too, in a P

Hi-Fi Choice

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By virtue of a series of new international shipping networks, an under valued currency and technological innovation, Japan was able to indelibly stamp itself on the consumer electronics world of the seventies – and things have never been the same sin

Stereophile

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In my personal life I prefer the minimalist, one-box architecture of integrated amplifiers. Always have. Before I started writing for Stereophile, my only audio system consisted of a pair of 15 ohm Rogers LS3/5a loudspeakers (with factory wall mounts

Linux Format

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Let’s use the Raspberry Pi’s general purpose input output (GPIO) to do some work. Under the control of a Python script, the GPIO output will drive a heavy load – meaning that the electrical current is in the magnitude of amps rather than milliamps. F

Futurity

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The next generation of feature-filled and energy-efficient electronics will require computer chips just a few atoms thick. For all its positive attributes, trusty silicon can’t take us to these ultrathin extremes. With two new semiconductors, howeve

PC Gamer

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Your PC is made of sand. Or at least the bits that make it a PC are. Melted and refined sand is made into microchips because sand is made of silicon, which is a semiconductor, an element that acts as an electrical conductor under some conditions and

CQ Amateur Radio

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With warmer weather here, the chance to go out and do a bit of fox hunting comes to mind. The biggest problem I have encountered is not finding what direction the signal is coming from when far away from the signal source. Rather, my problem is overl

Futurity

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Scientists have created a material that could extend the life of the batteries in our electronics by more than 100 times. Among the chief complaints for smartphone, laptop and other battery-operated electronics users is that the battery life is too s

How It Works

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Before 1961, scientists believed that only crystalline structures could be semiconductors. These materials were composed of a series of lattices, which allowed any current passed through to do so in a controlled way. However, this accepted science di

CQ Amateur Radio

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Two decades ago, in 1999, I wrote a column predicting what I thought the future would be like in the coming 20 years and, as strange as it seems to me, it’s finally here. As it appears that the COVID-19 situation is still not well under control by th

CQ Amateur Radio

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The ARRL Operating Manual for Amateur Radio 12th Edition While the Handbook and Antenna Book show you how to get on the air, the ARRL Operating Manual is geared toward what to do on the air. This handy guide covers every on-air activity you can think

Futurity

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Slightly bending semiconductors made of organic materials can roughly double the speed of electricity flowing through them, according to new research. The finding could benefit next-generation electronics such as sensors and solar cells. “If implemen

Futurity

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Scientists have figured out how to make tiny individual films—each just a few atoms high—and stack them for use in new kinds of electronics. Over the past half-century, scientists have shaved silicon films down to just a wisp of atoms in pursuit of s

Futurity

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Engineers have created a light-emitting device that’s just millimeters wide and totally transparent when it’s turned off. The material in the device is a monolayer semiconductor, which is just three atoms thick. The device opens the door to invisible

Futurity

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Scientists have created a nanoscale light detector that can convert light to energy, combining both a unique fabrication method and light-trapping structures. In today’s increasingly powerful electronics, tiny materials are a must as manufacturers se

PC Gamer (US Edition)

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Your PC is made of sand. Or at least the bits that make it a PC are. Melted and refined sand is made into microchips because sand is made of silicon, which is a semiconductor, an element that acts as an electrical conductor under some conditions and

CQ Amateur Radio

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CQ’s first FM column appeared in 1971, and W6AQY, one of the early mountaintop repeaters in southern California (which was one of the early areas to begin using repeaters) was put up in 1973. WØRW shares its history… The W6AQY repeater was a private

CQ Amateur Radio

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CQ is in the middle of celebrating its 75th year of serving the Amateur Radio Service. Within those 75 years, technology and ham radio experienced tremendous change. Arguably, one of the biggest changes involved the transition from vacuum tube techno

Hi Fi News

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Although launched in 2018 as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations [HFN Nov ’18], Cambridge Audio continues to expand its Edge series. The latest addition to the flagship range (named in honour of company founder Prof. Gordon Edge) is a monoblock

Futurity

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While tracking electrons moving through exotic materials, researchers have discovered intriguing properties not found in conventional, silicon-based semiconductors. Unlike current silicon-based electronics, which shed most of the energy they consume

Futurity

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Self-erasing chips could help stop counterfeit electronics or provide alerts if sensitive shipments are tampered with, researchers report. The chips rely on a new material that temporarily stores energy, changing the color of the light it emits. It s

CQ Amateur Radio

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Got noisy switches? WB9YBM has a project using low-cost, easy-to-find parts to let you use digital logic to simulate their function and save you the cost of buying high-end replacement switches. The circuit provides some side benefits as well. We’ve