Electronics Project #19: Attaching Alligator Clips to AA Battery Holders | In The Lab With Jay Jay

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In this video we attach some alligator clips to a handful of AA battery holders. I was planning to use these for a Learning the Art of Electronics experiment that I didn’t understand, but now that I understand the problem a bit better I don’t want to go short-circuiting five AA batters… that would be a bad idea!

We use the METCAL PS-900 Soldering Station for soldering.

We use the MUIN Solder Fume Extractor to clear the air.

We use the EEVblog BM2257 Digital Multimeter for voltage and continuity testing.

We use the Hakko CHP 3C-SA Precision Tweezers for tweezering.

We use the Plato Model 170 Wire Cutter to snip, snip, snip.

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

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Electronics Project #4: Male And Female RF Coaxial Cables With Alligator Clips | In The Lab

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In this video I create some cables so I can attach my circuits to my roof aerial. I also announce the old book and new book for the upcoming teardowns which will be released in the next few days.

While doing this video I learned over on the EEVblog Electronics Community Forum that the specific RF cable connectors we are using in this project are Belling-Lee connectors.

There is going to be a break in Maxitronix 20in1 videos for a few days while I wait for my new Logitech BRIO webcam to arrive. Once that is here recording in the booth will resume.

In this video I mention the Silicon Chip magazine and Beginner’s Guide to Reading Schematics. Also the various new book teardowns I refer to are:

I also refer to MPLAB X IDE and MPLAB PICkit 4 In-Circuit Debugger.

The technology I mention in the beginning of the video is this:

The new monitor I refer to in the video is this UPERFECT 4K Monitor 15.6″ Portable Gaming Monitor UHD PC Screen USB C Monitor.

The cables I use in this project are these:

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