Paul In The Lab

Alot of my projects are things I've thought of (unless otherwise noted) and over the years I've gotten a bit pissed off with people ...

when doing the admin part of this site,nothing infuriates me more than having a company trying to advertise their snakeoil products in the ...

I've been designing a sampler recently (sorry, there won't be a stripboard for that, it's way too complicated!) however I was u...

I found this cool little info thing from the 1970's so I though I would share it:

I have a fish tank and in it - lives many tropical fish - however the other day the plug socket switch the heater was plugged into somehow ...

I've had this little box stuck to the side of my bench for quite a while to plug various leads into while they are out of use but still...

this isn't a stripboard post for a change (though one is coming soon). however it is useful to know what I'm about to write if you ...

most of the chargers I own don't work fast enough - they take in the order of 14 hours so I thought "why not make one" since ...

what is Current Blasting? I hear you ask.. Well sometimes when you have a fault with a piece of equipment it's not always easy to trac...

First of all you need a Scientific calculator to "play along" I know the one in windows is adequate if you don't have one, I...

I thought I'd take a quick venture into modifying a effects pedal. The one I chose was the Behringer UV300 ( Ultra Vibrato ) I love Beh...

sadly, the inventor of the 555 timer IC passed today

I've been quite unwell so I have been unable to face firing up the soldering iron, I've just been lying in bed feeling sorry for mys...

I found some old electronics magazines in my Great Uncles loft after he died which I kept, whilst reading through them I came across this f...

Some of you older people (my age and older) may notice that some of my schematics resemble that of the old Forest Mimms schematics IE, draw...

I wanted a counter that would basically count from a input signal, such as a reed relay to count the turns when winding a transformer or in...

I always like seeing peoples workspaces so I thought I would post a picture of mine.I'm always on the lookout for interesting electroni...

a brief moment away from veroboards and such if you're interested in electronics based chat - this is a fantastic online radioshow hos...

Sorry, couldn't resist

I did this sometime ago when I was flirting about with uControllers, needless to say I grew bored of them pretty quickly because it's n...