Author: Chryseus
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Making a Crystal Radio
A crystal radio is a radio designed for receiving audio (voice) broadcasts, it was invented around the beginning of the 20th century and became extremely popular in the 1920’s and 1930’s, allowing millions of people to access radio broadcasts that otherwise would have been prohibitively expensive, the majority would have been self constructed sets rather…
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Useful Linux Utilities 2020
There are a number of very useful tools that people may not be aware of that can be a significant boost to productivity in your day to day usage of Linux, or just plain cool, this article will cover some of the more interesting ones I have come across, all of these are completely free.…
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Steam Deck Update
A few days ago Valve in a somewhat unusual move posted a partial teardown video of the Steam Deck, in particular showing off the battery and M.2 SSD, although the video was filled with various amusing warnings such as “taking out the screws will permanently weaken it”, which as any competent person will know is…
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Steam Deck – The Future of Portable Gaming?
Valve Corporation (aka Valve Software), the makers of the popular Steam gaming platform announced the Steam Deck a portable gaming handheld on the 14th July 2021, reservations were opened on the 15th for a small fee, first batches are expected to ship in December 2021, although most people will probably receive theirs in early to…
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TinySA Spectrum Analyser Review
The TinySA is a low cost portable spectrum analyser that also functions as a signal generator, this is a true spectrum analyser that has a wide dynamic range and can measure a signal up to 960 MHz, it is developed by Erik Kaashoek and has open source firmware but not hardware. It features a 2.8″…