My yearly tradition of building an electronic gizmo returns with a very practical and fun project - building a regulated supply for my vintage Casio SK-1. Enjoy!
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2022-12-21 23:56:40 +0000 UTC View PostAs an unreligious person I have the freedom to embrace the fun in all holidays - including all the comfort food. I can smell the latkes already.... and a box of chocolate covered jelly ...
2022-12-19 16:53:41 +0000 UTC View Post
I am making them - you just can't see them if YouTube doesn't tell you they're there. Let me explain....
So young and yet so wise! The transistor is 75 years old this month, so lets take a look at some of the very first.
You may have heard about this, but it always amazes me when a shocking disaster like this one in hindsight seems to be just a disaster waiting to happen.
I would like to complete all the printing projects that got shelved because of the move early in the year, but the real trick is being able to afford to do them.
Another box from the Vault that is loaded with surprises... Enjoy!
From the time when solid state plug in replacement modules for all manner of various vacuum tubes were all the rage, here is a timer module that would have replaced a timer relay tube. ...
2022-12-13 16:33:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Another classic Bell Labs film from my collection, this one released in 1970 but with footage from a couple years previous, it is chuck full of laboratory experiments and overflowing wi...
2022-12-12 20:31:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Why are Diesel engines so polluting? Well, without wanting to make that point this 16mm film from my collection sure shows how this reputation is made possible. Loaded with ...
2022-12-12 18:15:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Another 16mm from my collection - this one very much of the time with some pretty cool demonstrations of basic forces, and a look into life in the US in 1961. Classic cars, carniv...
2022-12-12 18:01:54 +0000 UTC View Post
You can't see the stars in the middle of the day. Why is this such a confusing idea?
Take a moment and chill with me and a new-in-box vintage stepper relay.
Back from Lunar orbit, the Orion spacecraft will make an automated re-entry and splashdown at 12:40 p.m. EST Sunday.....
What is it? What does it do? I have no idea - lets open it up and see.
2022-12-11 00:26:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Not sure what I expected to see inside - but it was not this!
2022-12-11 00:25:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Got some original Boo Box pedals to upgrade with newer switches so I thought I'd take the time to show off a custom design that I made back in the first Brooklyn shop for a very special...
2022-12-08 22:53:16 +0000 UTC View Post
The original Fran YouTube channel is back - https://www.youtube.com/@FrantoneElectronics Please subsc...
2022-12-08 22:33:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Resurrecting my original YouTube channel with the first new video in many many years - and it will take some time to get the views up to the level where the old Frantone channel can be monetized an...
2022-12-05 03:38:16 +0000 UTC View Post
So you wanna be a Rock 'n Roll Star? Well, listen now - hear what I say....
2022-11-28 22:48:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Yes indeed - so why not stop by and say Hello on Saturdays 6pm EST!
2022-11-28 22:06:33 +0000 UTC View Post
And now, the news.....
2022-11-28 00:06:01 +0000 UTC View Post
An unusual scandal by a major book publisher and a major artist has many heads scratching and wondering why - including me!
2022-11-27 19:59:58 +0000 UTC View Post
An important topic to discuss, and you probably already imagined these things existed, but here we see a system in action. I believe we are looking at the future here, both milita...
2022-11-27 18:58:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Back in The Vault for another pick off the shelves for show and tell. Enjoy!
2022-11-26 00:08:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Another film from my archive that is typical of the kinds of films that were shown in schools. Lots of great nostalgic shots of life in the late 50's. As always I transferre...
2022-11-24 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh. It's on.
2022-11-23 19:58:51 +0000 UTC View Post
