Someone should sell a "Eevblog-in-one" parts kit!?!?! - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: george graves
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 12, 2016, 12:46:13 pm
content: While watching Dave's latest video, I started digging into my parts bin. In hopes to follow along, I realized I didn't have a lm311 comparator - or any on hand at the moment. Just some random opamps.So...wouldn't it be cool if there was a digikey/mouser buy list, or a kitted-up package that would get you all the jelly bean parts to follow along with Dave? Since Dave has almost 1000 videos, maybe break it up into year or video number? 1-239, 250-499, etc.Maybe it's just me, but I learnso much morewhen I can go along with the experiment, and force myself to bread board the problem - then ask my own questions, and try things.I'm surprised Chris Gammell hasn't tried to talk Dave into some sort of co-learning thing.(PS - I know it won't work will all of Dave's videos - and yes, I know I could do it myself. And yes, it assume some basic equipment like a scope and a function generators are needed)

author: apelly
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 13, 2016, 12:40:36 am
content: All of what wilfred said.Bit I do reckon he'd pick up thousands of makers if he had a reputation for making anything. Pretty much anything. He has the equipment and aptitude to knock out videos daily I reckon. Just not the imagination. He's not a good finisher either. He starts a lot of things though.You don't have to supply a kit. Publish the digikey part list and link to your oshpark board. The people will follow.

author: @rt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 13, 2016, 01:23:57 am
content: Yup, I knew that Pi cluster thing wouldn't happen.Then there's the multimeter, and nixie thing.I don't think the videos could really go without sufferingif he was going to complete any of that.

author: apelly
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 13, 2016, 01:44:32 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on November 13, 2016, 01:02:27 am

author: chickenHeadKnob
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 13, 2016, 04:38:44 am
content: Quote from: @rt on November 13, 2016, 01:23:57 amI thought that Dave was acquiring a whole army of mini-me's, micro-Dave assistants or cabin boy's or what ever they are called down under, and that team was supposed to work out all the hard stuff, but its been crickets and howling dingos on that front,Quotedam right, mea culpa, guilty guilty guiltyAs far as parts kits and project kits go EEVblog now has sufficient viewership that it could be viable even if less than 1% participation rate ensues, however the profit to workload margin would be small.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 13, 2016, 08:04:11 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on November 13, 2016, 12:09:54 amThat 741 on the breadboard has a date code of 1976! Salvaged from a board when I was knee high to a grasshopper.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 13, 2016, 08:06:16 am
content: Quote from: [member=98969]rt on November 13, 2016, 01:23:57 amShame about the new multimeter prototype on the delivery truck.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 13, 2016, 08:09:31 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on November 13, 2016, 12:09:54 amCorrect. Not even 0.1% would play along at home.The only way that works is with a paid buy-in course like Chris's Contextual Electronics where people actually buy-in to learn from the get-go.

author: george graves
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2016, 12:44:15 pm
content: Quote from: apelly on November 13, 2016, 12:40:36 amDude! I don't think that's a fair assessment at all. I'll agree that Dave has a poor track record on anything mechanical, but this is the EEVblog, not the MEVblog so I'll give him a break. But....Go ahead and make a video or 3 a week, and then tell us how easy it all is. It's not.Quote from: wilfred on November 13, 2016, 12:09:54 amI've been building up my supply! Slowly. But it would still be nice to have the parts on hand. I often just book mark a video, and add it to my Mouser cart for a later date. So...just saying.As as far as Dave not wanting to sell stuff....I don't want to speak for him, but I'm 99% sure the uSupply was an attempt at just that.

author: @rt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2016, 02:13:30 pm
content: Shame for me, as I watch for the opposite of things being made,but still it doesn’t make it beleiveable to announce you’re making something,when there are many more of those announcements, than things being made.Quote from: EEVblog on November 13, 2016, 08:06:16 am

author: apelly
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 14, 2016, 09:42:17 pm
content: Quote from: george graves on November 14, 2016, 12:44:15 pmAt least you have an opinion. It looks to me like the majority of that quote is flattery. In my opinion, the only part that might be up for debate relates to imagination. I formed my opinion by watching what he publishes. How did you form yours?Quote from: george graves on November 14, 2016, 12:44:15 pmI don't remember anything at all that was particularly mechanical. A couple(?) of videos about enclosures/envelope design. 10 minutes about a plastic car? Whatever. No issues at all with that stuff.Quote from: george graves on November 14, 2016, 12:44:15 pmThat's a pretty childish record to play again, and you know it. Look upAd hominem. Anyway, I'm sure Dave'll sleep well tonight, knowing there's a white knight looking over his shoulder, ready to take offence on his behalf.The point I was making, and I think I was pretty fucking clear: I do reckon he'd pick up thousands of makers if he had a reputation for making anything. Pretty much anything.

author: george graves
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2016, 12:36:30 pm
content: Quote from: apellyDude, I've given Dave shit many times. Him and I have bumped heads more times then not. I'm sure he's considered banning me more then once. So.....There is no brown nosing going on here. Trust me when I say that. I didn't even watch his latest "how I edit my videos" youtube, cause I know I would just have to suggest ways he's doing it wrong (as a ex-avid video editor) and he would tell me how wrong I am. And it would go no where.....Quote from: apellyWell, you haven't watched all of his videos. There was the "sky cam" camera rig/the under the desk camera rig, the Sinclair electric car, the PNP machine kit that never happened, the makerbot(?)3d printer that never got up to speed. Dave, am I forgetting anything?Quote from: george graves on November 14, 2016, 12:44:15 pmQuote from: apellyThat's so not an "Ad Hominem" attack. The keys to an Ad Hominem fallacy is when you first diminish someone, and then apply that falsehood to something else they said. What I did was say "STFU, if you don't think Dave is doing a good job, go ahead and make your own videos if it's so easy"Hugs and kisses.PS - I don't know how a simple suggestion thread like this turns into a flame war. It doesn't happen on other forums.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 15, 2016, 12:53:51 pm
content: Quote from: apelly on November 14, 2016, 09:42:17 pmAnd then I'd lose them just as quickly if I didn't keep making videos about making stuff.Designing and making stuff takes ahugeamount of time and effort, often orders of magnitude more time than other videos. I already don't have enough time to make the videos I want to make to keep my existing audience happy who signed up for the half a dozen different styles of videos I do.I do not work well working on a little bit of a design here and there among doing other stuff.As for mechanical:https://www.flickr.com/photos/eevblog/sets/72157645263432179

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 15, 2016, 12:57:39 pm
content: Quote from: chickenHeadKnob on November 13, 2016, 04:38:44 amTurns out hiring students is not the most productive idea because they are too busy studying.

author: apelly
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 15, 2016, 08:03:35 pm
content: Quote from: george graves on November 15, 2016, 12:36:30 pm<blush>Quote from: george graves on November 15, 2016, 12:36:30 pm[the wayIread it] You called me an idiot. I took offence. That was yesterday. I'm over it now. Thanks for the kiss.

author: apelly
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 15, 2016, 08:25:48 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on November 15, 2016, 12:53:51 pmAh. Understood.Had a big response written before I got to that line. I shall resume radio silence.

author: @rt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 16, 2016, 02:48:45 pm
content: Just get it done on paper, test some beginner Arduino programs,market it to Jaycar, and they'll take care of the rest