Electronics explained in a simple way
“We’re never going to make it!”
Jensa (from the hackerspace Bitraf) and I arrived early at the airport in Oslo.
But that didn’t help.
Our flight from Oslo had technical problems.
So it was delayed and we missed our connecting flight to Hong Kong…
Not a good start of our trip.
A circuit simulator is a tool for “seeing” what a circuit does. In comparison to mechanical machines such as a bicycle and a lever, electronics cannot be easily inspected by the naked eye.
When you look at a bicycle you can observe it and see that stepping on the pedals makes a chain turn, and that this chain moves the bicycle wheels.
In contrast, if you open up an audio amplifier, it will be really hard to tell what it does if you don’t have previous experience in designing and building electronic circuits.
[Read more…] about How a circuit simulator can help you understand any circuit
I met up with Captain Credible to play with circuits and try to come up with some fun sounds.
This is the result. It’s not all pretty – but extremely fun!
[Read more…] about We made sound. And it wasn’t all pretty
I like to create sound.
It’s one of my favorite things to do with electronics.
To create sound you need to make a circuit that makes a voltage go up and down very fast.
Earlier this month I published a new course bundle.
It’s called Getting Started With Arduino and includes four courses/tutorials to help you kickstart your Arduino learning.
For a few more days you can get it at 25% off.
All you need to do is to use the code TWENTYFIVEOFF:
Yesterday I met up with Captain Credible who is a musician known for his violently eccentric live performances and arsenal of homemade instruments.
We created some really cool circuits together for creating sound.
[Read more…] about Playdate with Captain Credible
