Preorders Live! The updated version of the AM Tech Beginner Electronics Kit is officially available for preorder on our site www.theamtech.com. More details coming soon!

@abc33944

6 ай бұрын

The expected date is March 2024 ?

@kratos823

5 ай бұрын

@@abc33944crazy that it took 3 years

@samjames5289

5 ай бұрын

march 2024??? come on man

@user-vj3hy4hi6c

5 ай бұрын

Hey, I', not from the US, but I'd like to preorder. Is it somehow possible? (Germany)

@lostbackboy

3 ай бұрын

@@user-vj3hy4hi6c i want to preorder to from germany

From a retired electrical engineer and former electronic circuit designer: Excellent video!! Especially about using breadboards, learning to read schematics, and using data sheets! Those are the key first steps. I started out using 555 timers, too. They are very handy for experimenting with logic circuits. Excellent introduction!

@electrowashyelect9715

2 жыл бұрын

I started with touch light graduated to speakers to buzzer then ne555 to inverter

@bazzaporter6990

Жыл бұрын

Don't suppose you know of a link or anyone that knows how to cause a noise on a noisy neighbours speakers and sub that they deliberately keep on 24/7. Have tried all options of speaking, complaints NOTHING works I need sleep. Or something I can cause interference with their speakers during the middle of the night. I think I will be dead soon if I don't sleep.

@Fisheiyy

Жыл бұрын

@@bazzaporter6990 nobody is just gonna tell you, thats literally making a high emf/small emp generator which is pretty illegal afaik but im dont really know the law on those types of things, and anyway its pretty hard to cause enough interference to do anything to the speakers, especially if they are wired (most likely) but even wireless it would still be hard, the walls seperating you will do a lot to block anything that you do manage to produce

@bazzaporter6990

Жыл бұрын

@@Fisheiyy I am sleep deprived because of selfish fuckers I am will to go to gaol.

@dr.strangelove5708

Жыл бұрын

@@bazzaporter6990 Generating white or pink noise over speakers or even the sound of an air conditioner may help but I am not sure what level or quality of the noise you are exposed to, it is worth a shot

If you start, as a youth, teaching yourself electronics you will be miles ahead of the competition for the rest of your life. It's never to early to learn! I too started learning electronics by tearing into radios people had thrown out before I was a teenager. I made a secure and interesting career in electronics and now at age 81 I keep my tools and test equipment to do practically anything, but mostly I repair antique radio and hi-fi equipment for fun.

@firdauszainudin7118

Жыл бұрын

Would you mind to create a KZread channel, Sir. It would be interesting and fun to learn from veteran.

@sollykhan2385

Жыл бұрын

ohh i was kinda wondering if you could be good enough to 'return' my old Radio that i accidentally threw out a few years back??? pleeeeze 🙂 Lol

@faker530

Жыл бұрын

what a legend

@HMPGENERAL

Жыл бұрын

I second the idea said above, make a youtube channel !!

@Elpipiton

Жыл бұрын

Would erasing an EPROM located on a Mercedes radio, potentially erase any critical data to keep the car from running or locks working properly?

I’m a 62 year old retired carpenter who studied electronics around 1982. Chose carpentry to make living but now I want to pick up where I left off in electronics. Saw your video and I am in.

@agentcalm

7 ай бұрын

Very similar here. I'm 61. I wont ever make a living at electronics but as a musician I'd love to learn how to design effects pedals for guitar.

@Sir.YeetusIII

6 ай бұрын

​@@agentcalmthat's a cool idea!

@pexoto5093

4 ай бұрын

Go for it my man! Hope you have fun!

Just getting into electronics after messing about with Arduino for years. Bit of a top down approach, but much easier than starting from scratch. Had projects that worked, now finding out the lower level nuts and bolts. Bit like studying grammar after you learn the language. Thanks for really helpful video.

@TheAMTech_Official

2 жыл бұрын

Great analogy! Glad you liked the video 👍

@michaelspianochannel

Жыл бұрын

As a CS student, starting with a more software focused microcontroller appeals more to me but the hardware stuff is pretty cool. Assembly programming got me curious

@HippieLongHaired

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelspianochannel Yes, you will do well with that approach. As the saying goes, "Everything is open source if your an assembly programmer."

