Circuit Locution

I know I have more basic electronics articles to write, but I have other things in the docket at the moment:

- What’s in a black blob? I’ll be taking apart a black blob device to show, but I’ll explain what makes it different from the 80s devices beginner circuitbenders love. (Hint: it’s not the availability of bend points that make them different.)
- What can you do with a black blob? This one should have samples, as I just got a mixer that will aid in recording. Hopefully this will show the depth to which black blob devices can be modded, even when limited to clock speed modifications. Suddenly, all those <$5 noisemaking toys at the thrift shop start looking good.

And the basics:
- Need to write up series vs parallel and path of least resistance, especially considering how complicated the clockspeed circuit mods for a black blob device can get.

Make’s Bre Pettis and circuit bender Justin Gerardy of Bipolar Productions talk about some basic circuitbending techniques:

From the Makezine.com Weekend Projects Blog.

It’s cool that a big name like Make is doing circuitbending, but there’s a little too much tell and not quite enough show. Of course, I’m discovering myself how hard it is to shoot photos or vids of tiny circuitboards.