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Teardown of a quartz crystal oscillator and the tiny IC inside
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The quartz oscillator is an important electronic circuit, providing highly-accurate timing signals at a low cost. A quartz crystal has the...
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A one-bit processor explained: reverse-engineering the vintage MC14500B
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The Motorola MC14500B 1 is a 1-bit processor introduced in 1976. While a 1-bit processor might seem almost useless, 2 it was marketed as...
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IBM paperweight teardown: Reverse-engineering 1970s memory chips
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I recently received a vintage IBM paperweight from the early 1970s that showcases some memory chips. 1 When IBM started using integrated ...
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