Today I want to start a blog post series about hardware programming. We start with an introduction to hardware programming with the FPGA-board DE0 Nano from former Altera now Intel. You see a picture of the small board below. It seems you can still order …
Reducing Rare Earth Dependence: The Quest for Alternative Magnetic Materials
November 3, 2023Introduction
Rare earth elements have long been the backbone of high-tech magnets, with metals like neodymium and dysprosium playing pivotal roles in various industries. However, the scarcity and rising demand for these valuable resources have prompted …
Unlocking the Secrets of Rare Earth Elements: The Remarkable Case of Neodymium
November 3, 2023Introduction
Rare earth elements, often shrouded in mystery, play a crucial role in our modern world. From smartphones to electric vehicles, renewable energy technologies, and even defense systems, these elements are the unsung heroes that make our daily …
Op-Amps introduction
October 14, 2023OP-Amp
Today I want to speak about op-amps. These wonderful, but mysterious components, we have heavely often appearing in circuit schematica of analog or analog / digital hybrid circuits. We want to demistify these components.
There are two basic …
Analog Computers 101
Caches and Caching
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Religion vs. spirituality - why I prefer the latter
May 18, 2023What I have learned about religions and spirituality over the last years and decades boils down to one simple statement: Religion is about right and wrong and old, outdated dogmas, while spirituality simply says "It is how it is". For …
Why are serial interfaces everywhere - instead of parallel ones
May 18, 2023USB, SPI, I²C, Sata - all these interfaces is common that they are serial interfaces. Serial interfaces are todays common. But why is that the case, especially for high-speed communication? it sounds simply counterintuitive: Parallel wires can …