Electronics & Circuit Design Videos Hacker News Recommends — Page 2

tutorial#2812

A simple guide to electronic components.

bigclivedotcom

“And then some bigclivedotcom to get going”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2022

commentary#2877

Amazon Sells Fake Electrical Fuses

Louis Rossmann

“This video gives a good overview of how Amazon's NGAF attitude about safety needs to be reigned in.”

2 HN recommenders · 2024–2026

tutorial#2935

How To Contact The Voyager 2 Probe (PART 1)

EEVdiscover

“Dave Jones of EEVBlog has a nice series of videos talking to Richard Stephenson, Operations Supervisor at the DSN's Canberra site.”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2024

documentary#3006

The Secret Life of the Radio - Remastered

tim hunkin

“awesome series, now freely/legally posted on YT”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

explainer#3012

Defeating Microwave Weapons! - Part 1

Tech Ingredients

“made an instructional video about how microwaves work and how to defend against them”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025

explainer#3114

The simple, clever sensor behind automatic windshield wipers

Technology Connections

“Technology Connections has a good video on how traditional automobile rain sensors work”

2 HN recommenders · 2024–2026

talk#3208

Reading Silicon: How to Reverse Engineer Integrated Circuits

HACKADAY

“The craft is explained nicely in this video”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2021

tutorial#3209

How to power ANYTHING using USB-C Power Delivery and the ZY12PDN PD Trigger Board

Kenneth Finnegan

“These little boards are ultra handy”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

demo#3275

Melt your circuit boards

mitxela

“mitxela did a great video on this topic recently and wrote a plugin for kicad to make the regular geometric layouts more organic.”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025

explainer#3281

Why build an entire computer on breadboards?

Ben Eater

“Ben Eater had a whole video on why he encourages building a breadboard computer.”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2022

tutorial#3308

#112 LoRa / LoRaWAN De-Mystified / Tutorial

Andreas Spiess

“A good explanation of LoRa, and in particular of the "link budget" idea”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

demo#3357

Firing the Lorentz Plasma Cannon

LightningOnDemand

“You might enjoy Lightning On Demand's Lorentz Cannon”

2 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

explainer#3413

How does Starlink Satellite Internet Work?📡☄🖥

Branch Education

“It's a bit long but has some good details!”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

demo#3460

TOTAL teardown of a lithium phone battery.

bigclivedotcom

“Big Clive does a really amazing (and dangerous) tear down of what's inside a Lithium Ion cell”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2024

explainer#3461

Teardown of an IKEA Koppla USB power supply.

bigclivedotcom

“Big Clive also did a fairly comprehensive teardown of the IKEA charger and was pleasantly surprised with the design”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2021

tutorial#3466

World's worst video card? The exciting conclusion

Ben Eater

“Anyone with a basic understanding of logic circuits has enough background to understand it. Worth a watch.”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2020

demo#3528

Megaprocessor Tour 1 - (fixed audio)

Megaprocessor

“A video tour is available on youtube, so we don't crush his website”

2 HN recommenders · 2016–2024

demo#3550

EEVblog #822 - World's Worst Tablet Computer Teardown

EEVblog

“If you are going to watch one teardown today then please watch his rather famous video about the worlds worst tablet computer”

3 HN recommenders · 2016–2017

explainer#3551

Why it's not possible to synchronize turn signals (but also absolutely is)

Technology Connections

“The TC channel is definitely a hacker's eye view in to all the technologies that we take for granted every day.”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

demo#3573

Open Source 8.5 Digit Voltmeter from CERN: Build and Test

Marco Reps

“Marco Reps is a treasure.”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

explainer#3673

Is 5G Spelling Our DOOM?! How EM Waves Can Hurt

ElectroBOOM

“ElectroBoom has a great video that goes in depth about the electromagnetic spectrum”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

explainer#3678

How Wrong Is VERITASIUM? A Lamp and Power Line Story

ElectroBOOM

“Let me highly recommend Mehdi Sadaghdar’s (ElectroBOOM) excellent response video”

