Shot In The Dark II | Project 8/20 | Maxitronix 20in1 | In The Lab With Jay Jay

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In this video I do the eighth Maxitronix 20in1 Electronic Project Lab project: Shot In The Dark II.

This article will tell you all about anodes and cathodes of capacitors: 19.3: Electrochemical Cells

The Veritasium video about the number 37 which I mention is this one: Why is this number everywhere?



New Book Teardown: Learning The Art of Electronics: A Hands-On Lab Course | In The Lab With Jay Jay

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This video is part of the New Book Teardown feature of my video blog.

In this video I take a look at Learning the Art of Electronics: A Hands-On Lab Course by Thomas C. Hayes and Paul Horowitz published in 2016. The book has 1,140 pages and is a companion to The Art of Electronics 3rd Edition.

Some notes about things of interest we noticed in the book:

Old Book Teardown: Frequency Modulation: An Introduction To The Fundamental Principles | In The Lab With Jay Jay

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This video is part of the Old Book Teardown feature of my video blog.

In this video I tear down Frequency Modulation: An Introduction To The Fundamental Principles by A. W. Keen, M.I.R.E., A.M.I.E.E. This book was published in London in 1958. The book comprises 274 pages and is chock full of schematics with old vacuum tubes.

Some items of note from the book:

Male And Female RF Coaxial Cables With Alligator Clips | In The Lab With Jay Jay

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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:

New Book Teardown: The Art of Electronics: The x-Chapters | In The Lab With Jay Jay

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This video is part of the New Book Teardown feature of my video blog.

In this video I take a look at The Art of Electronics: The x-Chapters by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill published in 2020. The book has 506 pages and is a companion to The Art of Electronics 3rd Edition.

In the book we learn about the Cascode two-stage amplifier and the push-pull amplifier.

We also see mention the Eye Diagram and there is discussion of the Potentiometer.