New Toys: Adam Audio D3V Active Desktop Monitor System Celebrating their 25th year in professional audio, Adam Audio speakers are distinctive in their design by employing ribbon tweeters. The ribbon tweeters are hand-folded and give Adam speakers a warmth and clarity that is unique in the field. Their new D3V Active Desktop Monitor System is a compact, yet powerful speaker set designed for hi-fidelity audio reproduction with a small footprint.

The D3V is designed for songwriters, audio and video producers, office workers, and music lovers who want great sound as conveniently as possible. They sound clean, loud, pleasing and powerful. The 2-way speakers feature an active aluminum 3.5” woofer and ferrite magnet system driven by 80 W low distortion amplifiers, and the treble is handled by D-ART 1.5” hand-folded ribbon tweeters with 40 W amplifiers driving each unit. Low frequency response is further extended by dual-sided passive radiators for bass extension down to 45 Hz and maximum SPL of 96 dB SPL. 

I hooked them up to my MacBook Pro via USB and the computer instantly recognized the D3V as a sound output device. Positioning them on both sides of the laptop, there was no effect on the computer screen, so they are properly shielded. They sound great in a room and if you are using them for mixing, you will want to position them in a way that you are in the sweet spot of the tweeters. Aiding that, the speakers come with detachable angled monitor stands or can mounted on mic stands with an optional interface. 

The D3V is feature laden with input options and digital EQ configurations. As mentioned, direct USB-C input enables immediate plug’n’play connections to computers, mobiles, and tablets, and a USB-C to USB-A cable is included. Alternatively, the D3V also has 1/4” balanced analog inputs for traditional audio applications. DSP Room Acoustics switches compensate for common problems arising from speaker placement and feature speaker position, desk size and room treatment compensation.

Most of the controls are on the back of the left speaker and a single cord connects the right satellite speaker. The volume knob is on the front of the left speaker and controls both speakers—and ensures that your left-right balances are equal. Pressing the volume knob button toggles status including mute, standby mode and the audio inputs. A front panel headphone miniplug mutes the speakers.

Available in black or white, the D3V is a high-quality monitor system that does not disappoint. $299.99

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Simple PCB Repairs Keep Old Vehicle Out of the CrusherFor those of us devoted to keeping an older vehicle on the road, the struggle is real. We know that at some point, a part will go bad and we’ll learn that it’s no longer available from the dealer or in the aftermarket, at least at a reasonable cost. We might get lucky and find a replacement at the boneyard, but if not — well, it was nice knowing ya, faithful chariot.
It doesn’t have to be that way, though, at least if the wonky part is one of the many computer modules found in most cars made in the last few decades. Sometimes they can be repaired, as with this engine control module from a Ford F350 pickup. Admittedly, [jeffescortlx] got pretty lucky with this module, which with its trio of obviously defective electrolytics practically diagnosed itself. He also had the advantage of the module’s mid-90s technology, which still relied heavily on through-hole parts, making the repair easier.
Unfortunately, his luck stopped there, as the caps had released the schmoo and corroded quite a few traces on the PCB. Complicating the repair was the conformal coating on everything, a common problem on any electronics used in rough environments. It took a bit of probing and poking to locate all the open traces, which included a mystery trace far away from any of the leaky caps. Magnet wire was used to repair the damaged traces, the caps were replaced with new ones, and everything got a fresh coat of brush-on conformal coating.
Simple though they may be, we really enjoy these successful vehicle module repairs because they give us hope that when the day eventually comes, we’ll stand a chance of being able to perform some repair heroics. And it’s nice to know that something as simple as fixing a dead dashboard cluster can keep a car out of the crusher.

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Nascar
Main artist name:
Plexine
Release date:
18th Oct, 2024
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Artificial Intelligence Runs on ArduinoFundamentally, an artificial intelligence (AI) is nothing more than a system that takes a series of inputs, makes some prediction, and then outputs that information. Of course, the types of AI in the news right now can handle a huge number of inputs and need server farms’ worth of compute to generate outputs of various forms, but at a basic level, there’s no reason a purpose-built AI can’t run on much less powerful hardware. As a demonstration, and to win a bet with a friend, [mondal3011] got an artificial intelligence up and running on an Arduino.
This AI isn’t going to do anything as complex as generate images or write clunky preambles to every recipe on the Internet, but it is still a functional and useful piece of software. This one specifically handles the brightness of a single lamp, taking user input on acceptable brightness ranges in the room and outputting what it thinks the brightness of the lamp should be to match the user’s preferences. [mondal3011] also builds a set of training data for the AI to learn from, taking the lamp to various places around the house and letting it figure out where to set the brightness on its own. The training data is run through a linear regression model in Python which generates the function that the Arduino needs to automatically operate the lamp.
Although this isn’t the most complex model, it does go a long way to demonstrating the basic principles of using artificial intelligence to build a useful and working model, and then taking that model into the real world. Note also that the model is generated on a more powerful computer before being ported over to the microcontroller platform. But that’s all par for the course in AI and machine learning. If you’re looking to take a step up from here, we’d recommend this robot that uses neural networks to learn how to walk.

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