What youtube channels do you watch to learn from? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: raspberrypi
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2017, 06:57:08 pm
content: I have noticed that I watch channels where the people seem to know each other. So here is my list:eevblog (you might have heard of this one, actually its what got me back into electronics. I didn't even own a soldering Iron when I watched the first video! Thanks Dave!)bigclive.com: Takes apart things from the dollar store and draws schematicsAve: Hes a machinest but he uses an ardeuewinoo alot and seems to be a fan of eevblogmikeselectricstuff: really smart dude who is like dave jones but sped up 100Xmrcarlsonslab: does alot of tube stuff. Excellent teachershango066: fixes old radios and tube equipmentcodyslab: like to make home made chemicals really smart guy and extract elements from rocks, some really amazing thingsDrphysicsa: real technical info on physics (electron band gaps)nilered: organic chemistrynurdrage: more technical organic chemistrymathologer: MATH!numberphile: really good math videos by brady harran. All of his videos are good (periodicvideos, sixtysymbols).Any you could recomend to add to the list?

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2017, 08:01:55 pm
content: I'll add a few to the list:Micah Elizabeth Scott (scanlime) - Mostly long "live" streams, good for having a window play by the side. Something unusual is that for a good while, she had a very elaborate video studio setup and Gigabit internet, but a subpar streaming PC. (I think she finally upgraded that a few weeks back when she realized that the live streams were actually worth doing.)The Post Apocalyptic Inventor - Lots of interesting upcycling projects and other hacks.knurlgnar24 - Lots of teardowns/repairs of power inverters. Must see if you're planning on buying a power inverter.Vihart - Math presented in cartoon-like sketches.April Wilkerson - DIY woodworking.Laura Kampf - More DIY woodworking and related projects.Aussie50 - An assortment of tech-related stuff. Beware that he's not very good with keeping the camera steady.Kerry Wong - More electronics teardown/repairs.M.C. Pletcher - DIY refrigeration.Rinoa Super-Genius - Lots of random DIY projects. Many projects involving lithium batteries. Don't let her appearance fool you, for she is very strong and brave. (In one video, you can see her lifting one end of a Nissan Leaf battery, and in another, she opened up some bad 18650s to take a look inside.)

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2017, 08:02:39 pm
content: Quote from: raspberrypi on February 05, 2017, 06:57:08 pmtitle="2veritasium"title="3Blue1Brown"title="Abe Davis's Research"title="Andy Brown"title="Applied Science"title="BackstageScience"title="Bite Size Psych"title="BostonDynamics"title="BotJunkie"title="Brainiac75"title="Brian Douglas"title="BrittLiv"title="brusspup"title="Chris Notap"title="cocokoreena"title="Computerphile"title="Contextual Electronics"title="Dan Gelbart"title="Deep Look"title="DeepSkyVideos"title="devttys0"title="Disease Biophysics Group"title="DONG"title="DSLRguide"title="electronupdate"title="engineerguy"title="EngineeringFun"title="Erich Styger"title="Every Frame a Painting"title="Fermilab"title="Francois Rautenbach"title="GitHub Training & Guides"title="Google Arts & Culture"title="Google ATAP"title="Gregory Charvat"title="IEEE Spectrum"title="James Bruton"title="Jefferson Lab"title="Jeri Ellsworth"title="JoEtuuube"title="johnnyq90"title="kreosan"title="Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell"title="Kyle Hounslow"title="LastWeekTonight"title="Lee Hardcastle"title="Lukas Biewald"title="Make Anything // 3D Printing Channel"title="Mark Rober"title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)"title="Matthias Niessner"title="mikeselectricstuff"title="Mist8k"title="Mojoptix"title="Moonlight Breakfast"title="NightHawkInLight"title="nottinghamscience"title="Numberphile"title="Objectivity"title="PBS Infinite Series"title="Periodic Videos"title="PhilosophyFile"title="Piled Higher and Deeper (PHD Comics)"title="plenum88"title="Practical Engineering"title="Primitive Technology"title="producttank"title="psyfile"title="Quantum Leaps, LLC"title="ResearchChannel"title="Rich Olson"title="rsa008"title="Samy Kamkar"title="Science Friction"title="ScienceMagazine"title="sentdex"title="Simon Merrett"title="Sixty Symbols"title="SmarterEveryDay"title="Tech2C"title="The Current Source"title="The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows"title="The Royal Institution"title="The Signal Path"title="This Old Tony"title="Thoisoi2 - Chemical Experiments!"title="Thoughty2"title="Tinkernut"title="transfunktionator"title="Tvigle Man"title="Veritasium"title="viascience"title="vk2zay"title="Vsauce"title="Vsauce2"title="vsauceLEANBACK"title="w2aew"title="wbeaty"title="World Science Festival"title="Zogg from Betelgeuse"