4 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

demo#3728

Dangerous tattoo remover from eBay is a MILLION watt laser

styropyro

“builds insanely strong lasers with basically salvaged junk electronics.”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2022

demo#3746

Welcome to Project Soli

Google ATAP

“Google finally ships a research project in a real product”

1 HN recommenders · 2015–2019

demo#3774

Awesome flesh-burning death lamp. (Germicidal UV)

bigclivedotcom

“BigClive has some interesting videos on these kinds of lights”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2024

tutorial#3861

So how does a PS/2 keyboard interface work?

Ben Eater

“There's a good video on how PS/2 works here”

1 HN recommenders · 2021

explainer#3980

The step-by-step, mechanical logic of old pinball machines

Technology Connections

“It goes horribly in-depth (in a good way).”

1 HN recommenders · 2024–2025

explainer#3997

The most deadly project on the Internet

bigclivedotcom

“BigCliveDotCom has an excellent video about this”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

demo#4010

Inside a smart meter, and the REAL problem with them.

bigclivedotcom

“One of the best explorations I've seen of this is Big Clive's tear down of a smart meter.”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

demo#4108

Laser diode self-mixing: Range-finding and sub-micron vibration measurement

Applied Science

“a pretty cool video where he demonstrates how a single laser diode can be used to measure miniscule vibrations”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2025

explainer#4174

Mechanical circuits: electronics without electricity

Steve Mould

“they're basically mechanical circuits and it looks super cool.”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

demo#4192

Series circuit - 3 LEDs

Henryk Gasperowicz

“don't underestimate what can be hidden in seemingly simple places”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2020

music#4293

Oscilloscope Music - Planets

Jellybean Fenderson

“these crazy fools are making oscilloscope music, where the song itself is the visual.”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2021

demo#4389

Inside a heated shower head. (suicide shower)

bigclivedotcom

“Big Clive also did a teardown and analysis of them, including the fault conditions that would make it dangerous”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

demo#4420

How far can I broadcast LoRa packets WITHOUT a radio? - LoLRa

CNLohr

“you can still get several km of range. Truly crazy stuff.”

1 HN recommenders · 2024–2026

demo#4442

Inside a cheap set of eBay digital calipers

bigclivedotcom

“It's a fascinating device.”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

explainer#4475

TSP #183 - Starlink Dish Phased Array Design, Architecture & RF In-depth Analysis

The Signal Path

“Check out this video by The Signal Path (a Bell Labs expert!)”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2026

tutorial#4488

How a Character LCD works Part 1

The 8-Bit Guy

“made a great video series on character LCD screens and how to run them”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2022

interview#4501

Ladyada interview with Paul Horowitz - The Art of Electronics @adafruit @electronicsbook

Adafruit Industries

“where he goes into detail of how the book came about”

1 HN recommenders · 2015–2019

explainer#4555

Lines of Light: How Analog Television Works

Technology Connections

“He actually demonstrates how the beam is redirected by the electro-magnets wrapped around the base of the tube. It's very cool.”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2026

explainer#4613

EEVblog #632 - Solar Roadways Are RUBBISH!

EEVblog

“In this video he does the math.”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2023

demo#4637

How many PCIe Extensions is TOO MANY??

Linus Tech Tips

“The limit is around 3 meters.”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2026

demo#4677

This ESP32 Antenna Array Can See WiFi

Jeija

“There's an excellent companion video here”

1 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

demo#4692

Measure the mass of an eyelash with a DIY microbalance

Applied Science

“YouTube just dug up a a real nice breakdown that Ben Krasnow did”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2026

tutorial#4734

How to Make/Build a Lifter or Ionocraft

RimstarOrg

“Guy explains it pretty well”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2022

demo#4744

EEVblog #388 - Fake Apple USB Charger Teardown

EEVblog

“Instead I'll listen to what an electronics engineer thinks about counterfeit chargers”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2019