Skill Set: Understanding electronic components

Over the last few years, our very own Collin Cunningham has authored a series of awesome videos called MAKE Presents. Each video covers an electronic component (and one fundamental law of electronics). Understanding how these components function, and that law, are important first steps in understanding electronics. Here are all of the MAKE Presents videos to date. Collin is currently working on an episode on the basics of using a digital multimeter (the Swiss Army knife of electronics testing tools).

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3PDLsJQcGI&w=600&h=450]MAKE Presents: The LED – A movie about the origins of the LED and how to make your own from carborundum!

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPVoY1QROMg&w=600&h=450]MAKE presents: The Resistor

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYH9dGl4gUE&w=600&h=450]MAKE presents: The Capacitor

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-td7YT-Pums&w=600&h=450]MAKE Presents: The Transistor

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqzYsuTRVRc&w=600&h=450]MAKE presents: The Diode

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSRIc-sEgPw&w=600&h=450]MAKE presents: The Integrated Circuit

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STDlCdZnIsw&w=600&h=450]MAKE presents: The Inductor

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mHLvtGjum4&w=600&h=450]

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