You have tapped into a viable niche. Your intro at the beginning of the video about not needing college courses is encouraging to the growing population of self teaching enthusiasts. I wish you success in expanding your KZread reach. I am subscribed and hope that you will stay true to the objective you laid out.

@LeviBulger

Жыл бұрын

Well I wouldn't call myself a "self-teaching enthusiast" but I would definitely call myself poor.

@Sir.YeetusIII

6 ай бұрын

​@@LeviBulgerditto

@stevrgrs

Ай бұрын

GitHub + stack overflow + ChatGPT + arduino, seeeduino, etc = THOUSANDS saved in student loan debt :)

I've been working with electronics for about 30 years, and I started with these kits as well. This is one of the most honest videos on getting started. Thank you!

Yes, I think you would find many people do not know what they are looking for because they don't know what to ask. Therefore, developing something that would help a beginner (like me) would be incredibly useful and favored over time.

@TheAMTech_Official

2 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear you say this. When designing the AM Tech Electronics Kit, I took a lot of time to make sure that it was perfect for beginners. Everything from the box design to the booklet has been carefully crafted to maximize the ease with which beginners can enter electronics. If you're interested, check out our campaign: www.kickstarter.com/projects/theamtechkit/the-am-tech-introduction-to-electronics-kit?ref=d91sue

@kikijewell2967

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! I've done basic soldering, but designing a circuit is, oddly, over my head. I'm not sure what I'm missing, or where to start. Eager for your kit(s)!

@brody6634

Жыл бұрын

​@@TheAMTech_Official when will it be available again? I would like one!!

I have an Associates degree and a BSEET in Electronics. I regret that I never used most of my Electronics knowledge and pursued a career in firmware and software. Now, I design microcontroller circuit boards and I write firmware and software to bring my creations to life. I am much happier designing and building prototype circuits in a lab.

@laughing5559

Жыл бұрын

Electrical Engineering previously was about designing and laying out discreet components. Now chips have just about everything integrated and all you have to do is write software to make the components do what you want them to do.

@b21hirejayeshnanaji71

Жыл бұрын

I also want to work in the same field as you are working . Currently I am doing my BE in Electronics and Telecommunication engineering Second year . Please suggest a roadmap or resources I should utilise get into this field.

@laughing5559

Жыл бұрын

@@b21hirejayeshnanaji71 c/c++, Linux OS, digital signal processing, microprocessors and FPGAs, control theory.

@b21hirejayeshnanaji71

Жыл бұрын

@@laughing5559 thanks for your suggestions

that radioshack kit really looks incredible and massively educational! i would DEFINITELY buy an electronics kit from you especially with that impressive thing as your inspiration! getting into electronics still as a noob, the whole "every kit includes arduino" thing had me really confused for awhile actually... i didnt understand why i needed that. thanks for going over these few things, they were more helpful to me than you might think

i started electronics in mr. pettibone’s ap physics class. he taught me everything i know

@kdarban

2 жыл бұрын

*Pettibone!*

@picklerix6162

2 жыл бұрын

My Physics teacher was Mr. Treadwell and he taught me Ohm’s law. I built a Radio Shack FM receiver and brought it into class. Some of my classmates laughed when they saw it but you should have seen their faces when they heard music come out of that earpiece.

Great Video! I just started playing around and learning programming an Arduino for a self-made flipper project we do in school. Now I want to go deeper into the basics of electronics, because not only do I find it interesting it can be also beneficial for my apprenticeship I do rn. Glad that I found your channel and that your kit launches soon, so I can get a good beginners-set!

This has been exactly the path that I followed and after studying electronic engineering I stand out above my peers. Very good tips!

Started the same way in the mid 70's. Something like a 75 in 1 electronics kit. Looking back on that kit now it was very good at the projects that it had. I also took a lot of things apart, like model trains, radios etc. Good a taking them apart and testing how they worked, not so good at putting them back together, as my father would attest to, but he had no problem doing everything that he could do to send me to Engineering School.

@laughing5559

Жыл бұрын

I had a EE class that spent an entire month on the physics of diodes without ever just coming out and saying that the practical use of simple diodes is that they block current in one direct and pass it in the other direction. The practical knowledge I had gained as a 10 year old kid playing with a kit saved my ass in that class. In the university lab I found myself teaching the other students how to bias transistors. (They asked me, I didn't volunteer). I suspect that some of them turned in what I wrote as their homework.

