Electronics

The experiment: turning my huge datasheet library into a smart AI reviewer for schematics and component choices using DeepSeek + RAG. What initially looked like a simple task that would deliver great results quickly turned into an open field of experimentation. Then again, that might just be my nature. Reach out to Part 1 here Distiller harness The first attempts at extracting parameters into JSON format showed that the harness I applied was too general: ...

Starting a live experiment: turning my huge datasheet library into a smart AI reviewer for schematics and component choices using DeepSeek + RAG. Stage 1 - Prototyping If you’ve moved past blindly soldering other people’s reference designs and you’re now drawing your own schematics, you’ve probably had that moment many times. You stare at your freshly drawn diagram and think: Did I miss something? Are all the parts properly chosen? Can I push to production, or should I double-check everything again? ...

To kick off our adventure with analog computing systems, let’s start with a bit of history. It all began in 1947 when John Bardeen and Walter Brattain built the first working transistor prototype using germanium at Bell Labs. Sidenote: in reality, many labs around the world were working on the concept, so it’s a collective achievement. The jump from bulky vacuum tubes to tiny transistors was a game-changer - it triggered explosive growth in electronics. The next big milestone came quickly: in 1967 Karl D. Swartzel developed the first operational amplifier - an electronic building block that could perform mathematical operations: ...