Build Electronic Circuits

• The Pull-Up Resistor: How It Works and Choosing a Value

  9-3-2021 Electronics Build Electronic Circuits 11399

  The pull-up resistor is very common and you’ll see it in digital circuits all the time. It’s just a resistor connected from an input up to V DD ,...

• Cap Half Full #6 – Repairing an old amplifier

  27-2-2021 Electronics Build Electronic Circuits 524

  In this episode, we repair an old Sanyo amplifier. In this episode, we find an old amplifier in the trash and we try to repair it. Will...

• New Resource: The CMOS 4000 series of ICs

  31-8-2020 Electronics Build Electronic Circuits 891

  Do you want to build simple digital circuits with 7-segment displays, counters, adders, and other logic circuits? Then you need to check out the...

• Learn Electronics With These 10 Simple Steps

  21-8-2020 Electronics Build Electronic Circuits 2634

  Do you want to learn electronics, so that you can build your own gadgets? There is a ton of resources on learning electronics –...

• How to Create Gerber Files in KiCad

  11-8-2020 Electronics Build Electronic Circuits 684

  Gerber files are actually images of the different layers of your Printed Circuit Board (PCB). And it’s a universal way of sending your design to...

• The Sunrise Wake-Up Alarm

  22-6-2020 Electronics Build Electronic Circuits 1248

  In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to build a sunrise wake-up alarm. It’s a light-sensitive circuit that will activate a buzzer when you have...

• This trick will help you understand circuits

  15-6-2020 Electronics Build Electronic Circuits 7126

  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...

• Behind the scenes of Ohmify [VIDEO]

  27-5-2020 Electronics Build Electronic Circuits 3237

  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,...

• Let me tell you a secret: I look up things

  21-5-2020 Electronics Build Electronic Circuits 1777

  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...

• What Is An Inductor?

  20-5-2020 Electronics Build Electronic Circuits 1718

  I have received some emails with the question “What is an inductor?”. And I realized that it is a really good question. Because it’s kind of a...

• PCB Design: How To Create A Printed Circuit Board

  2-5-2020 Electronics Build Electronic Circuits 2265

  To create a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), you need to draw holes, pads, and wires for your circuit. This skill is called PCB design and...

• Can kids learn electronics from Ohmify?

  2-5-2020 Electronics Build Electronic Circuits 4012

  In these corona days, a lot of kids are stuck at home. And I’ve been asked many times by parents around the world if Ohmify is...

• How To Solder – A Simple Guide For Beginners and Hobbyists

  2-5-2020 Electronics Build Electronic Circuits 3936

  Everyone can learn how to solder. And it’s an important skill to know want to build electronics. Basic soldering is easy. All you need...