Are you struggling to understand circuits and see how currents flow? I wrote this based on an interaction I had with Gary. And maybe it can help you. I was developing some new material for a course. And I used Gary as my test subject. He’s an adult British gentleman with no electronics background whatsoever. […]
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Where To Buy Electronic Components?
There’s a bunch of places to buy electronic components. Myself, I love to go to a brick-and-mortar store to buy components, because then I can get them without waiting. Unfortunately, many cities don’t have these anymore. So what do you do?
How to combine components?
“How to combine components to get a specific function?”
Many people ask me this. But that’s like if you want to learn the piano and ask:
“How to combine notes to play a specific song?”
But that’s not the way to learn the piano. And it’s not the way to learn electronics.
Behind the scenes of Ohmify [VIDEO]
Every week I sit down to write this newsletter. And I usually spend about an hour. But today when I was sitting down to write, I had an impulse. I wanted to create a behind-the-scenes video tour of Ohmify.
Let me tell you a secret: I look up things
A few years ago I received a message: “We need to add a fancy new function to our product. Do you know how to do this?” (Okay it didn’t read “fancy new function”, but you get the picture)
What Is An Inductor?
An inductor is just a coil of wire.
It’s incredibly easy to make one — just make some loops with a wire. But because wires create magnetic fields, you’ll soon see that it can do some interesting stuff.
That’s what you’ll learn in this article.