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Learning the Art of Electronics: 1L.2.2.1 An experiment: Try your DVM’s current-measurement burden | In The Lab

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Silly Job Title: Electron Enchanter. I am the Electron Enchanter!

In this video we continue to work our way through Learning the Art of Electronics. In this video we start 1L Lab: DC Circuits.

Today we do some experiments to determine the voltage burden of our DVM when it is in current-measuring mode.

We use the Riden RD6006 Bench Power Supply to power our test circuit.

We use the Fluke 17B+ Digital Multimeter to measure current and voltage.

We use the EEVblog BM2257 Digital Multimeter to measure current and voltage.

We use the EEVblog BM036 Digital Multimeter to measure current.

We use the Multicomp Pro MP701033 Resistor Decade Box as our variable resistor.

We use the Carpenter Mechanical Pencil to take notes.

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

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Learning the Art of Electronics: Fig-1N.6: Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law | In The Lab With Jay Jay

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Silly Job Title: Plugerinerer. I am the Plugerinerer!

In this video we continue to work our way through Learning the Art of Electronics. In this video we finish the first chapter 1N DC Circuits.

Today we do some experiments to verify Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law.

We use the Riden RD6006 Bench Power Supply for power.

We use the Fluke 17B+ Digital Multimeter to measure current.

We use the EEVblog BM2257 Digital Multimeter to measure voltage.

We use the EEVblog BM036 Digital Multimeter to measure current.

We use the Sharp EL-546L Scientific Calculator to crunch some numbers.

We use the Multicomp Pro MP701033 Resistor Decade Box for variable resistance.

We use the Carpenter Mechanical Pencil to make our notes.

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

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Learning the Art of Electronics: Fig-1N.33: Circuit A Drives Circuit B | In The Lab With Jay Jay

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Silly Job Title: Component Wrangler. I am the Component Wrangler!

In this video we continue to work our way through Learning the Art of Electronics. We have nearly finished the 1N DC Circuits chapter. Today we learned a new rule of thumb: when circuit A drives circuit B the output impedance of circuit A should be equal to or less than 10% of the input impedance of circuit B.

There is no prac this week, only theory. Next week we will complete this chapter and then we’re ready to proceed into our first lab chapter.

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Learning the Art of Electronics: Fig-1N.32: various senses of “ground” | In The Lab With Jay Jay

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Silly Job Title: Energy Elicitor. I am the Energy Elicitor!

In this video we keep on working through Learning the Art of Electronics chapter 1N DC Circuits.

There was no experiment recorded today due to time constraints. The new material covered was just a little bit regarding ground, the rest was revision. We will continue next Tuesday so stand by for that.

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Learning the Art of Electronics: Fig-1N.29: DVM reading departs from ideal; we can infer Rin-DVM | In The Lab

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In this video we keep on working through Learning the Art of Electronics chapter 1N DC Circuits. Today’s circuits are from Figure 1N.25: Set of similar voltage dividers: same Vthev, differing Rthev and Fig-1N.29: DVM reading departs from ideal; we can infer Rin-DVM.

We use the Tenma 72-10505 Bench Power Supply for a 20V power supply.

We use the EEVblog BM2257 Digital Multimeter as our DVM for measuring voltage.

We use the Sharp EL-546L Scientific Calculator to crunch some numbers.

We use the Multicomp Pro MP701033 Resistor Decade Box to provide the resistances used in our circuits.

We use the WilliamKlein Music Stand to hold our textbook.

We use the Carpenter Mechanical Pencil to make our notes.

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

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

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Learning the Art of Electronics: Fig-1N.24: Applying the Thévenin model | In The Lab With Jay Jay

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Silly Job Title: Switch Switcher.

In this video we build two circuits for Learning the Art of Electronics.

The pre-reading for today is up to and including page 18 of the course work. So if you have the book try to get that reading done.

In this video we test a circuit and its Thévenin model to see that they behave as expected. They do! But I’m still trying to get my head around all of the details…

I mention about my decade boxes. The good one is this one: Multicomp Pro MP701033 Resistor Box (I have ordered two more of these) and the crappy ones are these ones: Yum Cha J15026-2 6-Knob Resistor Box.

I also mention about the analog multimeters, this is the crappy one I have: Yum Cha MF-110A Analog VOM Handheld Multimeter and this is the slightly less crap one which I have on order: Pro’sKit MT-2207-C Analog VOM Handheld Multimeter.

In the video:

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

We use the EEVblog BM2257 Digital Multimeter to get our voltage and current readings.

We use the Riden RD6006 Bench Power Supply to power our test circuits.

We use the Brother P-Touch D210 Label Maker to label our circuits.

We use the Scotch Titanium Scissors to cut things.

We use the Carpenter Mechanical Pencil for writing our notes.

We use the Hakko CHP 3C-SA Precision Tweezers to do precision work.

We use the Plato Model 170 Wire Cutter to trim our leads and wires.

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Learning the Art of Electronics: Fig-1N.23: Hypothetical Voltage Divider | In The Lab With Jay Jay

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Silly Job Title: Operation Manager.

In this video we build our first circuits for Learning the Art of Electronics. The introductory video for this project is here: Introducing Learning the Art of Electronics.

The pre-reading for today’s project is up to page 17 of the course work. If you want to dig deeper there is extra reading to be found on the project home page. Note that some of my notes on the ITL Wiki are only available to people who support me on Patreon (see above).

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

We use the EEVblog BM2257 Digital Multimeter to test voltages and currents.

We use the Riden RD6006 Bench Power Supplies to power our test circuits.

We use the Brother P-Touch D210 Label Maker to label our circuits.

We use the WilliamKlein Music Stand to hold our book.

We use the Scotch Titanium Scissors to cut things.

We use the Carpenter Mechanical Pencil to make our notes.

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

We use the Plato Model 170 Wire Cutter to cut our wires.

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Following are some happy snaps of the results:




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Electronics Project #16: Making Power Cables for Learning the Art of Electronics | In The Lab

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Silly Job Title: Transistor Troubadour.

In this video we make some power cables which we will be using when we start to make the circuits for Learning the Art of Electronics. In particular we make two banana jack to DC barrel male and three DC barrel female to JST PH2.0 male. I also accidentally made a DC barrel male to JST PH2.0 but I’m not planning to use that.

The ElectroCookie printed circuit boards (PCBs) I will be using for the LAoE projects are these:

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

We use the EEVblog BM2257 Digital Multimeter to test continuity.

We use the Horusdy Soldering Station with Hot Air Gun to shrink our head shrink.

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

We use the Plato Model 170 Wire Cutter to cut things.

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Electronics Project #15: Making Project Board for Learning the Art of Electronics | In The Lab

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Silly Job Title: Joule Juggler.

In this video we make a project board for use in our Learning the Art of Electronics projects.

In the beginning I mention a few things which have arrived from AliExpress:

We use one of the ElectroCookie Large PCB Prototype Boards and attach female pin header and male pin header. The flux I use is AMTECH NC-559-ASM and my solder is Loctite (Multicore) 60/40 C511 5C 0.56mm.

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

We use the Fluke 17B+ Digital Multimeter for continuity testing.

We use the Horusdy Soldering Station with Hot Air Gun to try to melt our flux, unsuccessfully. It turned out the problem I was having with the flux wasn’t that it had hardened in its tube, but that the nozzle had become clogged. When I cleared the nozzle the trouble I was having dispensing the flux went away and the flux flowed freely.

We use the Hakko CHP 3C-SA Precision Tweezers to place our pin header.

We use the Plato Model 170 Wire Cutter to cut solder.

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