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Big Clive's videos are always informative and invariably entertaining. He goes in to so much detail, and often includes little circuit sketches. Perfect for cas

by edent 7y ago

Big Clive's videos are always informative and invariably entertaining. He goes in to so much detail, and often includes little circuit sketches. Perfect for casually learning about electronics. Without a doubt the funniest is the teardown of South Park's Nosulous Rift device - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucymk0q70aQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucymk0q70aQ

fortran77 7y ago
One of the best "Hands Channel" for basic electronics. And also where he lives -- the Isle of Man -- is a beautiful and fascinating place.
benj111 7y ago
Entertaining? Yes. Always informative? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n2ZZbuOeNmw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n2ZZbuOeNmw
- jrockway 7y ago
  Probably educational in the sense that V = IR rather than "for mysterious reasons you must connect a 120V appliance to 120V and not 240V".
  - teh_klev 7y ago
    Oh hai....would you prefer a 470ohm or 1k ohm hotdog for lunch?
- makomk 7y ago
  Well, I definitely felt informed after watching that. No idea what use I could ever have for that information, though.
- bigtrakzapzap 7y ago
  Is that the notorious and difficult-to-find Presto Hotdogger (snausage/tube-steak electrocutioner apparatus)? https://duckduckgo.com/?q=presto+hotdogger https://duckduckgo.com/?q=presto+hotdogger
mbrookes 7y ago
Because he works as a rigger / repairer in the entertainment lighting industry, he has an unfortunate fixation with simple lighting devices. There are so many other interesting simple electronic devices he could explore. I used to subscribe, but got bored after too many Poundland LED lights. His format is great, and he can certainly break it down well, but the content needs more variety.
- mhh__ 7y ago
  mikeselectricstuff (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcs0ZkP_as4PpHDhFcmCHyA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcs0ZkP_as4PpHDhFcmCHyA) is great if you want some variety of similar teardowns. He reversed engineered the Ipod Nano LCD amongst other things and managed to get his hands on some fully ceramic mil-spec CPU boards from the 80s(?) (Impressive hardware)
- blt 7y ago
  Check out Kerry Wong [1], he is tearing down old high end test equipment. EEVBlog has good variety but I don't think he's heard the phrase "brevity is the soul of wit". [1] https://www.youtube.com/user/KerryWongBlog https://www.youtube.com/user/KerryWongBlog
oceanghost 7y ago
Despite two years of EE in college, I didn't understand how to MAKE things. I think I have watched all of Big Clive's video, and have learned SO much. I can't thank him enough-- I should probably subscribe to his patreon actually, to thank him.
- bigtrakzapzap 7y ago
  This, 1e6 times. CS/EE here and my father had an electrical automotive shop, and my grandfather and did a HeathKit electronics-by-mail course... and I still didn't have a solid grasp of practical electronics until the lives of Dave of EEVblog, AvE, Bigclive, ElectroBOOM, Strange Parts and working an internship at a GPS manufacturer. There ought to be some engineering/trades cross-training required even if not going into that trade if one produces things that that trade will encounter. Also, there ought to be an electronics-by-mail course subscription of not just basic electronics but moving towards advanced knowledge, theory, techniques, and their applications. People would buy it if it were consistently good and had support behind it.
  - OJFord 7y ago
    http://www.epemag.com/ http://www.epemag.com/ I recommend Everyday Practical Electronics - great stuff and has been for decades, I think my father still has some copies of Everyday Electronics / Practical Electronics (I think the latter was more advanced; the two merged sometime between our electronics magazine buying childhoods) he bought as a teenager, I remember building a couple of projects from them (sound to light, and an electromagnet) before subscribing myself. Pretty much what made me study electronics at school, and then EE/CS. Issues don't come with parts, if that's what you were imagining, but they don't need to, that'd make them needlessly expensive and less timeless. One can get started with basic projects with a general 'component kit' and then buy more of the more frequently used and specialised components as required.
    - TheOtherHobbes 7y ago
      Back issues of Practical Electronics and Everyday Electronics are available here: https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Practical_Electronics.htm https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Practical_Electronics.h... https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Everyday_Electronics.htm https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Everyday_Electronics.ht... Undergraduate EE is more of a mathematical modelling track that happens to result in buildable circuits, which will probably work reliably and do what you expect because you've modelled them correctly. It's not so much about hands-on tinkering, which is why not many courses include metalwork or enclosure design. It's also not about creative EE - clever solutions that use the minimum number of parts, as opposed to average solutions that do the job but aren't outstandingly elegant. IMO you either have a talent for that kind of design, or you don't. Production Engineering - mass producing buildable circuits and enclosures for the minimum viable price - is a different discipline again. The distance from a breadboard or soldered prototype to a shippable mass-produced product is huge - which is why so many Kickstarter projects come unstuck. Production Engineering was literally mentioned once on my EE course, and that was all we learned about it.
sigh_cbrpnk 7y ago
Oh, I only knew this guy from one other (hilarious) video before [0] — I’ll be checking out some more of his posts, thanks! 0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWGCS1U-xa8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWGCS1U-xa8
- 9nGQluzmnq3M 7y ago
  Original video on Big Clive's channel, in much better quality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcDgOGC5Lcc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcDgOGC5Lcc
Waterluvian 7y ago
Uncle Bumblefuck (aka AvE) is the same but for all sorts of things, usually metalworking and mechanical engineering. He also does a really good Canadian stereotype. His speech style is often poetic. I've learned a lot of the basics from them. Not with the goal of becoming an expert, but just enough that I can speak the language.
- arethuza 7y ago
  "becoming an expert" In swearing? I can recommend BBC TV series "The Thick of It" - which actually had a swearing consultant employed on the scripts.
rwmj 7y ago
I liked his video about those deadly UK adapters which come bundled with all kinds of cheap electronics and electrical equipment: https://youtu.be/nB1DlBpyS9w?t=111 https://youtu.be/nB1DlBpyS9w?t=111

by edent 7y ago

fortran77 7y ago

One of the best "Hands Channel" for basic electronics. And also where he lives -- the Isle of Man -- is a beautiful and fascinating place.

