17 July 2023

Motorola K1516AE VC-TCXO

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With a very likely correct pinout at hand (see previous post ) for the Motorola K1516AE VC-TCXO, it was time to fire it up. The pinout was c...
14 July 2023

Motorola K1516AA K1516AE TCXO pinout

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I found a canned oscillator hanging around my desk. It is a TCXO or even VC-TCXO marked Motorola K1516AE  1813-0535 10000000 Hz . No pinout....
02 July 2023

MEMS microphone with TDA1308 amplifier board - 2

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This is part 2 of my work on this module. Read part 1 here . In order to get a usable configuration of the MEMS module described in the prev...
26 June 2023

My Ham Messe Friedrichshafen 2023

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I'm back from Friedrichshafen Ham Messe 2023 and it is time to sum it up. Hall A4 at 1/3 capacity at 9:18 day 1 Space usage was pretty ...
23 June 2023

An HP 5326B enters my lab

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It was just a matter of waiting until I could buy an old/surplus/vintage HP device with Nixies for little money. Unknown conditions, of cour...
17 June 2023

MEMS microphone with TDA1308 amplifier board - 1

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A local HAM has asked me help to integrate a microphone module in his mobile setup. He was directed to the little MEMS/silicone microphone m...
04 May 2023

No output from Arduino TVOUT examples

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I am in the process of reverse engineering an industrial monochrome 12" monitor , mainly trying to figure out the pinout to drive it. M...
27 March 2023

IC decapping with paint remover heat gun

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I'm not sure where I read about an easy way to decap integrated circuits with heat, but it's certainly not three years ago (when the...