In this video, I spiff up a Tandy 1000 that I bought on ebay: Purpose: A Tandy 1000 was the second computer that I owned, the first was a Tandy CoCo. Note that I keep a slightly different mental “computers that I owned” list and “computers that I used list”. There are a few computer …
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Restoring a Convergent Technologies NGEN PC/Workstation (Burroughs B25 / Unisys)
In this set of videos, I work on getting a used Convergent Technologies NGEN computer up and working: Why? I briefly encountered a few of these Convergent Technologies / Burroughs units back in the 1980s, and I wanted to have one to play with. I had been watching eBay for a while, and when some …
Read MoreRaspberry Pi Controlled DC Load
In this video, I build a DC electronic load that’s controlled by a raspberry pi. Purpose A DC Load is useful for testing lots of different things. If you have a power supply and want to make sure it’s able to deliver its fully designed potential, then you can use a DC Load to test …
Read MoreNew 3D Printing Channel and Website
Now that I’m doing more and more 3D printing projects, I decided to create a separate channel and website to host the 3D printing projects, and keep this website primarily focused on my electronics projects. The new youtube channel is smbaker-3d-prints. On this channel, I do the occasional filament review, print some models and try …
Read MoreHot Shoe to 1/4-20 Quick Release Magnetic Mount for LumeCube
Short diversion from the usual electronics posts, while I talk about my new camera light… I designed and 3D printed this magnetic quick release mount to attach a LumeCube v2 that I recently purchased to my DSLR camera. Purpose I noticed recently that my camera lighting is sometimes lousy, the Polaroid light that I had …
Read MoreBuilding a Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) Power supply using a DPS5005 module
In this video, I design an build a PoE-powered lab power supply. Purpose What can I say, I like building power supplies. 🙂 Seriously though, I’ve been looking for a reason to play with these DPS5005 and related modules ever since seeing them on popular forums and video blogs. The DPS5005 is relatively well regarded, …
Read MoreScott’s FrankenNUC: 10Gbe Fiber Network on a 5th Generation Intel NUC 5i7RYH
In this post, I modify my 5th generation NUC to support 10Gbe fiber networking: Purpose A popular trend in homelabs is power efficiency. While some people are still buying every power-hungry used R710 they can find on eBay, others are going the opposite route, trying to maximize performance per watt. In my opinion, there’s no …
Read MoreRAIN: Redundant Arrays of (In)expensive NUCs
Break from the usual electronics project posts and time to discuss some server management. I’ve always had a server. Even in 1986 I had a server. We called it a “BBS” back then, but it was still a server. Throughout the years, the server has evolved, from Lantastic ARCNET to 10base2 coaxial Ethernet, to Gigabit …
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