While searching for a tutorial on how to use wire wrap I found this ten year old Hackaday video from Bil Herd.
Category Archives: Learning
Are Service Loops A Good Idea?
I have a new post on Hackaday: Are Service Loops A Good Idea?
New Book Teardown #7: Electricity and Magnetism 3rd Edition (2013) | In The Lab With Jay Jay
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Silly Job Title: Prime Hack.
In this video we tear down Electricity and Magnetism 3rd Edition written by Edward Purcell and David Morin and published in 2013.
Electricity and Magnetism is one of the books I am taking notes for as a part of my Learning the Art of Electronics project. These notes are a perk for people who support me on Patreon, so what are you waiting for!? :)
There is a website for the book maintained by the publisher, but regrettably there’s not much there, just some material available to instructors only: https://www.cambridge.org/Purcell-Morin
I mention two xkcd comic in the video, those are these: Farads and Nerd Sniping.
The “esu” is prounounced as “eee-ess-you” and is also known as the Statcoulomb.
I mention the Franck–Hertz experiment which happens to be something I wrote a Hackaday article about: A DIY Version Of The Franck-Hertz Experiment.
The first edition of Electricity and Magnetism was volume two in a five volume course: Berkeley Physics Course.
The books mentioned in Chapter 1 include The Flying Circus of Physics and How Things Work.
The websites mentioned in Chapter 1 are:
The Feynman (1977) reference is to The Feynman Lectures on Physics which is also available here: www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu
The symbol: ∇ (“nabla”, an upside down Δ “delta”) is the vector differential operator and its key uses are:
- ∇f → gradient of scalar
- ∇·F → divergence of vector field
- ∇×F → curl of vector field
- ∇² → Laplacian
The Big Clive video that I mentioned was this one: How a stungun creates 20kV from a 9V battery.
I also mention the show’s wiki, the ITL Wiki, which is on the web over here: https://www.inthelabwithjayjay.com/wiki/
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The Tao of Programming
Every now and again I find myself reading this: The Tao of Programming.
Old Book Teardown #12: Principles of Electronic Circuits 2nd Edition (1997) | In The Lab
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Silly Job Title: Technical Director.
In this video we teardown this old book: Principles of Electronic Circuits 2ed by Stan Burns and Paul Bond.
Some quotes which came up in the video:
Young man, in mathematics you don’t understand things. You just get used to them.— John von Neumann
If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don’t understand quantum mechanics.— Richard Feynman
I mention that my friend from Learning as a hobby is going to send me the CDROM that goes with this book, so I will update this post with a link to the ISO when it arrives!
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Ben Eater Makes Computer Noises
I have a new post on Hackaday: Ben Eater Makes Computer Noises.
A DIY Version Of The Franck-Hertz Experiment
I have a new post on Hackaday: A DIY Version Of The Franck-Hertz Experiment.
Interlude #17: Another False Start for Learning the Art of Electronics | In The Lab With Jay Jay
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Silly Job Title: Current Curator.
In this video we make our second false start on Learning the Art of Electronics.
I mention about Make: magazine.
The power electronics YouTuber I mention is @ElectrArc240.
We consider using the Maxitronix 300in1 Electronics Project Lab Kit to for our project but we end up settling for a smaller breadboard.
We use the UNI-T UTi260B Thermal Imager to investigate the thermal properties of our powered circuits.
We use the Fluke 17B+ Digital Multimeter to measure voltage and current.
We use the EEVblog BM2257 Digital Multimeter to measure voltage and current.
We use the EEVblog BM036 Digital Multimeter to measure current.
We use the Peak Electronic Design Atlas DCA75 Pro Semiconductor Analyzer to examine our diodes.
We use the ANENG AN-999S Bench Multimeter to measure current.
We use the Riden RD6006 Bench Power Supply to provide power for our experiments.
We use the Carpenter Mechanical Pencil for writing out notes.
We use the Hakko CHP 3C-SA Precision Tweezers for working with small components.
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Yum Cha 6pcs Wire Brush notes |
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Adapting An Old Rotary Dial For Digital Applications
I have a new post on Hackaday: Adapting An Old Rotary Dial For Digital Applications.
Build A 400 MHz Logic Analyzer For $35
I have a new post on Hackaday: Build A 400 MHz Logic Analyzer For $35.


