So, as always I need to apologise for neglecting things on the site but I’ve just been so busy. Besides being busy at work I’ve also been busy in the workshop. One project that I’d like to share with you is my attempt to re-create an iconic British 8-bit computer; the Acorn System 1. The Wiki…

I like 19″ card racks and have made use of them in several projects including a custom computer and an extendable bench power supply unit. The only real problem with them is cost.The basic 19″ frame is reasonable enough, but the card front panels and some of the other bits are really expensive. So, several…

Ebay is awash with these type of small buck regulators and I thought it would be a good idea to put one though its paces, and I’ve written a review about my findings. You can rind it in the Review section of this site.

This was one of those projects that should have taken an afternoon and ended up as a reasonably large build, however it’s now complete and working rather nicely. It’s also a perfect of example how I sometimes create a piece of test equipment for use with another project I’m working on. In this case I…