Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...

Utilizing the photo-sensitive nature of silicon, VMI has created a line of hermetically sealed, high voltage optocouplers and opto-diodes in versions that can be assembled in series configuration for ...

The importance of signal isolation in high-voltage design The difference between optocouplers and opto-emulators Details on TI’s silicon dioxide (SiO 2) isolation technology Isolation is invaluable in ...

LTSpice and the underlying Spice engine does a great job of simulating ideal components. But it is also capable — if you know how — of handling models of real-world devices. Inductors, for example, ...

Agriculture uses antibiotics to help reduce death rates among livestock, but the amount is very low and tightly regulated. No current evidence suggests that antibiotics in meat and animal foods ...

Eggs on their own are low in calories, but this value varies depending on size and what you prepare them with. They provide nutrients you don’t find in many other foods, like vitamin D. Eggs are an ...

We’ve talked about this tiny gadget before: the Flipper Zero. Officially, it’s a $170 tamagotchi-fied hacking gadget with a sub-gigahertz radio and some accessory pins. Unofficially, it’s a menace’s ...

It doesn't feel pain, or pity or remorse, and it absolutely will not stop, until you watch The Terminator movies in order. The Terminator franchise is a sci-fi epic - six movies (some excellent, some ...