User:Jay Jay
Hi there, I'm Jay Jay. My real name is John Elliot V, but never mind that.
I run this wiki to keep notes about some of my projects related to my electronics video blog In The Lab With Jay Jay which is on YouTube over here: youtube.com/@InTheLabWithJayJay
The show's website is here: www.inthelabwithjayjay.com
If you need to get in touch see my contact info.
If you're looking for content in this wiki start at the Main Page where you will find a list of current projects and other material.
I made some notes for myself under conventions.
The admin documentation is here: MediaWiki:Admin (for administrators only).
Thanks for your interest and your support!
Oh, and speaking of support, if you'd like to support this wiki or my video blog you can do that here: patreon.com/c/JohnElliotV
I have some notes about characters.
I test <math> in LaTeX.
I am planning a basics page where I keep some fundamental notes and reminders.
I am thinking about some how to doco.
Plan
Just thinking about my routine.
| Weekday | Topic |
|---|---|
| Monday | Maths Monday! |
| Tuesday | Learning the Art of Electronics |
| Wednesday | mail call, unboxing, demo, interlude, or channel news |
| Thursday | Maxitronix kits |
| Friday | old/new book teardown |
| Saturday | electronics project, including Mini Projects |
| Sunday | QuickStudy |
Book notes
Here are the links to my book notes. Book notes are subscriber-only content.
Images from KiCad
To get images from KiCad for inclusion in the wiki:
- design your circuit in KiCad
- use Inspect -> Simulator if you want voltage and current annotations
- zoom to objects (Ctrl+Home)
- Print Screen
- open screenshot in Gwenview
- crop to size (Shift+C)
- resize to 1000px wide
- upload via MediaWiki
Video format and preparation
Here are my notes about the format of the various videos that I make.
Learning the Art of Electronics
Notes for Learning the Art of Electronics videos.
Learning the Art of Electronics preparation
- write-up the chapter notes into /home/jj5/desktop/LAoE/doc/LAoE with one .wiki file per chapter, e.g. 01N.wiki
Learning the Art of Electronics video format
- introduction on Welcome Cam
- mention Silly Job Title
- skim the notes of 'proviso'
- build circuit on the bench
- test aspects of the circuit with:
- multimeters
- thermal cam
- oscilloscope
- conclusion on Farewell Cam
Mini Projects
Notes for Mini Projects videos.
Mini Projects preparation
TBA
Mini Projects video format
The format of a Mini Project video:
- welcome and introduction/overview (welcome cam)
- read magazine article (bench cam)
- read magazine article on web (proviso)
- Jaycar add to cart and get cost (proviso)
- Kit construction (bench)
- Kit test and measure (bench)
- oscilloscope
- thermal
- conclusion (farewell cam)
In future there may be more sections:
- welcome and introduction/overview (welcome cam)
- read magazine article (bench cam)
- read magazine article on web (proviso)
- Jaycar add to cart and get cost (proviso)
- LTspice build and simulation (proviso)
- Kit construction (bench)
- Kit test and measure (bench)
- oscilloscope
- thermal
- KiCad PCB design (proviso)
- PCBWay PCB order (proviso)
- PCB build (bench)
- PCB test and measure (bench)
- oscilloscope
- thermal
- conclusion (farewell cam)
Maxitronix kits
Notes for Maxitronix kits videos.
Maxitronix kits preparation
Open a new instance of Kdenlive and File -> Save As to create a new project in charisma:/home/jj5/video/project/yyyy-mm-dd-hhmmss/
If you haven't already scanned the manual then do that on 'hawk' and transfer the scanned pages to charisma:/home/jj5/video/scan/
Find the manual scan in: charisma:/home/jj5/video/scan/ and move it into the project folder charisma:/home/jj5/video/project/yyyy-mm-dd-hhmmss/
Crop the scan into three files:
- Maxitronix-20in1-10-instructions.jpg
- Maxitronix-20in1-10-schematic.jpg
- Maxitronix-20in1-10-wiring.jpg
Drag and drop the three JPEGs onto 'jj5-maxi' on the 'charisma' desktop.
File the link in the 'lab' folder in Firefox so it can be found on 'proviso'.
Maxitronix kits video format
- welcome and introduction/overview (welcome cam)
- read scanned instructions (proviso)
- KiCad build and simulation (proviso)
- Kit construction (booth)
- Kit test and measure (bench)
- see bench-test.php on display
- power with Riden RD6006
- get voltage and current readings from RD6006
- look at voltages and currents with multimeter
- look at thermals with thermal imager
- look at signals with scope
- conclusion (farewell cam)
In the future we might develop our KiCad schematics into PCBs for a design and build.