/tags/electronics/ Recent content in electronics on One Way Conversation from a Cranky Sysadmin Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sat, 09 May 2020 06:56:00 -0400 /posts/rc-time/ Sat, 09 May 2020 06:56:00 -0400 /posts/rc-time/ As you begin your study of electronics, you will find reams of information about Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s law, etc. While it’s fun to figure out the right resistor to pair with an LED for your first Blinking LED, it gets more interesting when you start looking at the interactions between different components. This article will explore the interactions between resistors and capacitors. For the reader who has never studied either component, the bare minimum you need to know to understand this article is: /posts/why-arduino/ Wed, 06 May 2020 15:36:00 -0400 /posts/why-arduino/ Some folks who may have favorite dev boards which aren’t Arduino UNO might be wondering, why Arduino instead of a more advanced board? I certainly agree that there are more powerful boards for the money. My mind immediately wanders to the Blue Pill. For a beginner in electronics, Arduino UNO and clones may be a better choice since there is a vast amount of information available for Arduino UNO. Yes, the form factor is big and clunky. /posts/beginning-electronics/ Tue, 05 May 2020 17:54:00 -0400 /posts/beginning-electronics/ I’ve been tinkering with electronics on and off since I was a child. My dad used to bring home enormous circuit boards from Burroughs in the 1970’s with many discrete IC’s, passive components, transistors, etc soldered on. My dad taught me how to scavenge components from the boards, identify parts, and trace circuits at a very early age. We had very little extra money, so any junk box full of parts was going to be scavenged.