1 How to Do It: Basic Soldering
A basic soldering lesson, praised as excellent and linked by others as the how-to for joining wires and soldering through hole pins.
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Strongly recommended, but by fewer people than the famous ones. Often the best explanation of a narrow thing.
2 Keys to Control Noise, Interference and EMI in PC Boards - Hartley
Rick Hartley's long talk on controlling noise and EMI in circuit boards; cited on electronics.stackexchange.com for edge stitching vias and why rise time, not bit rate, sets bandwidth.
Hidden gem3 Arduino Course for Absolute Beginners
A slow-paced Arduino course for complete newcomers, praised for its clear explanations and credited with getting people into the hobby.
Hidden gem4 DC MOTORS AND GENERATORS
A US Department of Defense training film on DC motors and generators, praised for building intuition better than most lectures.
Hidden gem5 What Every PCB Designer Should Know - Return Current Path (with Eric Bogatin)
Eric Bogatin explains with Robert Feranec where return current really flows and why split planes cause trouble; repeatedly recommended for anyone routing signals between layers.
Hidden gem6 Programming my 8-bit breadboard computer
Warmly recommended for learning how a processor works from the ground up by building a simple computer from scratch and seeing code run on real hardware.
Hidden gem7 #235: Basics of Analog Panel Meters | Analog meter movements | D'Arsonval
A w2aew explainer on analogue panel meters, praised for teaching how to characterise and drive them, often paired with his follow up video.
Hidden gem8 Basic Circuit Theory I (By Prof. Razavi)
A long university-style lecture series on introductory circuit analysis from a highly regarded professor, suggested for first-year students and anyone rebuilding their foundations.
Hidden gem9 8.02x - MIT Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism
Walter Lewin's university physics lectures, widely praised for building intuition about electricity and magnetism through demonstrations in every class.
Hidden gem10 New Analog Circuit Design (By Prof. Ali Hajimiri, Caltech)
Ali Hajimiri's lecture series on analogue circuit design, highly rated for building intuition about amplifier design and semiconductor physics including BJTs.
Hidden gem11 How to Solve Any Series and Parallel Circuit Problem
Jesse Mason's visual method for reducing series and parallel resistor networks to one equivalent value, repeatedly recommended to students who find the topic confusing.
Hidden gem12 Fourier Transform, Fourier Series, and frequency spectrum
A visual introduction to how waveforms add and split into frequency components, praised for making the jump from time domain to frequency domain intuitive.
Hidden gem13 Casper Electronics DIY synth building. Part 1: Oscillators
Enthusiastically shared as a Casper Electronics walkthrough building oscillators and simple synth circuits around the CD40106 chip.
Hidden gem14 When to use Flux ?
A detailed look at what flux does and how it transforms soldering, repeatedly described as something every solderer should see at least once.
Hidden gem15 Ipod Nano LCD series
Mike's multi-part series reverse engineering an iPod nano display, praised as a thorough practical lesson in working out unknown screen interfaces.
Hidden gem16 How To Install Retropie 4.4 And install Roms Raspberry pi 1 2 3 Or Zero
A beginner friendly RetroPie installation walkthrough that several people point newcomers to when they want a Raspberry Pi emulation box running.
Hidden gem17 Simple Examples of PID Control
An accessible PID explanation using everyday driving analogies, praised for showing how each of the three terms changes the response.
Hidden gem18 Essence of linear algebra preview
Begins 3Blue1Brown's linear algebra series, which engineers credit with providing the geometric intuition behind the matrices and complex numbers used in circuit analysis.
Hidden gem19 #133 Safe Shutdown for Raspberry Pi with Super Capacitors
Andreas Spiess covers building a small battery backup that lets a Raspberry Pi shut down cleanly during a power cut, praised as a good overview of the challenges.
Hidden gem20 106N. Bipolar Junction Transistor, basic operation, current flow properties, doping Profile
A Caltech lecture from Ali Hajimiri, praised for explaining why a bipolar transistor is really voltage controlled rather than base current controlled.
Hidden gem21 Filaween complete playlist
Thomas Sanladerer's series tests and compares 3D printing filaments with a methodical approach; recommended for judging the strength and flexibility of brands and designing your own tests.
Hidden gem22 Build a Power MOSFET H-Bridge for Arduino, PIC
Recommended as the best explanation of MOSFET H-bridges, including how to drive the P channel high side and other FET design issues that basic guides miss.
Hidden gem23 EEVblog #373 - Multimeter Input Protection Tutorial
Dave Jones explains the layers of input protection inside a multimeter, including HRC fuses and shielding; often cited when someone asks whether a mistake has damaged their meter.
Hidden gem24 Make your own SIMPLE 5x5x5 RGB LED Cube (Part 1)
GreatScott's first part of building a 5x5x5 LED cube, widely praised as a detailed and inspiring Arduino LED project.
Hidden gem25 Improve your Arduino programming skills - Using the ATmega328P registers.
Teaches direct register control on the ATmega328P to speed up Arduino code, recommended as a clear step beyond digitalWrite.
Hidden gem26 Tutorial 01: Hardware Overview: Arduino Course for Absolute Beginners (ReM)
Part of a beginner Arduino tutorial series, praised for explaining concepts plainly with some humour and bridging gaps left by the starter kit book.
Hidden gem27 Classical Control Theory
Brian Douglas's classical control theory playlist, credited by several people with making a difficult university subject understandable and covering the fundamentals well.
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