Earn Money as an Electronic Hobbyist / Troubleshooting Circuit Boards

[@In3xorable]

What did I just watch? This video is 4 years old with almost 100k views and only

[@K9-33]

Audi A5 3.2L computer module (ECU) $1200 to replace, $500 for dealer to program VIN and key fob ID. Replaced fuel injector #4 Mosfet transistor. Charged $500. Everybody is happy.

[@geo_YT88]

How much time did you invest?

[@TheElectronicDilettante]

This is one of the most informative videos I ve seen. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge and expertise in such a watchable format. And that component tester??? That’s awesome! My next stop is the how to build it so I can start gathering materials. Thanks again

[@0033mer]

Glad it was helpful!

[@tatterdemalion898]

very informative video. as far as programming and electronics would go, my choices are: 1) electronics: Teach yourself electronics, The art of electronics (also has a student's workbook). 2) as you said, pick a controller, (arduino/atmega328p) and try to make sketches, then maybe go through a C tutorial, then read up on expert c programming deep c secrets (really gets you to understand what's going on with C under the hood), ASM is also a great thing to know, also read up on RTOS topics.

[@conorstewart2214]

This video isn’t making about making money as an electronics hobbyist, it’s about turning your hobby into a career and gaming more knowledge and experience in the field. Most likely you will be an electronics professional before you start making much, if any, money

[@kilroy79763]

Conor I have been in electronics for years and no one has ever mentioned how to test component like this gent has - good info imho

[@RinksRides]

You should note that Assembler is a niche thing anymore and has its place, fairly steep learning curve also. I did like your component tester technique wit an analog scope and no skimatics! wish they taught that to me in school.

[@nobytes2]

Yeah, just learn c or c++ for embedded devices. Assembler, no.

[@GingerNingerGames]

That component tester looks like it would've saved me a lot of headache tracing issues. I will be building one, thanks for bringing it to my attention

[@0033mer]

Glad to help!

[@navamoore]

Could you make a video on how to build a component tester? The ones I've seen are confusing and i think you have a clear and beneficial video

[@AnanyaMuddukrishna]

I loved this video. You are good teacher with a clean, logical style of providing information. You hit the nail on the head with the book recommendations. They have the potential to replace entire stacks of university books.

[@0033mer]

Totally agree, good books to use as university textbooks ... very practical.

[@CatPawns]

well right now you can make some money fixing 3d printers, or also building them, automation for industrial use, and custom electronics if you have a 3d printer.

[@JohnChrysostom101]

Theirs a lot of negative comments from bitter people you should be ashamed of yourselves this guy is awesome

[@nagasaipurvaz4251]

I made an cnc cutter as a hobby in home and put on ebay it got sold for 100 dollers and i made for free from old motors

[@circuitmasters5258]

Good for you brother....

[@nagasaipurvaz4251]

@@circuitmasters5258 thanks bro

[@b11-x3o]

Do you still sell your electronics stuff online ? Do u have any suggestions 🤔

[@eaterofclams]

.Acme corp has 2,000 machines in their system that use a particular control board. One board goes bad, machine stops. Acme purchases spare boards by the truck load for $8.50 per board. Machine operator has been trained to swap out board when machine stops. Downtime, ten minutes...no time consuming board troubleshooting or electronics tech required. Board swapping seems to be taking over...that and "smart troubleshooting" programs that indicate most likely board to swap out first in a fail scenario. "But boss, I fixed a board by replacing one blown transistor". No one cares, Bucky, your time costs us three times what the board is worth. Do it again and you will be terminated. Not "fired"...terminated...I will shoot you myself. Now get back on the phone bank and be useful...sell more warranty extension contracts.

[@nobytes2]

swapping boards is fine when the board cost is minimal. In certain applications boards can range from 100K and higher. Simply swapping a board doesn't apply to all industries.

[@squidcaps4308]

And what company will trust a hobbyist repaired control electronics?

[@nobytes2]

Get a DBA, and LLC, now you're a company.

[@dc-wp8oc]

Great video with awesome ideas. Besides the items mentioned in this video, what other testing devices should on have on their bench to do PCB troubleshooting? I have seen devices which claim to be able to generate schematics from connecting to PCBs. Can see where this would be beneficial but imaging the price for such a device is beyond most individuals who do not do this work full time.

[@conspiracies1014]

He’s right. Remember your title is, Make Money as an Electronic Hobbyist.

