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Showing posts with label chips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chips. Show all posts

The unusual bootstrap drivers inside the 8086 microprocessor chip

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The 8086 microprocessor is one of the most important chips ever created; it started the x86 architecture that still dominates desktop and ...
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Reverse-engineering a 1960s cordwood flip flop module with X-ray CT scans

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How can you find out what's inside a sealed electronics module from the 1960s? In this blog post, I reverse-engineer an encapsulated f...
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Reverse-engineering the LM185 voltage reference chip and its bandgap reference

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Many circuits, such as a computer power supply or a phone charger, require a stable voltage reference, but it's harder than you might e...
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