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Linux and electronics notes. edit / delete

There's a pretty spectacular demo of rewinding a transformer using a stepper motor to distribute the windings evenly -- and some other neat things, e.g. building a boost converted using an AVR, and measuring AA cell discharge rates.

to aa avr battery electronics microcontroller stepper transformer winding ... on 24 March 2013

Battery Showdown — The Best AA Battery You Can Buy? edit / delete

A decent comparison of a wide range of AA brands. The executive summary is that within each chemistry, they're all nearly indistinguishable -- so (provided you stick to alkaline batteries, not zinc or lithium) you should just buy whatever's cheapest. Which works for me.

to aa battery electronics ... on 28 September 2012