[@stefanmitrovic973]

hey ,if anyone else wants to discover computer repair stores try Saankramer Electronic Magazine System (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some great things about it and my work buddy got great success with it.

[@harryjohnson615]

The repair game died a slow agonising death starting from the mid 80s. Which is pretty much why you no longer see the old radio, TV and consumer electronic workshops because they all went out of business. All that remains are niche markets.

[@jerryjohnson3801]

I totally disagree with you, I buy home high end power amplifier before they get on websites. I have two repair shops I go to, had my equipment in their shops for two months and they still haven't got to them.

[@harryjohnson615]

@@jerryjohnson3801 You kind of made the point I highlighted. The repair shops you go to are extremely busy not because the repair busy is a booming industry but rather because it's a niche market and there are far fewer repair work shops on the high streets today than there was in the 80s. I've been in the repair industry since the late 70s and I used to repair video games, pintables, monitors, fruit machines, PSUs etc and I watched that repair industry die the same death as high street repair shops for all the same reasons.

[@4DRC_]

The ironic thing is that a lot of repairs would be even easier today than in the past. Once you get past the daunting idea of working with parts so small, SMD air work is a lot easier than THT. And digital circuits don't require the precise tuning many analog circuits do. It's just that unfortunately electronics have been relegated to the "disposable" category in much of society because they've become so cheap. A victim of its own success in many ways.

[@kwisatzhaderach1458]

Its not misleading...you want him to hold your hand? He said the money is in industrial, radio theory is hot now, compile your own code to get better and learn the hard way which is the best way. Get good at fixing a few things really well. Advertise your fixing business and expand.

[@WalidIssa]

Nice vid. I Like it

[@0033mer]

Thanks Walid ...

[@JohnChrysostom101]

I'm not even 3 minutes in and my mind is blown I understood what he said but for someone to be able to say 123 heres your solution vectors is wild

[@ramboahoe]

why does he sound like one of the Ghost busters... great vid bro

[@new_comment]

Great vid, really informative, YAY FOR ELECTRONICS!!!!

[@worldofstrings]

Do you have to be licensed to qualify for these jobs?

[@JoshKaufmanstuff]

@ 4:45 It sounds like you now speaking to us from inside the oscilloscope?

[@kilroy79763]

Irony is I did not notice it (because what he was saying was more important) until you mentioned it.

[@collinrohwer1790]

This is gread bud, subscribed and following closely. I'm craving instruction.

[@jonathangreene685]

Great video i have an associates in electronics and taught myself programming c, c++ and now c# but cant figure out how to make more than 15/hr got any suggestions? How do you find industrial clients? Your device reminds me of a huntron tracker

[@0033mer]

If you are interested in industrial electronics, go to the high end industrial equipment auctions and talk to the buyers. The buyers will be involved with getting equipment repaired in their company so they are good contacts. Equipment used in rough environments are good candidates like welding equipment and electric golf cart motor controllers. There will be a learning curve to get to know the equipment, but once you start, word gets around and doors will open.

[@jediknight1226]

Electronic Techs @ the USPS make roughly 70k a year. Benefits are good and you start with 2 weeks vacation, after a few years it goes to 4 weeks and at 15 years you get 5 weeks. Plus you get sick leave on top of that.

[@rhlopez2694]

semiconductor equipment technician $$$$$$

[@Inquire98]

Wow, that was REALLY Really really good 😉

[@kilroy79763]

thanks for the video and the info. - Al

[@0033mer]

You're welcome.

[@chuckcrizer]

Where can I get these cool prototyping boxes? I've seen aluminum types but the plastic would allow wifi / bt to pass thru.

[@0033mer]

They are made by Hammond. Check online for dealers. www.hammfg.com/electronics/small-case/plastic/1591t

[@chuckcrizer]

@@0033mer Excellent! Thanks a bunch. This is exactly what I'm looking for.

[@bruno-vicious]

Where do I find a ski mattic ;P

[@Ohem1]

Does the book "practical electronics" cover A/D D/A conversion? PLD, ASIC, FPGA? VHDL?

[@0033mer]

Check out the index. Click "Look Inside" www.amazon.com/Practical-Electronics-Inventors-Fourth-Scherz-ebook/dp/B01D5LXUYI

[@jebidiahkerman4600]

I'm a kid who has a electronics hobby but I have basically nothing to work with 😢

[@i80Avery]

5 year old video but I need a prototype built

[@вечная_мерзлота]

nowadays to make money as a hobist is not by repairing empty toys but by simply printing them.

