Industrial Alchemy

Unusual valves, semiconductors and display devices - all the things that were competing with Nixie tubes, for example.

to electronics history led retrotech semiconductor valve ... on 07 October 2017

Projects - Dmitry Grinberg

Reverse-engineering cheap ARM microcontrollers, and some very fancy LED lighting projects.

to electronics led microcontroller reverse-engineering ... on 06 March 2017

Flashlight information

And batteries and chargers and LED drivers and and and. Very comprehensive, and the author's consistent in how different items are reviewed, so it's a good basis for comparison.

to battery electronics flashlight led psu review torch ... on 20 December 2014

Thinkpad Hacking: LED Backlight Conversions

"Converting a Thinkpad from a CCFL to an LED backlight is a straightforward process, though there's some DIY involved." Pretty comprehensive.

to backlight ccfl electronics inverter laptop led repair thinkpad ... on 24 August 2014

PICatout: LED scintillante

Making your own flashing LED, with a little PIC glued to the base. This is very silly and also very impressive.

to amusements electronics led microcontroller pic ... on 09 April 2014

2,4V-StepUp-PowerLed-Treiber - LED Schaltungen, Treiber und µC - LedStyles.de

7555-based circuit to run a string of high-power LEDs from a couple of AA cells. Very neat!

to 555 electronics led power psu ... on 18 April 2012

Simple High-Power LED Regulator

I probably have all these bits in my junk collection.

to electronics led power psu ... on 23 March 2012

Things to make and do.

Mostly involving fire and/or light. Includes the Joule Thief, and how to solve the problem of the last Rolo using explosives.

to amusements electronics led pyrotechnics ... on 03 October 2009

SparkFun Electronics - LED Matrix - Dual Color - Medium

The LED matrices Matt bought. Very pretty.

to display electronics led matrix shopping ... on 17 July 2009