Circuit Skills: LED Color Organ
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/10/circuit_skills_led_color_organ_spon.html
Join Collin as he synchronizes light to sound using the power of analog circuitry. It’s disco-tech!
Skill Builders
Circuit Skills: Surface Mount Devices, sponsored by Jameco Electronics
I’ve tried my hand at quite a few different methods for circuit building — breadboard, perfboard, custom etching, even some boardless freeform wiring, but somehow, I never got around to using surface-mount parts (until now, that is). Understandably, many balk at the idea of soldering the infamously tiny SMD packages, but once equipped with the […]
Circuit Skills: Perfboard Prototyping, sponsored by Jameco Electronics
[Note: Jameco is currently offering all the parts I used in this video as a perfboard prototyping kit — just add wire & solder. ] When you think “DIY electronics,” one of the first images that likely comes to mind is of parts and wire soldered to a standard piece of perforated circuit board — […]
Circuit Skills: Electronics Enclosures, sponsored by Jameco Electronics
Every useful circuit board deserves a good enclosure. Providing a proper case for your circuit can protect it from accidental spills & falls – plus give it a cool look you can proudly show off even to those unfamiliar with soldering and such. Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, […]
Circuit Skills: Circuit Board Etching, sponsored by Jameco
I very much enjoy making my own circuit boards. It’s a satisfying process that ties together my love of electronics with materials I used back in my art school days. It’s also the most accurate way to build a circuit short of sending away to a PCB manufacturer, and it’s much more fun. Subscribe to […]
MAKE presents: Ohm’s Law
Voltage, Current, and Resistance โ three of the most important electrical properties, are elegantly intertwined by way of a the simple equation V = IR, better known as Ohm’s Law. Get acquainted with this fundamental tool of electronics engineering.
MAKE presents: The Inductor
The deceptively simple wire coil that proves incredibly useful in the world of electronics – the inductor’s ability to store energy in an electromagnetic field is the key to making transformers, electromagnets, and many more components. It truly is an awesome device!
For questions, suggestions, and more info –
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/11/make_presents_the_inductor.html
