Balanced headphones: Can you hear the difference?
Learn the differences in balanced and unbalanced headphone...
Readers’ choice: The top 10 articles of 2020
This year, top articles run the gamut from DIYs and design ideas to coding methods, teardowns, and more. Read on…
Teardown: Google Home smart speaker
This smart speaker differs from its more diminutive sibling predominantly in its transducer allotment.
The transition to Apple silicon Arm-based computers
Apple announced its overall strategy for them this summer, and they're finally here: the company's first Apple silicon Arm-based systems.
Breaking down the Google Home Hub
The Google Home Hub contains a heat-sink-adorned primary PCB, plus a secondary PCB containing an ambient light sensor and two…
Teardown: The router that took down my wireless network
When life gives you a failed router, take the opportunity to tear it apart.
Teardown: What makes the Amazon Fire TV Stick tick?
Cracking open the Apple Fire TV Stick is easy, but identifying all the components is a different story...
Teardown: Voice-activated, Wi-Fi-connected dimmer switch
Want to put "smart" lighting in your house? This smart dimmer combines a dual-microphone array and speaker, voice-command processing, and…
Teardown: Fitbit Flex doesn’t easily give up its secrets
Sometimes to understand where we are and where we might be going, it can be useful to look back at…
Teardowns Explore Bluetooth, Cellular IoT
TechInsights explored some of the Bluetooth and cellular IoT devices that it expects will dominate the Internet of Things for…