Those that have been paying attention to this space may have noticed that we have a soft spot for the Chevrolet Volt. Ultimately, there’s no reason outlined here that can eclipse the perks of living ...

if you have never even heard of 9-Volt’s mother before, you are sure to remember her when you get Smash for Wii U. With many people now playing Super Smash Bros on Japanese 3DS units, Sakurai’s daily ...

5 Volt batteries could power 3-5 American homes for a couple hours during the next power failure. Even old batteries still have the majority of their power. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

The familiar five volts standard from back in the TTL days always struck me as odd. Back when I was just a poor kid trying to cobble together my first circuits from the Forrest Mims Engineer’s ...

This joule thief led or high efficiency LED with 1.5 volt driver is a tried and tested circuit built around some discrete electronics components. A common 5 mm high-efficiency white LED (D1) is the ...

A 555 timer can be used to generate a squarewave to produce a negative voltage relative to the negative battery terminal. When the timer output at pin 3 goes positive, the series 22 uF capacitor ...