Kludges from Kevin's Cave - Invidious

Kludges from Kevin's Cave

Kevin takes an eccentric and brutally primitive approach to electronics, and breadboards various circuits to demonstrate how they work.

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Since several people have asked, I'm a semi-retired enginerd, not a professor. I have an A.B. in math from Dartmouth, a MSEE from Arizona State, and a PhD in computer science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I have 40+ years in industry, working for such outfits as Honeywell, Northrop(-Grumman) and GE Aerospace. Most of my paid projects for the last couple of decades have been related to machine vision, in areas as diverse as medical imaging, TV broadcasting, and inspection of aircraft engine parts. They all seem to involve a little bit of electronics, a little bit of optics, and a lot of math-intensive computer software.

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13:51

The Op-Amp Differentiator | Op-Amp Basics, episode 11

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Trim Pot Adjustment Aid

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The Op-Amp Integrator, Revisited | Op-Amp Basics, episode 10

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[RE-UPLOAD] Diode Ladder Sine Shaper part 2 - Exploring Analog Audio Synthesis, episode 12

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Diode Ladder Sine Shaper part 2 - Exploring Analog Audio Synthesis, episode 12

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The Delta-Wye Equivalence - Exploring Analog Audio Synthesis, episode 11

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The Diode-Ladder Sine Shaper - Introduction - Exploring Analog Audio Synthesis, episode 10

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The Sample-and-Hold Circuit - Op-Amp Basics, episode 9

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The R-2R Ladder | Op-Amp Basics, episode 8

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Adapting a modern capacitor: 50-year-old analog oscilloscope, ep3

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Peak Detector - Reducing Leakage (Op-Amp Basics, episode 7)

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Test Rig for a Peak Detector - Op-Amp Basics bonus episode

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[RELOADED] Three Circuits, One Idea: Op-Amp Basics, episode 6

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[DON'T WATCH] Three Circuits, One Idea: Op-Amp Basics, episode 6

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The Precision Rectifier: Op-Amp Basics Episode 5 (RE-UPLOAD)

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The Precision Rectifier: Op-amp basics, episode 5

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Tektronix analog scope restoration: episode 2 of ? - accessing a bad capacitor

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Electronic history snapshot: the Linotron

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Differential Amplifiers and Inputs Beyond the Rails: Op-Amp Basics, episode 4

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Nonlinear components in the feedback path - Op-Amp Basics, episode 3

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Restoring a vintage military oscilloscope - part 1 of ??

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The Differential Pair Becomes an Op-Amp - Transistors 101, episode 18

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Taming Distortion with Negative Feedback - Transistors 101, episode 17

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Long-tailed pair: adding a gain stage. Transistors 101, episode 16

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Improving the Long-Tailed Pair (Transistors 101, episode 15)

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Differential Pairs: The Heart of Analog Circuits (Transistors 101, ep14)

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Op-amp summing circuits: Op--Amp Basics episode 2

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Op-Amps: The Golden Rules (Op-Amp Basics, episode 1)

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Breadboarding and Debugging the Triangle Core - Exploring Analog Audio Synthesis ep9

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Triangle-wave VCO Core - Explorig Analog Audio Synthesis, episode 8

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Improved Current Mirrors - Transistors 101, episode 13

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They Do It with Mirrors: Transistors 101, episode 12

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The Ebers-Moll Transistor Model - Transistors 101, episode 11

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The Shockley Diode Model - Transistors 101 episode 10

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Transistor 101 Side Project: Current-Voltage Curve Tracer: part 3: Software (RE-UPLOADED)

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Transistor 101 Side Project: Current-Voltage Curve Tracer, part 2: Build

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Transistor 101 Side Project: Current-Voltage Curve Tracer, part 1: Design

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Bandgap Voltage Reference - a Better Zener Diode

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Transistors 101 episode 9: The Quest for More Voltage Gain

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Is an integrator the same as a low-pass filter? Exploring Analog Synthesis, ep. 7a

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Transistors 101 ep8: The Quest for Current Gain

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What's in my parts box? Discrete semiconductors!

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What's in my parts box? 1: Passives

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Transistors 101 ep7: Biasing the common emitter amplifier

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Audio Synthesis ep7: The Op-Amp Integrator

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Transistors 101 ep6: Biasing and Bootstrapping

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Transistors 101 ep5: Introducing Beta

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Transistors 101 ep4: Followers and Switches

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Transistors 101 ep3: Common Emitter Amplifier 1

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Transistors 101 ep2: Current Sources

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Transistors 101: Identifying an unknown transistor

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I confess!

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Audio Synthesis Ep006: Diode bridge oscillator

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Audio Synthesis Ep005: LM311 Schmitt trigger oscillator

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Audio Synthesis Ep004: The Humble Voltage Divider

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Audio Synthesis Ep003: Schmitt Trigger oscillator

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Audio Synthesis Ep002: Schmitt Trigger

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Audio Synthesis Ep001: Super-Simple Noise Source

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