[@simplelyf4072]

Hi, would this technique and the probe circuit work with a digital oscilloscope?

[@0033mer]

Yes.. it will work on any scope that has the XY mode feature. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZuvcqWCmdObbKM

[@simplelyf4072]

Sweet, thanks for the link!!

[@intheshell35ify]

Why are we testing unknown components/circuits by running current through them? You keep your 1960 oscope and sharpened sticks away from my 5 in the world lead screw servo controller.

[@enkisonofanu2301]

Download the book for free neuron.eng.wayne.edu/ECE330/Practical_Electronics_for_Inventors.pdf

[@kerron_]

Looking to do this.

[@TOMTOM-nh3nl]

Thank You

[@0033mer]

You're welcome

[@MDFRESCUER]

I subscribed!

[@Kevin_geekgineering]

arduino can not be used in professional/industrial product and services, it's too expensive in number scale, also you have at least 100 other mcu you can chose from ardiuno is only one of them. try to learn the concept in depth and don't stick to this toy board, for each project you may need to design a board specifically and arduino do not scale. MCU is a huge topic but arduino reduced it to a toy

[@b11-x3o]

What should be used instead of an arduino ? If I want to design several electronic products , should I design my own circuit ?

[@user-tv1lv6kc6b]

Ok u are from this video

[@xierxu]

I don't have a scope. :(::

[@mikelemon5109]

Nice vid but misleading title.

[@danny117hd]

Why 7808?

[@0033mer]

8.0 volts is feeding Vin on the Nano which outputs 5 volts to feed the HC-06. Using 8 volts keeps the power dissipation down on the onboard regulator on the Nano and the 7808.

[@danny117hd]

@@0033mer I guess my question was why not 7805 and bypass the nano regulator. Then there's one heat source and solid 5v everywhere.

[@0033mer]

Feeding 5 volts into the 5 volt pin on the Nano back-feeds the regulator. Many people do it but I prefer not to. Shorting out Vin could destroy the regulator. I also use 4000 series CMOS logic in my prototyping area that I run on 8 volts, and other modules that have regulators that need the voltage headroom.

[@danny117hd]

@@0033mer thanks great vids one can tell you have years of experience.

[@nyambeglen3395]

Shit got no idea on what I've just watched..

[@TheFrencoShow]

Terrible title. Good video.

[@slightlygruff]

why are you nails so groovy?

[@TonyGirling]

Wrong title. Down-voted.

[@Green__Man]

Get over yourself mate what part of the title was wrong huh?

[@Green__Man]

@The UnBearables -Bible study- w/ Beausoliel If that product was given to him by someone else to repair then he would have made money by fixing it? You literally do it for a job bro and so do I except I have qualifications so the fuck you askin stupid ass questions for dickhead

[@y_x2]

Using assembler is ridiculous... bad advice.

[@Kevin_geekgineering]

hobbyist can not get any professional job for sure (what are we thinking), even many professionals can not get job in their field. to get job in EE and electronics you have to BECOME a professional, as hobbyist you just don't have that knowledge and skills beside the certificate and degree required by professional job.

[@nsfeliz7825]

where is the part where you make money. ? liar.!

[@K9-33]

Lack of intelligence is no excuse.

[@thapthoptheep2076]

I don't mean to be rude or anything, you obviously know your stuff, but I honestly can't imagine this being a viable option for the average hobbyist, at least not here in the UK. I worked in factories and then in hotels, 10+ years in hotels as a maintenance tech then maintenance manager - and there was absolutely no way on earth we were outsourcing any kind of work to hobbyists, it would never happen. I had a mate years ago who did fix things like televisions (old CRT ones), radios, videos, stuff like that back in the '90's, but it was casual stuff, local people knew who he was and he made a lot of money back then. Maybe back in the '80's he might've gotten some industrial work but even then it would have been scarce I'd say. I reckon even if you were to demonstrate beyond any doubt that you were capable of doing the work it'd still be a no-no, they wouldn't even let me change a socket until I'd sat and passed the 17th edition and that was about 10 years ago.

[@Kevin_geekgineering]

hobbyist can not get any professional job for sure (what are we thinking), even many professionals can not get job in their field. to get job in EE and electronics you have to BECOME a professional, as hobbyist you just don't have that knwoledge and skills beside the certificate and degree required by professional job.