The Touching Light | Project 17/30 | Maxitronix 30in1 | Learning Electronics In The Lab With Jay Jay

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Silly Job Title: Wire Whisperer. I am the Wire Whisperer!

In this video we do the 17th project from the Maxitronix 30in1 Electronics Project Lab Kit: The Touching Light.

In the video I mention about my KiCad keymaps, you can learn more here: KiCad.

We use the UNI-T UTi260B Thermal Imager to investigate circuit thermals.

We use the EEVblog BM2257 Digital Multimeter to measure circuit current draw.

We use the Kaisi S-160 45x30cm Repair Mat as our workspace.

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The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP)

Today I purchased the following ebooks for The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP) by the venerable Donald Knuth:

Scientific calculators and graphing calculator

Today I got myself two scientific calculators:

One graphing calculator:

And a few books about how to use them:

If you’re interested in such things you might like to check out Developing a Scientific Calculator Easier for Everyone to Use, the story of the Casio ClassWiz models.

I also considered:

On my iPhone I have:


Casio FX-991CW Advanced Scientific Calculator

Casio FX-991CW Advanced Scientific Calculator

TI 36X Pro Scientific Calculator

TI 36X Pro Scientific Calculator

HP Prime G2 Graphing Calculator

HP Prime G2 Graphing Calculator

Virtual Display Driver for use with TightVNC on Windows 11

I have a problem with my TightVNC server where when I “unplug” the monitor (i.e. use my KVM to select a different workstation) then my display vanishes from my VNC client. To fix this I installed Virtual Display Driver. I downloaded and installed the Beta: Virtual Driver Control (25.7.23) (you should check for newer version at the previous link). I extracted VDD.Control.25.7.23.zip then ran the “VDD Control.exe” program and clicked “Install Driver”. After that I just had to tweak my graphics settings, which I did like this:

Windows 11 display settings

Learning the Art of Electronics: 1W.4 Thevenin Models | Learning Electronics In The Lab With Jay Jay

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Silly Job Title: Capacitor Captain. I am the Capacitor Captain!

In this video we continue working our way through Learning the Art of Electronics and continue working through 1W Worked Examples: DC circuits with 1W.4 Thevenin models.

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