The Biggest Little Chip: An Intro to the Versatile 555 Timer
Chain three 555s together to create a gadget that will allow you to impose a time limit in games like checkers or Scrabble.
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Circuito.io Helps Beginners Assemble Electronic Projects
Use Circuito.io to drag and drop different parts together. It will compute all the necessary additional items and give you a wiring diagram.
Review: Voltera V-One Makes Custom Homemade PCBs with Less Mess
The Voltera V-One minimizes the mess and makes DIY printed circuit board (PCB) production more accurate and automated.
Star Simpson’s Tips for Starting a Lifetime in Electronics
Star Simpson was inspired by Forrest Mims’ books on electronics. Now she’s turning his iconic drawings directly into hardware.
Soldering Savant Makes Insane 1,400-LED Tower
This LED tower is an amazing work of soldering by Gislain Benoit containing 1,415 LEDs and 2,153 components in total. I admire his ability to count that many components, but it makes sense that the type of person who has the patience to complete this sort of contraption would be that meticulous. According to the description, Benoit replaced […]
Constructing the Battery Signal Generator
Tips for building your own circuits.
Projects with Ryan Slaugh: Simple Amplifier
Building upon my last video, I’ve decided to make a simple circuit using some op-amps. One is the general op-amp LM741. The other is a specific op-amp, LM386, that is designed for audio amplification. This circuit can be used to amplify microphones or be used as a circuit sniffer depending on what you connect to […]