Well done! When I got started, I asked a lot of questions of my Dad. He answered what he could, but I soon discovered that Dad didn't know everything. ;-) Right after I got to that point, he came home with a book or two, authored by Forrest Mims III, the same guy who wrote the book you just flipped through. He is good at explaining so much for beginners -- if I remember correctly, he was self-taught, too, so that's the best perspective to have when starting. You've done a great job, and I hope your videos inspire many more people to learn basic electronics.

I honnestly dont do electronics, nor im interested in it, just not my field. but seeing you being so cheered up about teaching it and explaining your past mistakes makes me happy :)

@bennaarsongidi9269

Жыл бұрын

What are you interested in , I’m curious ?

@david88va

9 ай бұрын

@@bennaarsongidi9269 I know him, he's into ballet 🩰

Great advice - need to learn from the ground up. I'm back to electronics to pick up where I was a few years back... I used the 555 then and I've got to get back in to it again. Great intro vid. Thank you.

Just ordered, super excited for both myself and my kids.

You are an amazing fellow, thanks for getting into this, and showing us all its not to late to learn.

You are a role model for electronics enthusiasts like me. Keep innovating for us.

Found your kickstarted via this video. I'm now a backer because it is exactly what I need! I don't want to get my son into programming quite yet, but he does have an interest in circuits. This is going to be a great resource for both of us. Thank you!

@TheAMTech_Official

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your support! I hope you enjoy the kit!

Thank you for making this video. Great video and right on about how to learn. Yes, someone should make basic kits like the old Tandy ones. I'd like to add that 'data sheets' are also called ' white papers'.

As someone who has been obsessed with accelerated learning all my life, I think mentor-student relationship is one of the fastest. Personally I read through dozens of books on birds, fishes, trees, insects... but after using an app that lets you identify these species (acting as virtual mentor) my learning exploded. Of course electronics is different. But I can only imagine the immersive knowledge one has shadowing an electrician and what not. There are of course various routes to learning.

@getsmartquick

Жыл бұрын

Thanks bro maybe there is a virtual app that teachers one in the app store thanks bro

@mj6312

Жыл бұрын

Do you mind telling me the name of the app? I've also read a lot about plants and birds and it would be nice to boost my learning.

@MikeErhiga

4 ай бұрын

I would like to know too

Back in 89, My brother got a kit. This thing had Everything in it. Fighting all the time over it. That kit offered a lot more than now. We got books in the mail through the subscription that came with it. I too want to develop a kit, or even a store like RadioShack. Everyone in small town America, forced to ordering from amazon or driving a couple hours for common components. It makes me sick. Anyhow, keep the good spirits. God gives us everything we need, when we need it. It IS up to Me to use what He Provides. There is no better feeling, taking two things that don’t match, and make something “outside the box” and it works. No Higher Feeling of Success. Keep up Friend. God Bless.

@TheAMTech_Official

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your story and support!

@mybrotherkeeper1484

Жыл бұрын

Love your comment. I needed to hear that.

@jj74qformerlyjailbreak3

Жыл бұрын

@@mybrotherkeeper1484 Love you name. I needed to see that. Thanks. God Bless.

@mybrotherkeeper1484

Жыл бұрын

@@jj74qformerlyjailbreak3 👍🙏

Dude I had both the snapcircuits kit and the radioshack kit as a kid, still have the radioshack kit. I haven’t done anything with electronics in ages, but I’m getting back into it and it’s cool to see other taking the same route I did (even if I took the scenic route)

As a kid i pllayed with these lego style denshi blocks with contacts on all four sides for connecting to each other on a base that would hold them in place. They were clear plastic and anyone could understand how they work very easily. The blocks consisted of resistors, diodes, caps etc and you could arrange them in any way to make any simple circuit such as a morse code transmitter/receiver. It was called EX KIT 150 and was good fun.

You are wonderful! LOVE young-uns that LEARN stuff and DO something with it! Rock on!

This video was reccomended to me and I checked your newer videos and I’m very happy to see you made the kit :) I hope you’re still shipping them because I’d love to purchase one

Great idea! Very little available like this nowadays; it would be a fantastic educational tool for any age!

1:35 funny thing, I actually have that exact kit with two booklets {Basic Electronics Workbook 1 and Digital Logic Projects Workbook 2} inside that I got at a thrift store for around $10. thanks for reminding me of that kit...also just tested it, still works even though it had some battery acid in the battery compartment, Whoo! Hope you have a great day & Safe Travels!

