After buying a Bluetooth audio adapter at a yard sale, I just needed cables for audio and power. Buy them? No way. How many times have you thought about buying something, then thought “I’m an engineer, I can figure out a workaround” or simply decided not to spend money? It’s happened to me several times.…
Home-made digital clock keeps time after 45 years
Look inside this one-chip clock built from surplus parts. With the case open, replacing parts waiting to fail seemed like a good idea. In my second year at WPI, I found myself in “B term” where I had a scheduling problem. Being as WPI operates on a four-term academic year, I couldn’t find a one-term…