Electronics Explained by Tim Hunkin & Rex Garrod

[@markharrisllb]

“The definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple.” Mr A. Einstein Ph.D.

[@tortysoft]

I loved these shows, they are still informative today - as well as being an unintentional history lesson.

[@klfjoat]

Search for Tim Hunkin here, he's got AI upscaled versions. Plus a new series, the Secret Life of Components!

[@chdreturns]

RIP Rex Garrod, a true legend in Robot Combat.

[@dspencer8827]

I like it too

[@richardhz-oi8px]

"The Secret Life of Machines" is a wonderful series.

[@KOTYAR1]

Thank you very much for uploading this!

[@klfjoat]

Search here for Tim Hunkin. He's got the whole series AI upscaled and uploaded! Plus a new series, the Secret Life of Components.

[@antman7673]

In school we had a lesson about transformers with coils in range of 400 windings and 100 windings. -Which meant the voltage could be scaled by a factor of 4. The “clever” little boy I was, a single winding with a cable also worked. -So I scaled the 12 volts to 960, which might have broken the volt meter. It turns out things work they way you expect them. Sometimes too well.

[@dobythedog]

Happy Shopper dog food. A worthy successor to Kennomeat.

[@KK-pq6lu]

“When a repairman repairs your tellie....”

[@JabrHawr]

:D hilarious. add to that the pause and what seemed to be a stare into the void

[@SusanAmberBruce]

the old solenoid

[@featheredskeptic1301]

Electronics is a fun hobby, or even a line of work. It's only too bad that today, the amount of hobbyist in this field seems to be dwindling. Everyone is happy they have iphones with 5G, but they don't even know what basic components all that is made out of...

[@featheredskeptic1301]

@@AndrewBabin Yes, learning resources are more available than ever, and with the amount of discarded electronics, you seldom even need to buy components for your hoby. You can just take apart an old junked tv or a monitor and get loads of components out of that.The problem isn't the availability, it's the lack of interest.

[@featheredskeptic1301]

@@AndrewBabin Everything is more accessible now, not just this. That's the whole point. Building something that can blink led, isn't exactly as fascinating now as it was several decades ago. A kid would usually rather download and play this cool new game on his/her phone, rather than look up information and learn about electronics and schematics, and that's how hobbyist electronics starts. Yes, the information is there, but someone actually has to be interested in it.

[@buffplums]

Ahh he’s using a battery charger to power his coils

[@PINKBOY1006]

Yes he is. He commonly used a battery charger or a welder on low amps to do his experiments like this one.

[@jcoker5683]

One question, are you still on the green chain.

[@PINKBOY1006]

You're going to have to explain what you're asking to me.

[@youtuuba]

Tim and Rex barely get started on "explaining electronics" in this video. Magnetism is not electronics, that is just plan old electricity, but that is a fine point. I am watching the whole Secret Life of Machines series again, very good except for perhaps a couple of episodes that were uninspired.

[@tonywright8294]

You tube experts know all so why do you watch?

[@antman7673]

Have you heard about electro-magnetism. -If you believe it or not. It is one phenomenon. Electromagnetic radiation is light. Moving charged particles induce a magnetic field. A magnetic field can induce an electric current. So yeah, that is how induction heating, induction charging, transformers, radios, WiFi. It is electro magnetism. Maybe you don’t know it, but it is the same thing in some way.

[@antman7673]

An Electro magnet is used to create electro motors to transform electricity into motion. -It is the key ingredient for a washing machine. Compressors for fridges. It is not micro electronics. But those also work because of magnetism. The circuits oscillate, because energy is cycled from magnetic fields into current and back. I currently don’t understand totally (3rd semester physics is about electro magnetism and is considered difficult). With the help of transistors you can set a single direction for current to flow. Basically with those components you can build computers. But magnetism really is core to electronics.

[@youtuuba]

@@antman7673 , no, magnetism is NOT the core of electronics, although in the beginning it had more significance. The majority of modern electronics works without inductors at all.

[@antman7673]

@@youtuuba The force is called electromagnetic force. There is no electric force without magnetic force. It is one thing.

[@robertkat]

Your videos are soo low definition, why?

[@PINKBOY1006]

When I made this video Tim had yet to post his new 1080p remastered footage so I was stuck with the KZbin 240p mp4 files.