Inside a classic 1987 Casio FX-730P Scientific Calculator / BASIC computer Forum HERE Thanks to the Defpom who dropped by the EEVblog lab Podcast: Download
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Inside a classic 1987 Casio FX-730P Scientific Calculator / BASIC computer Forum HERE Thanks to the Defpom who dropped by the EEVblog lab Podcast: Download
Read More »Can a product work without ANY bypass capacitors? Dave finds out by “Muntzing” the Gigatron TTL computer. Lots of interesting talk on bypassing, grounding, probing, signal integrity, ground loops and noise and crosstalk. Forum HERE Links: http://www.electronicdesign.com/boards/whats-all-muntzing-stuff-anyhow http://web.mst.edu/~jfan/slides/Archambeault1.pdf https://ewh.ieee.org/r3/enc/emcs/archive/2012-10-10b_DecouplingMyths.pdf http://www.ti.com/lit/ml/slyp173/slyp173.pdf https://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/user_guides/ug483_7Series_PCB.pdf https://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/application_notes/xapp623.pdf Podcast: Download
Read More »Review of the Gigatron.io TTL 8 bit retro computer kit. The processor is built entirely using TTL logic. http://www.gigatron.io Live 4 hours build: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wECZoUNd2GY Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »How does a PC read an old school analog joystick? It might be more interesting than you think. Or how to make an ADC out of a 555 Timer… IBM PC Jr Technical Reference Manual Tandy 1000 Technical Reference Manual Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »Dave looks at the biggest flop in 1980’s personal computers, the IBM PC Jr. Teardown and extensive walk-through of the main motherboard. Part 2 HERE Service Manual HERE Forum HERE Podcast: Download
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