How to Build a Basic USB Powered Amplifier

Buy a LM386, this chip has been around for ever, is cheap, plentiful and the recommended supply voltage is 4-12VDC. With the notch on the chip facing you and pointing up, the pinout from left to right, top to bottom is: LM386 Pinout Pin 1 : Gain Pin 8 : Gain Pin 2 : Input …

How to Setup an Email Address from My Own Domain?

Make sure that your hosting plan covers email hosting. If you do, somewhere in the interface of your hosting package will show IMAP and/or POP3 server settings. This example will cover Godaddy domain registrar and Ionos (formerly 1and1) web hosting provider. Your specific situation will likely be similar enough for this to be useful. Just …

Battery Cover for Crystal IS33 Pressure Calibrator

I see quite a lot of Crystal IS33 pressure calibrators from customers with broken or missing battery covers and so I thought I would try my hand at 3D printing since I’ve never done it before and the idea of it sounded VERY interesting to me. Precise measurement is very important when designing something so …

How to Use the Sunny 16 Rule

Aperture f/16 use shutter speed of 1 over ISO on a bright sunny day, that’s the basic jist of the Sunny 16 Rule. Conditions Settings Sunny ISO 100 f/16 1/100s Slight Overcast ISO 100 f/11 1/100s Overcast ISO 100 f/8 1/100s Heavy Overcast ISO 100 f/5.6 1/100s Shade ISO 100 f/4 1/100s Back in the …

How to Get Started with Arduino

Buy the Arduino UNO (R3 at the time of this writing). This is the “most standard” version of the Arduino that I’ve come across. The Arduino IDE works perfectly via USB and most shields that you come across will be physically and electronically (5V logic) compatible. I would start with the Arduino UNO R3 to …