In early 2014 I discovered some of the StackExchange communities. Specifically I started answering questions on AskUbuntu and Electrical Engineering. Later I signed up for more sites of that network. This activity gave me ideas for subjects I could write about. There were subjects I couldn’t cover entirely in a single answer or subjects that would become off-topic for their format.
So, I wanted my own site where I could write about everything I wanted. On July 17, 2014, I created One Transistor on Blogger. I wanted to write mostly about electronics projects, but ended up writing more posts about Linux software and tutorials than posts about electronics.
At the beginning I played with Blogger themes, but I didn’t like them. For a while, One Transistor used a theme called Ajaxify. Then Google announced that non mobile friendly sites will appear lower on search results. And my theme wasn’t mobile friendly.
One Transistor with Ajaxify theme (2014)
In 2015 I had to switch to a mobile friendly theme. I chose TechLive. For a while I used it as it was with the orange color. Later in 2015, I changed main color of the theme to the blue tint that’s still in use today (#3172f4). As time passed, minor changes were made to the original TechLive theme.
One Transistor with TechLive theme (early 2015)
In the autumn of 2016, I designed my own responsive theme using Bootstrap. I wanted a clean and simple design. I tried to remove as much of external scripts as I could. I also redesigned the logo in Inkscape. Today I'm still using a slightly modified version of that theme, with a modified logo.
One Transistor with my theme (until the end of 2020)
In October 2017 I decided it’s time for a change, so I registered onetransistor.eu. However, One Transistor remained at onetransistor.blogspot.com until March 25, 2018.
For a long time I wanted to translate some of my posts in Romanian, so I also started ro.onetransistor.eu, a Romanian version of One Transistor, where I will translate some of the English posts and publish posts that are specific to Romanian readers.
Further on, I plan writing mostly about electronics circuits and projects, microcontrollers and Arduino, development boards and IoT. I will no longer write about software and tutorials, unless related to electronics. I won’t write about Linux either, unless there is something worth sharing, hard to find anywhere else. I may still write about software that’s related to technical stuff, electronics or anything else related to this site’s subjects.
I hope you found what you were looking for by visiting One Transistor. If you didn’t understand something, ask for clarification in a comment. I’m not a native English speaker and I may fail to make myself understood. If there’s something important you want to discuss, visit Contact page.
If you were wondering what software I use for One Transistor: KiCad and TinyCAD for schematic capture and PCB design; LibreOffice Draw and Inkscape for technical drawings; image editing is performed using GIMP.
Best regards,
Cornelius, author of One Transistor
