Electronic Projects and Techniques
Electronics was my first serious hobby, starting with a Radio Shack® 150-in-1 lab kit and working my way up from there. I have no formal training in the field, but I’ve learned a lot from reading, experimenting, my father, and my biggest influence and mentor, Mark Tilden during my days at the University of Waterloo in the 1980s. Today, I use my electronic skills primarily in pursuit of my other hobbies. This is a repository of projects I’ve built and documented. Some of the articles have complete instructions, while others just provide an overview and schematic to get you started.
Battery Charger Projects
- BattMan II: Computer Controlled Battery Manager
- High Speed NiCd Charger for Electric R/C
- Low Cost Thermal Peak Detection NiCd Charger
- USB Powered AA NiMH and NiCd Battery Charger
Projects for Radio Control Hobbyists
- BattMan II: Computer Controlled Battery Manager
- High Speed NiCd Charger for Electric R/C
- Low Cost Thermal Peak Detection NiCd Charger
- Miniature High-Rate Speed Control with Battery Eliminator Circuit (BEC)
- Miniature High-Rate Speed Control with Brake
- Versatile Miniature High-Rate ESC with BEC and Brake
- Analog Bar Graph Expanded Scale Voltmeter
- LED Bargraph Optical Tachometer
- On/Off Motor Controller with Brake
Electronic Music Projects
- Building a Musical Sunrise Quartz Alarm Clock
- Chord EGG 2015: Remaking a PAiA Classic
- MusicRack – A Digital Sheet Music Display System
- Oh, the Noise! Noise! Noise! Noise! – Stringz’n’Thingz Revisited
- Rejuvenating and Expanding a PAiA 1550 Stringz’n’Thingz Synthesizer
- Retronome – A Versatile Analog Drum Machine for My Hammond Organ
Computer Projects
- A Compact Home-Made Raspberry Pi Tablet
- USB Powered AA NiMH and NiCd Battery Charger
- Make a Dual-Boot IDE Cable
- MusicRack – A Digital Sheet Music Display System
Projects for Aviators
Vacuum Tube (Valve) Projects
Techniques and Theory
