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Short documentary about MITERS, a student run hacker-space at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [via]
MITERS (video) - [Link]
State of Electronics – Trailer from karl von moller on Vimeo.
There’s a new preview for the State of Electronics a documentary about open hardware. The first trailer is here
The producer hopes a network will be interested if there are a lot of youtube views, your extra hit could make it possible.
Interesting fact: filmed with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital camera. [via]
New State of Electronics documentary trailer – [Link]
blog.makezine.com writes:
Dave Jones from the Electronics Engineering Video Blog shows us what tools he recommends for a starter electronics lab. He makes a few surprisingly inexpensive recommendations for multimeters, oscilloscopes, function generators, bench power supplies, soldering stations, and many other tools and supplies. I, for one, am taking very careful notes on this excellent video since I’m moving from basic to more advanced electronics design. [via]
How-To: Set Up An Electronics Lab – [Link]
dangerousprototypes.com writes: [via]
What’s in a name? David L. Jones of EEVBlog thinks he’s found an Easter egg in the performance characteristics of the 555 timer chip which reveals the basis of the “555″ in its name. Build his circuit (schematic at video 13:25), fire up the scope and see if you agree!
555 timer Easter egg? - [Link]
Piezoelectric materials are about as close to magic as you can get. They turn physical pressure into electricity and can even turn electricity into physical pressure – an amazing sort of bidirectional converter for mechanical and electrical energies. Perhaps even more amazing is the fact that you can easily ‘grow’ your own piezoelectric crystals overnight using just a couple of common ingredients – awesome.
Collin’s Lab: Homebrew Piezo - [Link]