Putting together a basic kit is a very good idea, back in the day when I was first getting into electronics these kits were really common but as you point out now the only kits are microcontroller based which is way too complex for a beginner to learn any basics as it all needs to be highly modularised. The kit you showed was by far the best type. A bread board surrounded by input/output components. This is what your kit needs to be, just some way for beginners to simply test their basic circuits without any other test kit so it's nice and self contained. Those types of kits got me hooked and I ended up doing electronics at college and finally getting a degree and a career in electronic engineering.

@TheAMTech_Official

2 жыл бұрын

Same here! Couldn't agree more. We've actually released the kit on Kickstarter. Take a look at www.theamtech.com and let me know what you think :)

@mybrotherkeeper1484

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAMTech_Official IF I can get the Starter Kit (not available now); do you have more advanced ones to graduate to, afterwards? You come across as trustworthy, so I thank you for this service you have provided for people who want to learn!

I got that exact kit as a birthday present when I was a kid. It was a really good kit and it's one of the reasons I went to college for EE. That and my grandpa teaching me some and saving electronics and appliances for projects until I was up there so we could disassemble things or help with a project of some kind.

@mybrotherkeeper1484

Жыл бұрын

I’m sure Grandpa Loved that as much, or more, than you, even! “To give us more blessed than to receive.”

Not boring at all! I remember those Radio Shack kits and could never decide which one I wanted. My dad bought me a Heathkit AM radio kit that taught me how to solder, but in the end, it didn't work. My dad sent it back to Heathkit for troubleshooting. They added an obvious jump-wire with no explanation, but at least the radio worked. A friend of mine in high school very much wanted to be a radio broadcaster so he learned how to build a radio transmitter and built it from salvaged parts from old radios and TVs and such. No breadboard, he put it all together on an 18 x 20 piece of plywood. He had me run it from my attic bedroom and rode his bike around the neighborhood to see what kind of range and signal strength we could get. I love your idea to put together parts for a few specific projects to teach basic principles.

i've been loosely starting electronics back in ~2018 and its only now that I've been starting to take it more seriously (due to having more time). Being in my late 20s makes it a bit tougher to learn this stuff but its great, nonetheless.

@PDaddy0120

5 ай бұрын

You're in your 20s. The brain doesn't learn as fast as it did after 25, but if you know to focus well, it can be done

I’m just now stumbling onto this video and as a freshly graduated electrical engineer, I think I would’ve done much better in my classes if I had a kit like you’re describing! I don’t think I ever heard of a 555 counter until now, which is pretty sad considering the many uses it seems to have. I would definitely buy that kit if you ever actually made it

Just found your channnel and I ust wanted to say I appreciate your modesty and your approach. I've wanted to go into college since I was younger, now I'm 27 and it seems like it's too late. Thank you for keeping my head up for another day and for your ability to further peak my interests in electronics and (software) computing.

@GenesisZeroTechnology

Жыл бұрын

never too late. I got my Bs in food and nutritional science in 2018. then went back to get my bs in 2021 I graduate in next year as an electrical engineer. there are guys in my class older than me and im your age.

@b-rad7708

Ай бұрын

brother if you feel like its to late, your going to be saying the same thing when your 37 and wishing you had started when you were 27. its never to late to start, just start somewhere NOW. itll all work itself out.

Thanks my fellow lab friend this was good insights from someone who truely wants to grow and learn! EDIT: I just wanted to add that its a great video for the begineers simply because its overwhelming when starting any new hobby and to have direction on getting started properly to me is a most needed foundation.

I would like a kit like that for sure been looking for one for a while

I wasn't even searching and your video popped up I've been interested in electronics for a while now, please build the kit I'm sure many people will benefit from it.👍😎💖🔥💯

My dad got this kit for me instead of a games console for my birthday. I was petty and never touched it. Now, many years later, I find myself wishing I had. In fact, I recently bought an arduino kit like the one you said not to get. Needless to say, my pettiness didn't pay off. I ended up getting into software, and that's where I work now, but my knowledge of hardware today could've been much greater if I had spent the time to go through that book and build those circuits. Granted, I think I was a bit young for it at the time, and I didn't get much help when I did try to play with it. I most likely have it somewhere CIB; I should dust it off and use it. Teach my children with it someday.

