The fact that the designers of microcontrollers are so good at handling metastability explains why so few end users are aware of any potential problems As an aside, I was chatting with my ...

The modules themselves don’t have full-sized ports, but when connected to a carrier board like the Bit-Brick Cluster K1 you get access to Gigabit ethernet, HDMI 1.4, USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 Type-A ports, ...

Here are some of the main reasons why metastability may occur in our designs and some of the ways in which we can mitigate its effects In my previous column, we introduced the concept of setup and ...

[Scott Baker] is at it again and this time he has built a 4-bit single board computer based on the Intel 4004 microprocessor. In the board design [Scott] covers the CPU (both the Intel 4004 and 4040 ...

In my previous blog, I reintroduced the concept of the Heath Robinson Rube Goldberg (HRRG) 4-bit computer, which has been on my “To Do” list for more years than I care to remember. As we discussed, ...

Sometimes I wonder whether I’m the only one who has hobby projects that drag on for years, moving back and forth between the metaphorical back-burner and front-burner of my attention span, evolving ...

Not content with your new, 1.4-billion-transistor Ivy Bridge processor? Maybe it runs too hot, or lacks the polygon-pushing powers that you require? Well, I've got just the thing for you: How about ...