I can think of lots of reasons why someone might want to ‘dip their big toe’ into the electronics world. If you’re old and retired like me, maybe you’d just like something to do to keep your mind active. Or maybe you’d like to be able to help your kid, or grandkid try it out. […]
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If you’re a budding engineer, a maker, or just someone interested in electro-mechanical engineering, mechanisms, mechatronics, animatronics, or automata, here’s a very interesting guy you need to check out. His name is Tim Hunkin and he’s on YouTube. He creates really fun and bazaar electro-mechanical ‘novelties’ as he calls them. He even has an arcade
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If you’re interested in getting started with CAD (Computer Aided Design), join the club! I have experimented with all sorts of CAD programs over many years. I’ve never spent enough time with any of them to be any good, but I have learned a few things that might help you out. When I got my
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I spent a couple of hours this morning learning more about mechanical linkages on YouTube — specifically four-bar linkages (sometimes stated as 4-bar). These little beauties are in lots of places that I hadn’t thought too much about. For instance, they’re used in adjustable desk lamps that clamp to the edge of your desk, car
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I got my new Tacklife power supply from Amazon and in the video above I show you everything from me taking it out of the box to trying it out with a load resistor. It’s a nice power supply and I recommend it. I thought about getting the 10 amp version instead of the 5
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