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Author Topic: New DIY electronics blog  (Read 552 times)
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« on: May 31, 2009, 04:20:59 am »

Not quite steam, but still fun for all the circuit folks in the room:

Analogously Speaking, a new blog on weird analog circuits. Knowing the circuits the author makes (I'm the guy with the belt he mentions in the first real post) I expect the content to get fun.
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« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2009, 04:59:51 am »

Ooh, consider this site bookmarked!  I do so love good analog circuitry...
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« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2009, 05:47:39 am »

Ask him if he has any interest in this stuff:

http://brassgoggles.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=16170.0


I didn't see a contact info on that blog
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« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2009, 12:47:30 am »

Hopefully you guys will enjoy this.  I've got a bit of a backlog of circuits, as mentioned in the intro.  The next several posts will be about the compass belt.  I'm busy designing the new version, with particular emphasis on usability and a compact package.  (It will be larger than I'd like, mostly because finding the ideal case would be impossible.)  The eventual goal will be a complete set of schematics for the DIYers, and hopefully put it together as a kit for those tho don't like the idea of handling microscopic surface mount parts.

Some of the later posts may be more directly on-topic for this forum -- here's a preview.
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« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2009, 01:42:04 am »

My kid bro was always tinkering with electronic stuff, and is now a fully qualified electronic engineer. While I am ... 'nuf said. So any advice I can get re: making electronic type stuff, starting at gaga would be much appreciated.
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« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2009, 03:19:53 am »

Well, the target audience for my blog is people who have a modest amount of experience with electronics.  If you've never picked up a soldering iron, it's probably the wrong place to start, though I hope you'd find it interesting anyway Smiley  That said, building circuits really isn't (normally) that complicated.  For the goggles in the video above, I spent more time on arranging parts and getting it to look right than I did on actually building the circuit.

I'm a strong believer that most skills, electronics included, should be learned with a project in mind.  So, what sort of electronic things do you want to learn to build?  For learning the very basics, there's a lot of good material on the net already.  I'm happy to answer questions, but without some more specific question it's hard to know where to start.
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« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2009, 01:34:10 pm »

Thank you Evand. As I normally sit at the computational engine in a well-shaded and rather gloomy little corner, I was thinking perhaps some project to install a small battery-powered lamp might be a useful start. If I may, I will PM you when my ideas are a little more definite?
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« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2009, 05:11:11 pm »

Certainly.  At the simple end of things, it's just a switch, a bulb, a battery, and a mechanism to charge the battery.  Of course, it can get more complicated with, say, dimmer control or using LEDs instead of incandescent bulbs (for longer battery life).  Of course, it isn't an appropriate addition to the mad science lab unless you build your own battery out of beakers of acid and strips of metal Smiley
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« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2009, 05:25:03 am »

Hey thanks for the post!
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