Another Mailbag, Dave opens his mail. What have people sent in this week? Forum HERE SPOILERS: Parrot clips Tekbox self powered active load Original Sony TPS-L2 Walkman from 1979 Sony DAT Walkman Sony Video Walkman Matrix SR4000 autochromatic tuner SunStar 1:18 scale Delorean Time Machine Soviet Union Elecktronika MK52 Calculator …

Dave explains how BJT and MOSFET transistors work at the silicon chip level. How does a BJT transistor actually amplify current? P and N type doping, charge carriers, conduction channel, field effect, holes and electrons, all the other good stuff. Forum HERE Podcast: Download

A reddit user asks what is the point in learning basic electronics these days when you can do everything with off the shelf modules and boards like Arduinos and the like. They make it super easy to build stuff, so why does anyone need any knowledge of basic electronics any …

Dave goes back 20 years and find an old PC Based Logic Analyser project of his that was published in Electronics Australia magazine back in 1996. He uncovers the original timing diagrams, schematics, and prototype. And tries to resurrect the old Borland Pascal 7 source code and Lattice ispLSI PLD …

What’s inside the a 1987 vintage Sharp X68000 personal computer / gaming system from Japan? Sold exclusively in Japan from 1987 to 1993 this 10MHz 68000 based boasted graphics capability superior to the Amiga and Atari ST. The powerful graphics enabled pixel-perfect ports of clasic games arcade games, and the …