Not much has changed from my previous build, I got occupied for the last week or so with building a new desk while waiting for some JRC386D chips to arrive. I also configured a smaller breadboard host to reduce the necessary desk space required to test my ideas out. Initial tests are showing that the JRC386D IC amplifies far cleaner than the LM386N-1 IC. It can be driven by my previous op amp and FET buffers at full volume without...

As per my long post the other day, I’ve been rebuilding my workspace with some of the new Ikea product lines. The core of it is a nice storage unit to keep everything organized (if such a thing is possible for me) and single large desk unit that is multi-functional. This post details where I’ve deviated from the intended Ikea assemblies and in particular details an excellent way to make an inexpensive monitor shelf with blind...

I work from home exclusively at a computer – I do technical support for a hosting and vCloud service provider. This entails spending a lot of time in my work area with random blocks of downtime where I cannot stray too far from my PC, or at least my laptop. There are many tools that I have to perform my job on my iPhone while mobile, but they’re rather difficult to utilize while actually talking on said phone – I...