This video covers the basics of inductors – how they work and what effects they have on electronic circuits. A quick low pass LC filter example is given.
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This video covers what inductance is, the units (henries), and how inductance increases when a core material is used.
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So I recently got hold of some 2600F (no that is not a typo) ultracapacitors with an insanely low ESR of 0.7 milliohms, meaning they can discharge hundreds of amps even at low voltages. This video shows you some of the mayhem I got up to, and teaches some important capacitor formulas along the way. […]
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This video shows you what a photoresistor is, where to get one, and how to use one to turn a transistor on and off. You can then use the circuit to build a laser tripwire, just like in the movies! When the laser beam gets broken, you can toggle whatever you want.
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You may have seen batteries with things like “2000mAh” written on them before. This refers to the capacity of the battery, i.e. how much juice it can hold. In this video I explain Ah (amp-hours), Wh (watt-hours) and C ratings of batteries.
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Oscillators are a fundamental building block in electronics. You use them as part of generating radio waves, controlling the speed of digital processors, generating synth music and more. But to start out with you might just want to try blinking an LED on and off. This video will show you some basic square wave and […]
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Function generators are handy gadgets that generate waveforms. You can use them to generate sine waves, square waves, triangle waves etc of varying frequencies. The video explains why this can be useful, and shows you where you can buy a function generator for cheap. Incidentally, this kit was my first function generator.
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How to charge a single cell lithium ion or lithium polymer battery with an adjustable, current limiting bench power supply.
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