Archive for the ‘Building projects and kits’ Category:

2025-08-12 DIY Rocket Engine!

OMG!   https://www.facebook.com/TheBackyardScientistOfficial/videos/970125545097522/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e Here’s how to make rocket fuel https://www.facebook.com/TheKingOfRandom/videos/3916373305264694/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e

2025-08-03 Walkie-textie Project

Uses a 12 key keyboard and texts like an old Nokia phone with multiple keypresses. http://www.technoblogy.com/show?2AON&fbclid=IwQ0xDSwL88ShjbGNrAvzr1WV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEeX19OxuYe1QO8mrox71F6Zl_KCUppukTfJn3iSrHyEVT51xLwOmz2jhPHLKY_aem_is4HJCST113TNXDXWaTXGw

2025-07-10 HX-6B AM Radio Kit Assembly

Details on assembling this AM radio kit that’s mostly in Chinese.  Note that “http:” is  not secure so it might need https: instead. http://www.radioboatanchorblog.com/blog/hx-6b-chinese-radio-kit-build?fbclid=IwY2xjawLcfHdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHkIPEJW7iGvqm7ooztFySxe38gLI2guH4ymbV-sXwPbOoqyIxvYFQxL0J5j4_aem_Msqfjb36T0JDEY92jt3izQ

2025-05-13 How To Understand Any Electronic Circuit

Book Learn to Build Electronics Projects https://www.facebook.com/100064561517360/posts/pfbid02qmmukKwJbxWMs6HVLU11zNM5xfxdCX7nczjZdejgjrdGzsVs4RV8A7mNNgbTmJnAl/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e

2025-03-28 Measuring And Minimising Transistor Switching Loss – Double Pulse Testing

Here’s a 17 min. video describing the above in the title.  It’s technical and somewhat complicated but calculates the power dissopated during switching.  There are a lot of important details, such as the value of the gate resistor.  I think I need to do a lot more studying about this topic.

2025-03-15 Specially Made Wrench Fits Odd Sized Bolts

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2025-01-22 Chris Boden Gets Foul-mouthed About His Friend’s House Wiring Mess

Chris Boden gets foul-mouthed about his friend’s house wiring mess.

2024-09-20 Simple 1 Digit Counter, IR Beam Break

This short uses a CD4026, a 7 segment display, 9V battery, some resistors, an IR LED and a CdS photocell or phototransistor.  Break the IR beam and the display advances to the next digit. https://www.facebook.com/reel/525596709839365?mibextid=9drbnH

2024-09-14 Photo Of NE-2 Excited By Pill Bottle Exciter

2024-08-31 AM Transmitter, Low Power

This is an AM transmitter that this guy built.  He says it’s rich in harmonics – it has no tuning nor low pass filtering and the stages are class C, no forward bias.  It should have all the things used to minimize harmonics, like a low pass filter.  Class C operation is used to maximize

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