I was watching The Differential Pair Becomes an Op-Amp – Transistors 101, episode 18 and they mentioned this datasheet: https://ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/lm358.pdf. That URL looks very hacker friendly to me, if you know what you’re looking for you can probably guess the URL! I haven’t tried this in anger yet, this is just a note for Future John.
Category Archives: Learning
Introducing Maxitronix 30in1 | Maxitronix 30in1 | Learning Electronics In The Lab With Jay Jay
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In this video we introduce the Maxitronix 30in1.
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Power for XR2206 and ICL8038 signal generators
The Art of Electronics
I am having a conversation over on New Book Teardown #3: Learning The Art of Electronics: A Hands-On Lab Course (2016) | In The Lab and I was asked about the various books that carry the title “art of electronics”, they are:
- The Art of Electronics by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill currently in its 3rd edition. This masterpiece of electronics literature was first published in 1980 and has been the go-to book for anyone interested in learning about electronics ever since. It’s the textbook for many university electronics courses. The 3rd edition of the book was published in 2015.
- The Art of Electronics: The x-Chapters also written by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill is a collection of supplementary material that didn’t make it into the 3rd edition of The Art of Electronics.
- Learning the Art of Electronics is a companion book that provides a structured introduction to electronics through a collection of 25 lab exercises. It’s the coursework for many university electronics courses. The 1st edition by Thomas C. Hayes and Paul Horowitz was published in 2016. The 2nd edition by Thomas C. Hayes and David Abrams comes out in 2025.
5 Methods for Differential Equations
This was interesting: Physics Students Need to Know These 5 Methods for Differential Equations. It mentioned List of Laplace transforms. Also it looks like duckduckgo has a new “Assist” feature!
How to Remember Everything You Read
I am officially a fan of @JustinSung. Recently I watched How to Remember Everything You Read. His process PACER is:
- Procedural (how to) -> Practice (actually do the thing)
- Analogous (relating to what we already know) -> Critique (how good is the analogy)
- Conceptual (the what, facts, relationships, etc) -> Mapping (e.g. mind mapping, diagrams)
- Evidence (makes conceptual information more concrete) -> Store and Rehearse (solve problems, answer questions)
- Reference (nitty gritty specifics) -> Store and Rehearse (as with Evidence, consider flash cards)
Illegal levels of productivity
This video is good: How To Be So Productive That It Feels ILLEGAL.
The three items are:
- Pareto Principle (80:20 rule)
- Zeigarnik Effect (always leave tasks in an incomplete state)
- Championship Mentality (lose the game to win the championship)
A follow-up video You’re Not Stupid: How To Never Lose Focus Again made these suggestions for focus:
- Diet and exercise
- Limiting visual distractions
- Task timing
- Craft a focus zone
- Attention span
- Rest timing (take a break if you feel yourself losing flow)
- Create an auditory focus zone
- Control your interruptions
I subscribed to the channel: @JustinSung
Investigating better lighting for the bench
I was watching Remnants of the Capacitor Plague where they mentioned about these lights: 3 in 1 6W 6500K Industry Microscope LED Gooseneck Light Illuminator Lamp Spot Light Lamp Fill Light Lamp With 60 LED Ring. I wanted to know more so I asked about which ones the YouTuber purchased themselves. I hope I hear back! (And I may not hear back, it seems my question might have been flagged as spam, possibly because I included a link to AliExpress in the comment?)
Modern C Features
I’m expecting a fair bit of C programming (or C++) in my future because of Arduino and other microcontrollers. Today I came across modern-c-features which enumerates the new features in C.
How Clay’s UI Layout Algorithm Works
This in my feed today: How Clay’s UI Layout Algorithm Works:
Clay is a UI layout library written in C, and this video gives a high level explanation of how the flexbox-like layout algorithm in Clay works.