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.
Nick Cornford
Nick Cornford
Areas of interest of the author: Analogue Design Amplifiers Measurement Supply Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) Microcontrollers Usage Audio Oscillators Signal Processing, Filters Laser
Publications on RadioLocman by the author Nick Cornford:
- Well-balanced gain, driven without painMay 13, 2026
- 5-V ovens (some assembly required)
- Mar 26, 2026
- Apr 7, 2026
- Newer, shinier DMM RTDs
- Mar 13, 2026
- Apr 8, 2026
- Tuneful track-tracingJan 12, 2026
- Dropping a PRTD into a thermistor slot - impossible?Oct 13, 2025
- Fake contacts, bounced to orderSep 22, 2025
- Why modulate a power amplifier? - and how to do itAug 20, 2025
- Power amplifiers that oscillate - deliberately
- Jun 12, 2025
- Jun 12, 2025
- Revealing the infrasonic underworld cheaply
- May 20, 2025
- May 20, 2025
- A pitch-linear VCO
- Mar 14, 2025
- Mar 14, 2025
- Hold that peak with a PICFeb 13, 2025
- Ternary gain-switching 101 (or 10202, in base 3)Jan 7, 2025
- Earplugs ready? Let's make some noise!Nov 28, 2024
- How to control your impulses
- Nov 18, 2024
- Nov 24, 2024
- To press on or hold off? This does bothOct 16, 2024
- DIY RTD for a DMMSep 25, 2024
- Visual overload alertAug 6, 2024
- Ultra-low distortion oscillator
- Jun 26, 2024
- Jun 27, 2024
- 2×AA/USB: OK!May 28, 2024
- Supersized log-scale audio meterMar 21, 2024
- Simple log-scale audio meterJan 22, 2024
- Squashed triangles: sines, but with teeth? Part 1
- Jan 8, 2024
- Jan 9, 2024
- Laser simulator helps avoid destroyed diodesJul 27, 2023
- Multi-decade current monitor the epitome of simplicityJul 5, 2017