I have that same Radio Shack kit. I just re-dug it out recently. I didnt dig too deeply in electronics, but every now and then I get the bug to fiddle around with an idea. I can follow along with Ben Eater well enough, but watching Uncle Doug re-bias a vintage tube guitar amp is pretty bewildering, but I get the gist of it. The kit is nice because so many basic components are built in..ordering small numbers of parts online isnt much bang for the buck, but having to buy 100x of somthing you only need 5 of is discouraging.

Forrest M Mims. Not only an inspiration to learning electronics, but an inspiration in good penmanship, clear diagrams and the use of graph paper. His books are gold. For those who didn't see, the Radio Shack kit's book is written by him, he's also written a book "getting started in electronics" which is IMHO by far, the best beginners guide ever written, even for young audiences.

@wormdamage

4 ай бұрын

Forrest Mims changed my life! Hey look - the circuits in this book actually work!

As a high school electronics instructor I had my students use the Chaney 33-In-1 Deluxe Electronic Kit. Experiments 1 - 11 in Grade Ten. Activities 12 - 22 in Grade 11. Activities 23 - 33 in Grade 12. As a forty year shop teacher, instructional materials do not get better than this. Thank goodness I kept one set for myself. Breadboarding fun where you actually build some neat electronic circuits. Really good stuff. Yes, my students would build and engineer some pretty serious stuff as well. We took seventeen medals at the Skills Canada electronics competitions in twelve years. This Chaney stuff is excellent teaching/learning material. Was I connected to the factory ? Only in the way I would regularly purchase stuff for the shop.

@arinzechristabel3635

Жыл бұрын

pls where can i find this electronic kit

@mybrotherkeeper1484

Жыл бұрын

Would you say those were is glitter a lot better than the RadioShack kits? And more importantly, are they still available? I know the RadioShack things had actual specialized resistors, capacitors and all the other real hardware, so it was a great way to learn the basics. Just looked it up, they are still available.

@freddyfriesen

Жыл бұрын

@@arinzechristabel3635 Hey. Did you get my reply on where to buy ? - Freddy Friesen

@freddyfriesen

Жыл бұрын

@@mybrotherkeeper1484 C6709 - 33 in 1 Deluxe Exploration Lab is available from Electronics Goldmine. The best learning tool for my thousands of high school students. I have lots of Radio Shack kits. They scare me away just when I open the box. Just remember to use needlenose pliers when inserting the components. The components and breadboard will work better and last longer.

@mybrotherkeeper1484

Жыл бұрын

@@freddyfriesen Much appreciated!

Thankyou this is great guidance for me as a beginner. The kit you've devised sounds cool. I'd love one.

i got gifted that radioshack board when i was very young, wow what a blast from the past i even remember that book's font

Excellent video! Loved it! I’m trying to learn how to make Hulda Clark Zappers and it’s so frustrating. I’m now watching lots of electronic videos and this one is on top. And yes please make some kits, I’ll buy one in 2 seconds.

Thank you for the content you get straight to the point I appreciate that

Awesome video, and sure go ahead and make that kit, that may change lives! Thank you!

Thank you for your advice. Kind of nice to know where to start when your a beginner. Thanks again!

1:40 - IT REALLY DID CHANGE THINGS. I buy and donate computer stuff to a local it place. A few moths ago they showed me the ratioshack kit and I immediately fell in love . I have learned so much since then. When I was a kid I had the snap circuits and I totally agree that it’s very limiting and doesn’t really explain what you’re doing. Great vid

@TheCrypticSkull

Жыл бұрын

They even gave me an Engineers Mini-Notebook

I teach high school electronics and I do bread boarding of transistor circuits, 555 timers and counters and op amps to name a few. I have lessons all day and it’s a tough gig with classes of 25 pupils all having their own breadboards 5 times a day. They enjoy it and learn a lot more than just soldering components to a pcb. I can cover so much more and they enjoy the fault finding as much as I do. You can’t beat the MAKE electronics books I even still use the cmos cookbook. I teach H bridges, logic and microcontrollers too: just starting out with the Picos doing physical circuits with them so it’s my next challenge. All my circuits are also built in circuit wizard a great package for schools.

I think its a great idea, I would totally buy one. I've recently graduated in electrical engineering and I am currently developing a product and the entry level of electronics is so high it took me about a month just to get an idea of what to put on a breadboard.

