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Happy New Year Everyone! I hope your holidays were refreshing and filled with hope, family, and friends. In this video I’ll be talking about a modification on the LM386 amp design used in the KiCad tutorial, we’ll discuss using a stereo output jack with a single-ended output, we’ll talk about the near future of Skinny …
After creating the amp in a jar by using KiCAD, I felt like it would be appropriate to review the workhorse in the circuit. So today’s video as a tutorial about how to use the LM386 audio amplifier. If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment. Link from the Video: http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/lm386.pdf
This is the last part of the three part Kicad series. In this episode we will be learning how to take component footprints and put them together to make the final PCB product. If you missed the first two videos you can find them here and here. I will be ordering this particular design and …
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It’s time to associate a physical footprint to those schematic parts. This is the second video in a three part series about how to make a simple PCB using KiCad. If you missed the first video, click here. You’ll notice a bit of a quality difference in this video from the first. If you have …
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Welcome to the first ever Skinny Research and Development tutorial. In this episode I’ll teach you how to use the schematic (Eeschema) portion of KiCad to layout a circuit design. This is Part 1 of a three episode series to show how to take a hand written schematic and turn it into a manufactured circuit board. …
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Thanks for everyone’s help over this last year. It’s been tremendous fun.
Every time I take someone sight seeing in DC, I can’t un-see them. I should be alright with CCTV cameras hanging off of structures. I’m a security professional. We eat vulnerabilities for breakfast and birth countermeasures at dinner. This, however is different. Let me demonstrate my frustration. First, take the lovely Abraham Lincoln Memorial. Be …
Last weekend I had a fantastic time at the regional Botball competition. The organizers were kind enough to give me a backstage pass and here is what came of it. Level Up the Difficulty There is a soft spot in my heart for autonomous robotics. When I was getting my bachelors degree, I helped with …
The Rules of Testing At my “real” job several years ago I heard a colleague share a fantastic piece of knowledge with a student. The student was trying to test a piece of equipment and after the first try had declared the whole process to be a failure. The advice was introduced as “The Two …
Memories After 15 years I’d returned to the arena. Many of us remember getting up early on a Saturday to make our way to the high school gym for a sporting event. For me, it was basketball. I stepped into the gym. It felt the same. The chatter of anxious parents, the anticipation of competition, …
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