Nick Cornford

Nick Cornford

Nick Cornford built his first crystal set at 10, and since then has designed professional audio equipment, many datacomm products, and technical security kit. He has at last retired.

Areas of interest of the author: Measurement Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) Microcontrollers Usage Audio Oscillators Analogue Design Signal Processing, Filters Supply Laser

Publications on RadioLocman by the author Nick Cornford:

  1. Tuneful track-tracing
    Jan 12, 2026
  2. Dropping a PRTD into a thermistor slot - impossible?
    Oct 13, 2025
  3. Fake contacts, bounced to order
    Sep 22, 2025
  4. Why modulate a power amplifier? - and how to do it
    Aug 20, 2025
  5. Power amplifiers that oscillate - deliberately
    1. Jun 12, 2025
    2. Jun 12, 2025
  6. Revealing the infrasonic underworld cheaply
    1. May 20, 2025
    2. May 20, 2025
  7. A pitch-linear VCO
    1. Mar 14, 2025
    2. Mar 14, 2025
  8. Hold that peak with a PIC
    Feb 13, 2025
  9. Ternary gain-switching 101 (or 10202, in base 3)
    Jan 7, 2025
  10. Earplugs ready? Let's make some noise!
    Nov 28, 2024
  11. How to control your impulses
    1. Nov 18, 2024
    2. Nov 24, 2024
  12. To press on or hold off? This does both
    Oct 16, 2024
  13. DIY RTD for a DMM
    Sep 25, 2024
  14. Visual overload alert
    Aug 6, 2024
  15. Ultra-low distortion oscillator
    1. Jun 26, 2024
    2. Jun 27, 2024
  16. 2×AA/USB: OK!
    May 28, 2024
  17. Supersized log-scale audio meter
    Mar 21, 2024
  18. Simple log-scale audio meter
    Jan 22, 2024
  19. Squashed triangles: sines, but with teeth? Part 1
    1. Jan 8, 2024
    2. Jan 9, 2024
  20. Laser simulator helps avoid destroyed diodes
    Jul 27, 2023
  21. Multi-decade current monitor the epitome of simplicity
    Jul 5, 2017