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Collin's Lab: SolderingYouTubeThe gentlest starting point. Collin Cunningham explains why solder isn't just a hot metal glue, and that one idea is what makes good joints click: you heat the component lead and the copper pad together where they meet, and the solder flows onto both. He covers tinning a new tip, keeping it clean…0 - 2
EEVblog #180 - Soldering Tutorial Part 1 - ToolsYouTubeWatch this before spending money. Dave Jones opens his three-part 2011 soldering series with an episode that is all about the tools you might need. For a beginner on a budget it is the most practical episode on this list, because knowing what each item actually does keeps you from buying a bundle…0 - 3
EEVblog #183 - Soldering Tutorial Part 2YouTubeThe heart of the series and a beginner's guide to hand soldering in the plainest sense. Dave works through through-hole parts, the kind whose legs pass through the board and which most first projects use, showing good practice alongside the common mistakes to avoid. Seeing a bad joint next to a…0 - 4
EEVblog #186 - Soldering Tutorial Part 3 - Surface MountYouTubeTiny surface-mount chips look impossible to solder by hand, and this episode shows they are not. Dave demonstrates drag soldering and the tack-and-reflow method on fine-pitch chips with pins 0.5 mm apart, then moves on to solder paste and hot air.
As the third and last part of the series, save it…0 - 5
Collin's Lab: DesolderingYouTubeSooner or later every beginner puts a part in backwards or needs to rework a joint on a cable or controller board. This Collin's Lab episode is devoted to taking solder off again, the skill that turns a mistake into a quick fix instead of a scrapped board.
It pairs naturally with Collin's…0 - 6
EEVblog 1636 - Ultimate Multimeter Beginners Guide!YouTubePosted in August 2024, this is the one to watch before buying a meter. Dave covers what a multimeter is, how to choose one and how to measure with it, and the chapters let you jump straight to continuity testing, the beep that finds a broken wire inside a cable.
The part that matters most for…0 - 7
Collin's Lab: SchematicsYouTubeSchematics are the map for every project guide a beginner will follow, and this 2011 episode covers the vital basics of reading them. Its most encouraging point is that if you can read a schematic, you can build a circuit before you fully understand how it works.
That makes it the bridge between…0 - 8
Collin's Lab: Breadboards & PerfboardsYouTubeEvery first circuit goes together on a breadboard, and this Collin's Lab episode explains the one thing that confuses beginners most: which holes are connected. The inner rows join components horizontally, with a gap down the middle that keeps a chip's pins apart, while the long columns down each…0 - 9
Astable 555 timer - 8-bit computer clock - part 1YouTubeThe best first breadboard build here for anyone who wants to understand what they are wiring, not just copy it. Ben Eater sets up a 555 timer as an astable oscillator, a circuit that pulses on and off by itself, and works out how the resistors and capacitor set the charge and discharge times, and…0 - 10
The unofficial guide to electrocution (and how to avoid it)YouTubeWatch this before touching anything that plugs into a wall. Big Clive explains plainly how electric current affects the heart and lungs and can even break bones, how to avoid a shock and how to help someone who has had one. He starts at the most basic level, right down to wearing gloves.
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