benj111 7y ago

Entertaining? Yes. Always informative? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n2ZZbuOeNmw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n2ZZbuOeNmw

jrockway 7y ago
Probably educational in the sense that V = IR rather than "for mysterious reasons you must connect a 120V appliance to 120V and not 240V".
- teh_klev 7y ago
  Oh hai....would you prefer a 470ohm or 1k ohm hotdog for lunch?
makomk 7y ago
Well, I definitely felt informed after watching that. No idea what use I could ever have for that information, though.
bigtrakzapzap 7y ago
Is that the notorious and difficult-to-find Presto Hotdogger (snausage/tube-steak electrocutioner apparatus)? https://duckduckgo.com/?q=presto+hotdogger https://duckduckgo.com/?q=presto+hotdogger

mbrookes 7y ago

Because he works as a rigger / repairer in the entertainment lighting industry, he has an unfortunate fixation with simple lighting devices. There are so many other interesting simple electronic devices he could explore. I used to subscribe, but got bored after too many Poundland LED lights. His format is great, and he can certainly break it down well, but the content needs more variety.

mhh__ 7y ago
mikeselectricstuff (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcs0ZkP_as4PpHDhFcmCHyA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcs0ZkP_as4PpHDhFcmCHyA) is great if you want some variety of similar teardowns. He reversed engineered the Ipod Nano LCD amongst other things and managed to get his hands on some fully ceramic mil-spec CPU boards from the 80s(?) (Impressive hardware)
blt 7y ago
Check out Kerry Wong [1], he is tearing down old high end test equipment. EEVBlog has good variety but I don't think he's heard the phrase "brevity is the soul of wit". [1] https://www.youtube.com/user/KerryWongBlog https://www.youtube.com/user/KerryWongBlog

oceanghost 7y ago

Despite two years of EE in college, I didn't understand how to MAKE things. I think I have watched all of Big Clive's video, and have learned SO much. I can't thank him enough-- I should probably subscribe to his patreon actually, to thank him.

bigtrakzapzap 7y ago
This, 1e6 times. CS/EE here and my father had an electrical automotive shop, and my grandfather and did a HeathKit electronics-by-mail course... and I still didn't have a solid grasp of practical electronics until the lives of Dave of EEVblog, AvE, Bigclive, ElectroBOOM, Strange Parts and working an internship at a GPS manufacturer. There ought to be some engineering/trades cross-training required even if not going into that trade if one produces things that that trade will encounter. Also, there ought to be an electronics-by-mail course subscription of not just basic electronics but moving towards advanced knowledge, theory, techniques, and their applications. People would buy it if it were consistently good and had support behind it.
- OJFord 7y ago
  http://www.epemag.com/ http://www.epemag.com/ I recommend Everyday Practical Electronics - great stuff and has been for decades, I think my father still has some copies of Everyday Electronics / Practical Electronics (I think the latter was more advanced; the two merged sometime between our electronics magazine buying childhoods) he bought as a teenager, I remember building a couple of projects from them (sound to light, and an electromagnet) before subscribing myself. Pretty much what made me study electronics at school, and then EE/CS. Issues don't come with parts, if that's what you were imagining, but they don't need to, that'd make them needlessly expensive and less timeless. One can get started with basic projects with a general 'component kit' and then buy more of the more frequently used and specialised components as required.
  - TheOtherHobbes 7y ago
    Back issues of Practical Electronics and Everyday Electronics are available here: https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Practical_Electronics.htm https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Practical_Electronics.h... https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Everyday_Electronics.htm https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Everyday_Electronics.ht... Undergraduate EE is more of a mathematical modelling track that happens to result in buildable circuits, which will probably work reliably and do what you expect because you've modelled them correctly. It's not so much about hands-on tinkering, which is why not many courses include metalwork or enclosure design. It's also not about creative EE - clever solutions that use the minimum number of parts, as opposed to average solutions that do the job but aren't outstandingly elegant. IMO you either have a talent for that kind of design, or you don't. Production Engineering - mass producing buildable circuits and enclosures for the minimum viable price - is a different discipline again. The distance from a breadboard or soldered prototype to a shippable mass-produced product is huge - which is why so many Kickstarter projects come unstuck. Production Engineering was literally mentioned once on my EE course, and that was all we learned about it.

sigh_cbrpnk 7y ago

Oh, I only knew this guy from one other (hilarious) video before [0] — I’ll be checking out some more of his posts, thanks! 0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWGCS1U-xa8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWGCS1U-xa8

9nGQluzmnq3M 7y ago
Original video on Big Clive's channel, in much better quality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcDgOGC5Lcc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcDgOGC5Lcc

Waterluvian 7y ago

Uncle Bumblefuck (aka AvE) is the same but for all sorts of things, usually metalworking and mechanical engineering. He also does a really good Canadian stereotype. His speech style is often poetic. I've learned a lot of the basics from them. Not with the goal of becoming an expert, but just enough that I can speak the language.

arethuza 7y ago
"becoming an expert" In swearing? I can recommend BBC TV series "The Thick of It" - which actually had a swearing consultant employed on the scripts.

rwmj 7y ago

I liked his video about those deadly UK adapters which come bundled with all kinds of cheap electronics and electrical equipment: https://youtu.be/nB1DlBpyS9w?t=111 https://youtu.be/nB1DlBpyS9w?t=111