Electronics Mailbag Episode 3 - Just some bits and bobs and components for an upcoming project! See you in 2026! www.youtube.com/watch?v=37K4...

WoW - GTA:Vice City playable in a browser! This is pretty cool! dos.zone/grand-theft-...

Lovely and sunny outside, perfect time to get the Canon R50 out and record some videos!

New mailbag video coming soon, just need to order some more parts. Got an idea for a project! 2x(non-multiplexed) 7 segments, 4 channel level shifter, ESP-01S WiFi module and 5V adapter board and an 32x8 MAX7219 LED matrix!

Been buying stuff on eBay - got a 4 channel bi-directional level shifter, didn't realise how small these boards are! May come in handy for an upcoming project... #electronics

It's finally over, now I can play WoW at last! I decided to log on one last alt for the night and it finally dropped! Never give up!!! #WorldOfWarcraft

Cool, the 1988 BBC series of The Chronicles of Narnia is on archive.org I think I remember watching this back in the day! archive.org/details/the-...

Writing HTML/CSS for the first time in years! I should probably change this line, Google+ hasn't been a thing in quite a while 😆

Mailbag Episode 2! ESP-32, diodes, Mosfets, resistors and capacitors! Link in reply! YouTube -> ChrisElisonElectronics

Watching 'Britain's Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield' with Jim Al-Khalili on BBC 4 - very interesting! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Testing my eBay camera boom arm/ring light with my Canon R50. The ring light has 3 colour temps and adjustable brightness. Not sure I want to trust this thing to hold my camera if I'm honest... Overhead videos coming soon? I need to fix my wobbly table too somehow...

Been playing with Tinkercad for the first time tonight, actually managed somehow to make something resembling an STS-5 Geiger-Muller tube. Just need to add the ridges and the fuse holder clips now 🤓☢️

My electronics YouTube channel now has access to advanced features! Thanks to everyone who has watched my videos!

Bought some diodes! UF4007, BZT03C200, 1N4148, 1N4007, 1N5819, 1N5399, FR107, FR207, 1N5408, 1N5822 #Electronics

Ahh, I'm going to miss these lootbags! Been a great month on WoW with the Collector's Bounty Buff and the Diablo goblin event. Even completed the traveller's log for the first time ever! #WorldOfWarCraft

My ESP-32 breakout board arrived and it fits my 30-pin ESP-32s! This solves the breadboard problem, looking forward to messing around with the ESP-32 soon... #ESP32

My first ESP-32 boards! I've used ESP8266 boards before, but want to try out these newer ones which also have Bluetooth. Note the bodge cap on the EN button, apparently it's needed to program it? #Electronics #ESP32

Been making a shopping list and ordering components, new mailbag video coming soon! #electronics

Cool website that shows you where famous people were born on a zoomable map! tjukanovt.github.io/notable-people

New video! In this episode I attempt to make and program an Arduino on a breadboard using the good old ATMEGA328P microcontroller! Link in the reply YouTube -> ChrisElisonElectronics

Got my new pair of my old headphones, hopefully these ones will last a little longer than 2 years, Turtle Beach !!! I don't want any of that wireless rubbish, just want some quality, wired headphones.

Tonight's cosy bedtime reading: 'Strange Glow: The Story of Radiation' by Timothy J. Jorgensen. All about radiation, X-rays, Marie Curie, Crookes, Röntgen, the Demon Core, Manhattan Project, Hiroshima, etc!

Finally got round to installing the Arduino IDE, feels a bit laggy, though!

Got some new headphones, they're cheap and they don't sound as good as the ones that just broke, think I'm going to just buy a new set of my old ones, they sounded so good!

Good to get the Canon R50 out of hibernation and record some stuff for the channel! #Electronics #Arduino

My Turtle Beach Elite Atlas headphones have broken! Only had these 2 years, what a load of rubbish!

Snagged some games on the Steam Summer Sale! Always wanted to play Kerbal Space Program, AC: Valhalla, too! Carmageddon used to be one of my favourite games all the way back in 1997 😁

Having a go at making my first PCB footprint in KiCad, this is to hold an STS-5 GM tube using 5x20mm fuse holder clips. Wondering if/how I can export this to EasyEDA.

Installed FreeCAD this evening, hoping to make my own models for KiCad/EasyEDA. Somehow managed to make something resembling a GM tube without looking anything up. Getting some calipers soon so I can measure stuff accurately!

Just realised I've been sticking 5v into what should be 3.3v IO pins... oops... it still works fine, though.... I think.

This cool, blue lighting caught my eye walking past the makeup section in Sainsbury's, it looks much bluer in person. I'm a big fan of blue LEDs, I put them on everything I make! 😁

Getting to grips with KiCad! I've managed to make my own 555 timer symbol with a layout I'm more used to, I've also found symbols and footprints for the NodeMCU board and 0.96" OLED board. There don't appear to be any footprints for THT inductors in the default libraries, I'll try and make my own!

Reinstalled KiCad, let's see if I can remember how to use it!

21GB video uploaded to YouTube in 14mins, with old provider it would have taken over 2 hours, nice!

My internet got upgraded from Virgin cable to fibre! Only a basic package, but my upload speed has gone from 25Mb to over 500, download has doubled. Hopefully that means I can upload videos much faster now!

Breadboard Arduino. Inspired by Julian Ilett's video 😎 #Electronics

“I am Holly, the ship's computer, with an IQ of 6000; the same IQ as 6000 PE teachers.” #RedDwarf

PC good as new, spick & span and ready for a summer of gaming! This Compu Cleaner blower is like a jet engine even on the lower setting!

Making a shopping list! I want to get back into tinkering and making videos, got a few projects in mind! #Electronics

Giving LTspice a go, think I've managed to simulate a circuit!

Wow, I've spent much less on Steam than I thought! Need to get some more games! 21yr old account btw. Thanks @zachstechturf for the YT short about this How to see: Steam > Help > Steam Support > My Account > Data related to your Steam account > External funds used

Forge of the Fae trailer looks really nice, but coming in 2027 - so long away, looking forward to playing it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAex...

My Steam account turned 21 today! 🤓

Rookie numbers, I need to watch more YouTube! 💀

RIP Owel Codes on Instagram, one of many electronics Instagrammers who inspired me to take up electronics, if you can please contribute to his funeral costs at gofundme.com/f/support-fo... - Already 63% of the way there! 🙏

A quick update on what I've been doing in Diablo 3 Season 34 - Savage Frenzy Barbarian! YouTube > ChrisElison

Playing with my Canon R50, think I finally understand what aperture, shutter speed and ISO are now. I think I need something bigger, the buttons are so fiddly. Also battery life isn't great and it gets quite warm when recording in 4K, apart from that nice little camera!

8 years ago today I started my new hobby of tinkering with electronics and Arduinos. Quite an expensive hobby with all the components and tools you need, but by far the most satisfying! 🤓

Watching Jon Many A True Nerd livestream GTA: Vice City while very ill, come hang out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCDH...

2024 goals completed: · Got Invincible mount in WoW! · Created electronics YT channel · Got a Fluke 87V multimeter · Got a Canon R50 camera · Got a new PC · Got a new phone (Finally!)