Quick quiz, what came before transistors? Why vacuum tubes of course. If this clock doesn’t make you thankful for the luxury of integrated circuits, nothing will. We had never heard of using Neon ...

The neon glow lamp tester is a staple in every electronics hobbyist’s lab. Here’s how to build one right in your own home. You may wonder what’s so cool about the “historical” neon glow lamp. For ...

Electronics-based art installations are often fleeting and specific things that only a select few people who are in the right place or time get to experience before they are lost to the ravages of ...

You’ve got an apparently simple design requirement on your latest AC-line powered project: provide a distinctly illuminated indicator to show that the unit is plugged into the line and that power is ...