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2017, 08:16:34 pm
content: Quote from: raspberrypi on February 05, 2017, 06:57:08 pmThen you may want to look at "3Blue1Brown", totally outstanding.Also interesting for math, "PBS Infinite Series".And the most fun but deep in the same time, and in an unique way, "Zogg from Betelgeuse".

author: NottheDan
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2017, 08:38:59 pm
content: The Radio Mechanic about repairing vintage gear.

author: raspberrypi
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2017, 09:03:22 pm
content: Quote from: RoGeorge on February 05, 2017, 08:16:34 pmYes 3 blue1brown is good, I had alot more but didn't add them all. mothologer is good to. The guy on the glasslinger channel is a bit strange. I watched a few of his videos only seeing his hands then I watched another where he was wearing a pink tutu. What theBut his mercury arc tube was cool.

author: Howardlong
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2017, 09:23:04 pm
content: I can't believew2aewis only mentioned in that long list, he has to be the most educational youtuber for real, practical, electronics there is. I still learn tips from him despite doing this nonsense since the 70s.I watch AvE for the entertainment, I never learn anything technical, but my has he improved my repertoire of largely meaningless patois, a veritable store of vernacular always ready for application at the most inappropriate times, always satisfactory for an opening salvo at dinners with Her Maj.Always learning!

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2017, 09:44:19 pm
content: That long list was extracted automatically, just for fun, and it is the list of all the channels I am subscribed. Some of the channels are not even active any more, some others are in "probation" and so on. Only personal preferences there. To describe each one it would be too much, so that is why "w2aew is only mentioned in that long list".For learning about electronics,w2aewis absolutely the best in my opinion, too!

author: Sredni
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2017, 10:12:42 pm
content: Another W2AEW addict here!First video I saw I was "oh my, this guy is gonna make me seasick with all that camera movement!". Little did I know I was looking at the work of a master. :-)He's the Fellini of electronic instrumentation.Get well soon, Alan.Or somebody - please- move his lab upstairs!

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 06, 2017, 06:02:58 am
content: Tom ScottComputerphileDan WoodTechmoan

author: CJay
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2017, 10:01:15 am
content: W2AEW is a must for me, also TRXBench.Most informative thread though, plenty in here I'd never heard of.

author: Augustus
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2017, 10:06:13 am
content: https://www.youtube.com/user/UrknallWeltallLebenFor those of you who understand German.

author: capt bullshot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2017, 10:36:48 am
content: None (except for some of Daves videos here). I do prefer reading technical documents and books, not looking at videos. The main reason is: I can do this at my speed, sometimes reading across pages or skipping chapters. Many (if not most) videos are to slow for me, so I'm always tempted to fast forward.

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2017, 11:53:09 am
content: Quote from: capt bullshot on February 06, 2017, 10:36:48 amSame problem here, video peace is too slow, so my "standard" speed for YouTube is x1.5Shift+> is a very useful shortcut.Totally agree about serious learning from books, not from videos, but videos are usually a nice companion while working, or a good enough infotainment.Yes, there are situations where a video is better then text. I am thinking here videos about skills, like solder-dragging, or metal working. But most of the time, a book will teach more, better and faster.Apart from this, there is one more danger about learning from a YouTube video: most of them are not peer-reviewed, like printed books are, so there is no guarantee about the quality of the information. One can very easily learn bad practices, and still believe it's the right thing.

