The Sunrise-Sunset Light | Project 7/30 | Maxitronix 30in1 | In The Lab With Jay Jay

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In this video we continue to work through our Maxitronix 30in1, today doing project #7: The Sunrise-Sunset Light. In this project we see how an electrolytic capacitor can control and NPN transistor. By varying the resistor and capacitor we can change the timings of the circuit.

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

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

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The Transistor and “Amplification” | Project 6/30 | Maxitronix 30in1 | In The Lab With Jay Jay

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In this video we continue to work through our Maxitronix 30in1, today doing project #6: The Transistor and “Amplification”. In this project we see how an NPN transistor acts as an amplifier.

The HFR trigger coupling I use at the end of the video is called High Frequency Reject, it hides high frequency components from the triggering system and in this case fixed our triggering issue. I haven’t used HFR trigger coupling before. The Rigol user manual for the MSO5000 series doesn’t explain the feature, it just says: “HFR: rejects the high frequency components”.

We use the Rigol MSO5074 Mixed Signal Oscilloscope to examine our input and output voltages, and also to provide a test sine wave for input.

We use the UNI-T UTi260B Thermal Imager to look at the thermals, but there wasn’t anything really to see.

We use the UNI-T UTG962E Signal Generator to provide an input signal, but we couldn’t get it to work properly so we used the signal generate from the scope instead.

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The Transistor, an Electronic “Trigger” | Project 5/30 | Maxitronix 30in1 | In The Lab With Jay Jay

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In this video we continue to work through our Maxitronix 30in1, today doing project #5: The Transistor, an Electronic “Trigger”. In this project we see how an NPN transistor works.

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The “Invisible Power” Radio | Project 4/30 | Maxitronix 30in1 | In The Lab With Jay Jay

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In this video we continue to work through our Maxitronix 30in1, today doing project #4: The “Invisible Power” Radio. In this project we make a simple radio but it doesn’t work for us.

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The One-Way Street | Project 3/30 | Maxitronix 30in1 | Learning Electronics In The Lab With Jay Jay

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Silly Job Title: Chief Fuse Blower. I am the Chief Fuse Blower!

In this video we continue to work through our Maxitronix 30in1, today doing project #3: The One-Way Street. In this project we learn a little more about diodes and LEDs.

We use the EEVblog BM2257 Digital Multimeter to investigate voltages within our circuit.

We use the Sharp EL-546L Scientific Calculator to do some basic calculations.

We use the Carpenter Mechanical Pencil to make our notes.

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The Electronic Storage Tank | Project 2/30 | Maxitronix 30in1 | In The Lab With Jay Jay

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Silly Job Title: Tech Lead. I am the Tech Lead!

In this video we do the 2nd project from the Maxitronix 30in1 Electronics Project Lab Kit: The Electronic Storage Tank.

We use the Rigol MSO5074 Mixed Signal Oscilloscope to measure the voltage across the capacitor.

We use the UNI-T UTi260B Thermal Imager to check for thermal response (there was none).

We use the Riden RD6006 Bench Power Supply to provide 3V to our test circuit.

We use the EEVblog BM2257 Digital Multimeter to measure voltage across the capacitor.

We use the Peak Electronic Design Atlas DCA75 Pro Semiconductor Analyzer to measure the forward voltage of our LED.

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Intro Project Fix from Jason Jacques | Project 1/30 | Maxitronix 30in1 | In The Lab With Jay Jay

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Silly Job Title: Phase Pharaoh. I am the Phase Pharaoh!

In this video we revise Project 1 of our Maxitronix 30in1 by incorporating some feedback received from fellow YouTuber Jason Jacques. Thanks Jason!

Will will pick up at Project 2 next week.

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Intro Project | Project 1/30 | Maxitronix 30in1 | Learning Electronics In The Lab With Jay Jay

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Silly Job Title: Relay Renegade.

In this video we build project #1 of our Maxitronix 30in1, the Intro Project.

We use the Rigol MSO5074 Mixed Signal Oscilloscope to examine our circuit.

We use the UNI-T UTi260B Thermal Imager to examine the thermals.

We use the EEVblog BM2257 Digital Multimeter to test continuity and measure current and resistance.

We use the Peak Electronic Design Atlas LCR45 LCR Meter to get vital statistics for our transformer and piezo earphone.

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

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

We use the Scotch Titanium Scissors to cut our heat shrink.

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

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Channel News #6: I Have a New Gig! Also I’m Planning Some Things | In The Lab With Jay Jay

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In this video I report in about what’s going on around here.

My big news is that recently I got a gig working for Hackaday. You can find my articles over here: https://hackaday.com/author/JohnElliot

I mention that I am reading AVR Programming: Get Under the Hood of the AVR Microcontroller Family which is written by Elliot Williams who is Editor in Chief over at Hackaday. The big thing I am hoping to learn from this book is how to generate tones, but I haven’t read that part of it yet!

The new book teardown which I am going to need to re-record is for Electricity and Magnetism 3ed.

The old book teardown which I have been working on is for Electric Circuits.

I have done the introduction for the Maxitronix 30in1: Introducing Maxitronix 30in1 | Maxitronix 30in1 | Learning Electronics In The Lab With Jay Jay but I haven’t done the first project yet. The thing that is tripping me up is making a decision about whether I am going to start doing the LTSpice simulations in the 30in1 videos or if I’m going to put that off until we start our next Maxitronix kit… I will have to make a decision about that soon.

I am working on Jaycar and Silicon Chip Mini Project number JMP003. But I’m stuck debugging it. I hope to catch up with that soon. I have heaps of Mini Projects to do, I am embarrassingly far behind.

I have recorded the introduction for the Learning the Art of Electronics project that we’re just about to kick off: Introducing Learning the Art of Electronics | Learning Electronics In The Lab With Jay Jay but I’m still waiting for the 2nd edition of the book to turn up. Fingers crossed it gets here in the next couple of days otherwise I will need to start on this project using the 1st edition of the book.

There’s a bunch of stuff here that has arrived in the mail so you can expect to see a mail call video covering that stuff soon as well.

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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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