Components on Bald Engineerhttps://www.baldengineer.com/tag/componentsRecent content in Components on Bald EngineerHugoen-USFri, 01 Apr 2022 21:45:43 +0000What Active Components Do You Need? | Workbench Wednesday #29https://www.baldengineer.com/what-active-components-do-you-need-workbench-wednesday-29.htmlThu, 08 Oct 2020 21:43:00 +0000https://www.baldengineer.com/?p=8315Active components like transistors, BJTs, MOSFETs, and integrated circuits (ICs) make it possible to control circuits. This video explains the must-have NPN and PNP BJTs. For MOSFETs there are a couple of N-Channels and P-Channels to consider. Basic ICs include some digital logic stuff from the 7400-family as well as the venerable 555-timer to have on-hand. We did not forget Op-Amps either. Spoiler: We do not recommend the ua741!

What Active Components Do You Need? | Workbench Wednesday #29

What Passive Components Do You Need? | Workbench Wednesdays #28https://www.baldengineer.com/what-passive-components-do-you-need-workbench-wednesdays-28.htmlWed, 09 Sep 2020 21:41:00 +0000https://www.baldengineer.com/?p=8313Whether you are just getting started in electronics or you have boxes of parts, it is good to know what are the most critical parts to have in your kit. James asked the element 14 community for what they considered to be essential passive components like resistors, capacitors, switches, wires, and even diodes. In this video, he consolidated their puts and explains what to think about when buying these parts for your kit.

What Passive Components Do You Need? | Workbench Wednesdays #28

EAGLE: Creating a Custom Library for your own componentshttps://www.baldengineer.com/eagle-create-custom-library.htmlFri, 03 Jan 2014 12:00:38 +0000https://www.baldengineer.com/?p=2183When you start creating your own parts in EAGLE, you’re going to want to store them somewhere. Here’s how to setup EAGLE to use custom directories and how to create your own Library, which gets stored in the custom directory. There are a number of steps involved, but once setup custom libraries give you a place to store components you create as well as the ability to copy other parts into your library.

EAGLE: Creating a Custom Library for your own components

Electronics: Introduction to Breadboardshttps://www.baldengineer.com/electronics-introduction-to-breadboards.htmlWed, 18 Dec 2013 23:32:05 +0000https://www.baldengineer.com/?p=2134Soldering every circuit you build probably isn’t practical. At some point you are probably going to want to use some type of temporary method to connect different components together. One of the popular methods is using a breadboard. This simple (and cool) looking device only needs a few instructions before you can begin Layout of a Breadboard There are various colors, shapes, and sizes that breadboards come in. However, they all generally look about the same and have the same basic functionality. The board shown in Picture 1 is a pretty common “medium” sized breadboard.

Electronics: Introduction to Breadboards

Part Stock Checker: Findchips.comhttps://www.baldengineer.com/part-checker-findchips.htmlSat, 14 Jul 2012 00:00:20 +0000https://www.baldengineer.com/?p=947How many times have you been part way through ordering parts for a project when you realize the distributor you are using, doesn’t have any of the part you need in stock? Or maybe you want to design a kit and compare prices of parts. This is where findchips.com comes into play. This awesome free resource will scan inventory across a variety of distributors for a given part number. Not only will you see inventory levels but it is also a fast way to compare prices.