Intel announced the affordable Jasper Lake-based Celeron N5105 quad-core processor in Q1 2021. Produced using a 10 nm process (do note that node names are somewhat of a complicated topic when it comes to Intel), it was designed to replace the older 14 nm Celeron J-series. With up to three times the performance at a similar TDP, the N5105 quickly became a favorite for entry-level laptops.
And now for an unexpected demo…
… we are an engineering magazine, after all, so we wanted to create a bit of a crossover project to finish this review off. We grabbed one of our favourite MCUs – the SAME51-based ATMEL ATSAME51J19 and got to work!
In the past issue, we’ve already had our hands on the excellent teenage engineering POM-400 synth and POM-16 sequencer, and after being blown away by how excellent and full of surprises they were, we were raring for more. Thankfully, the amazing folks at teenage engineering provided us with a review unit of the OP-Z and the first bit of expansion kit designed for it – the oplab module.
We’ve already talked a bit about the musical capabilities of the new modulars, but let’s give them a bit of a technical look. First, the oscillators produce pretty clean signals, all at 4 V peak-to-peak (±2 V). The saw has some tiny inconsistency in its output, but it’s nothing worth noting too much. The oscillators are 1 V/oct, which pretty standard.
teenage engineering is one of those companies that always jump into the market with an original take on a concept. Their OP-1 and OP-Z synthesisers (well, more than just synthesisers, but that’s off-topic here) have created a huge splash and are still considered the finest examples of portable digital instruments.