Thank you so much for posting this excellent video, yes what a shame the old school radio shack projects companies have long gone, we need to 'Build' A time machine 'Back to the future' and grab a few bargains from their stores, as would prove very handy esp with a hands on approach to proper learning and assimilation of the entire process of each of the individual components relative to one another, please post more cool videos, Much respects. 🙂

Young man you are very well spoken! Great things in your future

Man I tripped over this video. I now build robots and like you, I have been self taught. Now to do robotics you have to know electronics. In my time I bought and studied from courses and kits from Heathkit. Sadly now they are gone, but their approach of theory and build made me learn very quickly. This is an excellent video, and you hit on many points that are very important and necessary for all beginners. KEEP UP the great work you are doing. By the way my all time favorite ic is the 555, and I have about a hundred in my lab!!

I received my AM TECh beginner's electronic kit. It's truly awesome! Quality, from the packaging to the manual, it's all top quality and easy to learn with. 👌

@TheAMTech_Official

Жыл бұрын

So glad you’re loving it!

I have no qualifications but I do have very recent experience! I dove into the world of electrical engineering headfirst about 3 years ago... started with a microwave and all of it's treasures! After about a year of frustration I took a hiatus, wondering how I'd ever rekindle the passion... Three weeks ago the simplest answer just hit me....basics! I kept assuming that it would all fall into place as I moved forward with the difficulty of the projects but it only made me realize how little I actually knew. TL:DR Great advice! I learned the hard way. I really want one of those RadioShack kits 😢

Geez, kid, great presentation. I sub’ed. Looking forward learning with and from you.

You got a good point. Keep up the good work 👍

First time in my life, i subscribed after watching just one video. Great information

Thanks a lot for all the efforts you are putting into this channel. Your videos are very helpful! Liked, Subscribed and here's the comment! :)

@TheAMTech_Official

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Thanks so much for your support. Welcome aboard!

I think you know what your talking about! Good job!! Keep up the good work!!!

I love this video and agree 100% with your remarks. I started with Arduino, and although it is a great platform to learn about embedded systems and sensors, it is terrible for learning about circuit design. It abstracts too much away and allows you to get away with not reading datasheets or schematics. I didn't pick up those skills until college, which was a real problem.

Great information. Good going.

I'm just getting started out in electronics, the reason I went for the arduino kit is most stuff today has some form of computer doing something, coffee machines read bar codes to know how much water to pump through for example so my thoughts were, these kits give me the chance to learn both building circuits using the bread boards and programming the arduino to make the project work, that's where my thoughts were when thinking about getting started. Great video though, being able to read a schematic was on my mind as well.

@nomms

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, this is super old school. Most things folks want to do today involve ICs. No one designs a radio from scratch, they buy a 3 dollar 5mm x 5mm radio and an antenna and stick it on a PCB. Same with a 555 timer, why build a 555 time where virtually every microcontroller has a built in clock? Learning real time operating systems, the various hardware protocols, reading data sheets, bills of material, and yea, circuit diagrams is far more useful for things you'd want to do.

I am listening , thank you, subed, and can't wait to dig into your channel!

Excellent video! Just found your channel and subscribed!

I had that as a kid my uncle got it for me i remember making an led circuit and couple other projects

I just subscribed to your channel, excited to learn about electronics

So glad I found your channel.

So cool because my middle school self worked with one of those Radio Shack kits growing up. I'm picking up the thread a little bit now and returning to some of my science interests after a short music career. Reason I'm looking into electronics is that I'm interested in data transmission at the packet level, and I'm mindblown at transistors being able to store and retrieve data. Idk if I'll ever need physical electronics knowledge for IT stuff, but I'm looking into it. Is it useful for network admins to know electronics down at that component level? ie. below layer 1? Or just a hobby/obsession?

This guy's awesome ! Glad I found this channel !!!

I bought a pi4 because i enjoy open source code for lights and automation. But I started out in elementary school helping the radio shack owners kid because I came into the shop so much. Ended up fixing 20 inch crt tv's in the shop with them. Curiosity drove me, and those radio shack kits with smoking transistors taught me a lot about current limits.

Extremely valuable video. Thank-you.

wow best advice to get started i have heard thank you! i have those other kits... yes havent learned anything!

This is very helpful thank you.

