Circuitos Eletrônicos

There are 35 patch points on offer here, and they are broken down into seven main elements. The general inputs in the lower section allow you to control oscillator frequency, pulse-width modulation (PWM), gate triggering, delay time, filter cutoff an

NAD has used CES in Las Vegas to announce its first product to feature a new Class-D amplifier technology called HybridDigital Purifi ‘Eigentakt’ (which means ‘self-clocking’ or ‘self-oscillating’), developed in collaboration with Danish amplifier mo

Newport Test Labs measured the overall frequency response of the Krix Esoterix Altum speaker as extending from 38Hz to 36kHz ±3.2dB, which is an excellent result and is shown as the black trace in Graph 1. You can see that the trace is flattest acros

Newport Test Labs measured the power output of the Ayre EX-8 at 1kHz, both channels driven into 80, as being 100-watts continuous per channel, exactly on specification. Power at the frequency extremes dropped a little below this, by 0.5dB to 93-watts

This is an important release as it is the first totally new release from British company Musical Fidelity since they were purchased by Vienna’s Audio Tuning last year. Despite the change in ownership, Simon Quarry, the design genius behind so many Mu

Onkyo A-9010 £229 Best stereo amplifier under £300, Awards 2017 Our favourite budget amplifier, this is arguably the most entertaining affordable amp around. It is agile and has a wicked sense of rhythm. Power 44W Inputs Line-in x5, MM Outputs Headph

Last time, we discussed the hardware and design of a new KISS modem developed by Nino Carrillo, KK4HEJ. Keeping with that theme, this month we’ll take a closer look at some of the practical aspects of actually putting a packet link on the air, along

The Tube Screamer has long been a favourite platform for modders and hot-rodders, and the family tree of the classic green overdrive contains a number of excellent op-amp drives like the Timmy and Zendrive that owe the Tube Screamer at least a passin

Controls the input volume before it hits the main digital pedal circuit. Controls the volume of the dry output. Functions in some ways like a mix knob, allowing you to blend the dry and wet signals. The sub octave is one octave below the dry sign

If you want to see some of these circuits working in actual hardware – a 4-bit adder would be a good choice because the circuit is interesting but of manageable proportions – there’s absolutely no reason why not. Unlike building logic gates, your bas

Canada is mining a rich seam of hi-fi lately. Like fellow brand Paradigm (see p64), Anthem may be best known for its pedigree multi-channel components in home theatre circles, but increasingly two-channel hi-fi purists are singing its praises. At £5,

Luxman’s diminutive SQ-N150 tube amplifier has a power output to match: just 2x12W at 1% THD into 8-4ohm loads. Even under dynamic conditions, its maximum output of 14W, 15.5W, 10W and 5.8W into 8, 4, 2 and 1ohm loads, at up to 3% THD, suggests it is

An established part of the Simaudio stable, the MOON 740P preamp is also the ‘squeaky clean’ half of this amplifier duo. With the offset at 0dB, overall gain is +6dB (or x2, balanced in/out) and the A-wtd S/N ratio a fabulously wide 100dB (re. 0dBV).

An Inside Look at Op-Amps Probably no single component in the electronics twiddlerand-fiddler’s arsenal has made life easier than the versatile operational amplifier or op-amp. Originally, the operational amplifier was called upon to do precisely tha

With the fall months approaching, it is time to look at one of the most common problems facing builders when it comes to receiver kits. Other than the great Murania kit, reception of signals coming from the AM broadcast band on simple regenerative sh

Surface-mount technology (SMT), Surface-mount devices (SMD), and microprocessors (µP) are modern construction techniques that are taken for granted in all the electronic products we use every day. They are the products of a construction evolution tha

In previous columns, we have described various antique methods that were proposed to allow communications without wires in the “olden days.” These columns usually result in many comments from readers as obviously there is interest in what our predece

The multipliers and attenuators discussed above are the workhorses of any modular setup, but there are many other flavours to explore. One such example is the Slew Limiter, which allows you to control the rate of change of a CV signal. For example, y

Deterioration is a fact of life with old classic motorcycles, and more than anything it is the electrical systems that suffer the most. The components most vulnerable are generators and ignition systems where heat and corrosion conspire over time to

This integrated amp does it all: digital conversion though a system with an ESS Sabre DAC and jitter reduction, discreet pre-amp circuitry with specialised options for headphones, a phono stage, plus Class AB amplification through two separate channe

The most powerful stereo amp to date from an iconic hi-fi maker, the MC462 delivers 450 watts of power to any loudspeaker. The chunky McIntosh look is intact: green details, black body and a silver finish match the brand’s other gear. Dynamic headroo

By "smashing" proteins and looking at the broken bits, scientists at Rutgers University say they've discovered four basic building blocks that can be stacked like Legos to build all kinds of different proteins. The results described in Proceedings of

The Earth may not be flat, but the web certainly is. “There is no ‘top’ to the World-Wide Web,” declared a 1992 foundational document from the World Wide Web Consortium—meaning that there is no central server or organizational authority to determine