author: CJay
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2017, 12:52:05 pm
content: Quote from: RoGeorge on February 06, 2017, 11:53:09 amHandy for techniques and often, like W2AEW's videos, demonstrations of things like PIN diodes and mixers.

author: dexters_lab
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 07, 2017, 01:27:21 pm
content: There is a very complete list in the other blog section of this forum for electronics blogs.https://www.eevblog.com/forum/other-blog-specific/dd/

author: Cliff Matthews
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 03, 2017, 01:51:55 pm
content: Today, an update from "The Post Apocalyptic Inventor" looks like he will be "back in the saddle" soon. I wish to show this fine gent some support here, and wish him much success setting-up his new shop! (From the looks of it, there is still a daunting load of grunt work left to do).

author: Richard Crowley
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 03, 2017, 02:01:10 pm
content: Andreas Spiesshas many very interesting and informative videos. I enjoy watching BigClive to learn about all those dodgy gadgets and basic technology like how to drive fluorescent tubes, etc. But Andreas Spiess has good practical content about ESP and LoRa and building useful "Things" for the IoT.

author: whitevamp
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 03, 2017, 03:32:56 pm
content: Scullcom Hobby Electronicsand others that has all ready been mentioned.

author: joseph nicholas
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 03, 2017, 03:45:31 pm
content: W2AEW is a must for me, also TRXBenchBoth these guys are knowledgeable but some of the vides can be kind of self-agrandismo.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 03, 2017, 04:10:59 pm
content: In addition;https://www.youtube.com/user/Matthiaswandelwoodworking (just one of many; there's tons of good woodworking -- and metalworking -- on YT these days!)https://www.youtube.com/user/tdarnellDeep Astronomy (astronomy news)https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7_gcs09iThXybpVgjHZ_7gPBS Space Timehttps://www.youtube.com/user/standupmaths(he's semi-regularly been on Numberphile and such)https://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGreyhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfMJ2MchTSW2kWaT0kK94YwWilliam Osman (his goofy, laser-cut, and well edited, projects have appeared on HaD several times already; I don't know how/why he has so few subscribers yet!)https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBAPrimitive Technologyhttps://www.youtube.com/user/mverdiellCuriousMarc computer history and restorationTim

author: GeorgeOfTheJungle
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 03, 2017, 04:17:27 pm
content: The Hydraulic Press Channel & Beyond the Press

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 03, 2017, 04:26:25 pm
content: I went and viewed a series of BigClive stuff and i could not undertstand the fuzz around it. The videos are very basic and boring. Luckily i was busy polishing a metal box so the videos ran in the background, otherwise it would be wasted time. But if i _watched_ it i would be dead before middle of the first video...

author: Cliff Matthews
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 03, 2017, 05:12:27 pm
content: Bigclive's quick at reverse engineering stuff and DaveCadding it out, but watch him solder, then you'll know he's got seasoning. The easy-going, above-cam, let's open it and see approach had me hooked from the start.

author: Cliff Matthews
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 03, 2017, 05:19:29 pm
content: Quote from: joseph nicholas on May 03, 2017, 03:45:31 pmI'd submit there's not a self-aggrandising bone in W2AEW's persona. Check this:http://theamphour.com/theamphour-117-undulating-utensil-utility/

author: Sredni
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 03, 2017, 08:54:33 pm
content: My suggestion is not to compliment Alan too much, lest he realizes how good he is and starts making us pay for his videos.Seriously, this guy is the tech equivalent of Carl Barks. A master storyteller who elevated plain comics (well, videos in his case) to art. Barks said several times he did not know how good he was; had he known that, he said, he would have probably stopped striving for perfection.Let's not spoil Alan, don't nobody tell him nothing!And Alan, if you have just read this, look at this clock: 0V... 5V... 0V... 5V... 0V... 5V... A the count of 3.3 you will forget everything you've read in this thread.1.1 eV2.2 tau3.3 V!Now, go make another video.

author: Kluge
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: May 05, 2017, 10:11:33 pm
content: Kevin Darrah -- Some of the most useful videos I've found.Applied Science -- How can any one person know so much?w2aew -- I agree with everyone else, he's great.Andreas Spiess -- very knowledgeableGreatScott! -- love the German accentEEVBlog -- where it all started for me.