I like your idea of the kit. I encourage you to put something together

I had one of those 101 project kits from Radio Shack as a kid and still have of their blue circuit books. I did learn how to read a schematic and etch copper board.

How I started in electronics? Back in the early 80's, I would take walkie-talkies apart. And learn (go to libraries) which component was and what it did. I learned I could boost the range about 20ft.

Very informative and some great tips. Thanks for sharing.

Dude! This wasn't boring, it was just what I needed to hear. Yeah, I have started with the Arduino Super Starter Kit, and it IS so cool. But you are right, I look at videos and there is so much I don't get. You mention the 555 timer. I've heard of it so many times and I still don't get what is the deal. You got a new subscriber. :-D

@TheAMTech_Official

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you found the video helpful! Yes, the 555 really is the "Hello World" of electronics. Perhaps the topic deserves its own videos though...

@BaldurNorddahl

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheAMTech_Official the thing is that the 555 chip is not something you actually find in modern circuits because everything now includes a microcontroller. That might be cheating but realistically that microcontroller is as cheap as a 555 chip and probably saves a lot of other components.

I think there is another important point nowadays which helps for the understanding of electronics circuits a lot. This is circuit simulation. I personally use LTSpice since a long time, because it is very easy to use and very powerful. When I try a new circuit I start to build it up step by step in a circuit simulator and test its modules under different conditions in order to find out how they react on changes of operating parameter, how stable they behave. After this I go into breadboard testing in the same way. I build up the circuit step by step testing the modules before I let them interact with another. It helps also to think in functional electronics modules and their interaction with another. You can also learn on retroactive effects of modules.

My first circuit board was an electronic software for the Commadore 64 SX (around 30 lb laptop).

You can modify a fork to fit perfectly into a wall outlet. Use this trick to trip the circuit breaker and you won't have to guess which one you're on. That's how I got my start!

very good points! the thing of "few projects where you can learn a lot" is 100% true. Arduino, and its IDE, does indeed separate you from actual electronics.

@dylangergutierrez

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An Arduino definitely can do this, but it can also provide controls and IO for analog circuits; at least, that's how I use them most of the time.

This video is just what I've been looking for. I'm mechanical trained but want to get started with electronics and honestly had no idea where to begin. This is exciting and I think I'll get my 12 year old daughter involved from day one 👍

I'm 30 and just bought a used Radioshack electronics learning lab. I'm halfway through the firts book and really excited so far lml

This is a great way to solve the problem of current kits

Great video! I own this Electronic Learning Kit. I just subscribed. Wish you well in your studies at Stanford.

heck yes, thanks. Great video!!

Great Vid , cant wait for the follow up.

Polk County Georgia has a radio shack I thought they were done so glad to see one.

Good video you identified good circuits that will build on other projects...identify your list of top 10 or 25 that are most common...

WAYYYY back in the 70s I got the Radio Shack 150 in 1 Electronic Project Kit. Unfortunately it did not contain a breadboard. It did have a great representation of common components and a wide array of projects. I eventually became an electronic technician and though I left that for computers, and then something completely different, I still love to play with electronics in my model railroad hobby. I'm trying to learn Arduino programming now. I do agree, Arduino kits, as great as they may be, do not teach electronics. Good like with your kit and thanks for the video.

It is not just "easier" to teach yourself, it is essential.

I think that would be a brilliant idea. Back in the 1960s my school science lessons taught ohm's law and the function of basic electronic components. This never seems to happen now.

@jonwalters485

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If it makes you feel any better, Ohms law was taught to me in the 8th grade, and physics 1 and 2 both had good conceptual work for RC RL and RLC circuits. I was also able to take an embedded computing class in high school before attending college for EE, and we learned how to draw schematics and read data sheets in that course. The basics are still taught in grade school, maybe even more than ever, but the topics brought up in this video are the next step, which I find are lacking in most grade school instruction.

@iXenox

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I don't know what you base this on, but I where I live it seems to be better. A part of the program is basics of electronics (assembly of basic circuits), there is programming and there are other things as well.

Thanks for making this video

You deserve way more subscribers

Im currently studying mechanical engineering and this video is amazing i thank you for it , the only thing that troubles me now is where can i find a proper electronic kit? I couldn’t find one online so do you have any suggestions?

Does the Am tech set teach about the electronic components like snaptricity/snap circuits? Thank you!