Who was Floyd Fitz? Enigma of the Caddo River abram, January 3, 2023January 3, 2023 This short film is a back log of video footage that I’ve been releasing the older footage on The 8088 Record Collective YouTube channel. Looking in the used cassette tape bins at small-town thrift stores can expose a hidden world of lost voices and ghostly apparitions. This documentary explores the… Continue Reading
“Ĉu Iu Estas Tie?” (Short film in Esperanto) abram, November 23, 2022November 23, 2022 Bethany and I made a short film for the American Good Film Festival back in March. It’s an anecdote centering around a child’s toy endowed with artificial intelligence that wakes up alone in a forgotten forest. Bethany kaj mi faris mallongan filmeton por la Usona Bona Esperanto Film-festivalo antaŭ en… Continue Reading
Linux Audio Production: Getting started with Jack and MIDI abram, November 10, 2022November 23, 2022 Last year, I posted this quick tutorial on the SMBA YouTube channel walking through the steps to use a MIDI controller with Jack using Xubuntu 20.04. I am posting it hear just for the sake of consistency and good housekeeping. Hopefully, I’ll get to make some more of these soon. Continue Reading
Running Autodesk EAGLE 9.6.2 on Xubuntu 22.04 abram, November 9, 2022November 17, 2022 So, I did a fresh install of Xubuntu 22.04 on a Dell Latitude 7390 with an Intel UHD 620 display adapter. I had some issues with the machine locking up just a few minutes after startup. I was able to resolve this by adding the following kernel option to the… Continue Reading
Arduino: Audio Frequency Generator abram, October 19, 2021November 23, 2022 Back in good ol’ 2012 (the year the world was supposed to end), I posted some code for a simple Arduino controlled low-frequency oscillator (LFO). It has made its way into some very interesting projects over the years, but recently I was asked in the comments if the code could… Continue Reading
Arduino: 1-Watt 2m Transmitter with RF Signal Generator abram, September 15, 2021October 19, 2021 Since I do a lot of RF projects, I wanted to see if I could make a 2m power amplifier using a minimal set of components. I have a number of BS170 MOSFET transistors that I’ve used for dozens of applications over the years from guitar pedal pre-amps to digital… Continue Reading
Portable 40m Direct-conversion Transceiver Design abram, August 11, 2021August 11, 2021 Having finished my master’s degree over a year ago now, I’ve started to see my thesis show up on various academic web sites. I decided I should probably link it on this site in the event that anyone is interested in building and/or designing their own QRP mono-band radio. Additionally,… Continue Reading
200 kHz Arduino Clock Generator abram, September 18, 2020October 19, 2021 Someone contacted me recently about using an ATMega328 to generate a 200 kHz clock signal for a BBD analog delay chip. I finally had a few minutes today to sit down and ensure that this code works. Varying the OCR0A value acts as a frequency adjustment on the output following… Continue Reading
Amongst Projects: Therematron abram, August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 Here’s an beautiful synth project I found by Steve Roberts at Amongst Projects that utilizes some work I did back in 2012 with my Arduino LFO. It’s always a pleasure to find my own work buried in someone else’s. I recommend heading over and checking out the post. You won’t… Continue Reading