How to read a Veroboard?

When you first look at a veroboard layout, it might feel like you’re decoding some[...]

Polarity in DC Power Supplies

What does it mean when you read that your pedal needs a negative power supply?[...]

Gain effect pedals: distortion, overdrive and fuzz

Gain effect pedals include multiple families of circuits; the most important ones are boosters, overdrives,[...]

Electronics Tutorials: Power in electronic circuits

Power is a basic measure that lets you know how much energy your effect pedal[...]

Electronics tutorials: the Operational Amplifier (II) – Circuit Analysis

In our first post about OpAmps we stated the basic principles of operation of this[...]

Electronics Tutorials: Diodes and LEDs (II)

In the introduction post about LEDs and diodes we covered what is a semiconductor material[...]

Electronics Tutorials: the Capacitor (II)

In the previous post we presented one of the most used electronic components: the capacitor.[...]

Electronics Tutorials: The BJT Transistor (II)

In the last post we introduced a widely used device in effect pedals: the BJT[...]

Electronics Tutorials: the JFET (II) – Circuit analysis

In the first JFET post we presented this semiconductor device along with its basics, like[...]

The truth behind electronic component values

If you’ve been into electronics for some time you’re probably aware of the odd values[...]