Hands On - Make: Electronics

To quote Chris Knight - "It's yet another in a long series of diversions in an attempt to avoid responsibility." Rather than ...

Well, I don't know... I've tried quite a few things. First, I replaced the wire to the speaker with a high gauge wire (thinner and ...

Okay, I'm still having trouble with experiment 29. I'm including some close-up photos here, hoping that someone may catch an error ...

I got everything hooked up and I double-checked the schematic for all the resistors, capacitors, and pins on the chip. I chose to use my iP...

Apologies for delays in posting recently - throw in a small bit of procrastination with my mistakes in ordering incorrect components and ......

Experiment 30 builds on Experiment 29 - unfortunately, I've had some bad luck getting the proper components for these 2 exercises. Exp ...

Got a few more items in for Chapter 5 from various sources. First, I purchased 10 germanium diodes and a single piezoelectric earphone from ...

I'd never seen this application of a coil, but the theory you'll read about for Experiment 28 makes sense. In the first part of the ...

Thanks go to Seth over at O'Reilly Media, Inc for emailing me an updated version of the book - as you can see, the cover looks great on ...

Exercise 27 calls for you to destroy a small 2" speaker... the way these speakers are designed, I don't think you'll be repairi...

This was another fun little exercise that I've seen in various forms over the years... the picture on page 241 (Figure 5-22) really does...

My printed copy of the book is getting... worn. While sharing it last week with folks at WorldFest, it got handled by kids, adults, and adu...

As the author says, this is an experiment I've seen done numerous times in the past... but never done myself. I remember my high school...

I used to look forward to the occasional Amazon box that would show up on my doorstep. Not anymore... now it's boxes from Mouser or All...

While I wait for my final shipment of parts to arrive for Chapter 5, I've read over the first part of the chapter covering the work area...

I've begun ordering some of the components for chapter 5... but not all. I'll try and get a detailed list (with part #s and prices)...

I never got my Alarm System to work quite right back in Chapter 3 ... after re-checking the circuit board (this one was soldered, so any err...

Just for today - a nice price on a good multimeter - I'll remove this post when the item is sold out. http://auto.tooliday.com/

I received my Components Pack 2 today... very well done. I can't believe I'm seeing all those hard to find (or at least, slow to f...

The photos here show the circuit on page 219 (Figure 4-109). I'm not sure if I'll go forward with the enhancement described on page...