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Movies

Electronics Fundamentals

1. Direct Current

3. Semiconductors

5. Amplifiers

7. Batteries (~ 50 Minutes)

2. Alternating Current

4. Power Supplies

6. Oscillators

 

 

Pioneers

1.   Nikola Tesla: Master of Lightning

2. Thomas Edison: Father of Invention

3. Richard Feynman: Lectures on Nanotechnology

 

Computers

1. Computers

3. One's and Two's Complement, ALU, Registers, Display Devices, etc.

5. CPU and Input-Output Circuits

2. Logic Gates and Binary Operations

4. Hexadecimal and Octal Notation, Flip Flops, and Adders

6. Memory Devices

   

7. Internet: Behind the Web

 

   Robotics

 Robots

Robotic Revolution

Short Videos

Robots Alive

DARPA Race

  Battlebots

Robots

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electronics Fundamentals

 

1: Direct Current               51 minutes

Series circuits, parallel circuits, Ohm's Law, digital multimeter, converting complex series-parallel circuits into simple equivalent circuits, using the DMM to measure voltage, current, and resistance.

 

2: Alternating Current     62 minutes

 

Transformers, coils, frequency, impedance, inductance, capacitance, average values, effective values, peak and peak to peak values, wavelength, vector diagrams, sine waves, placing a coil or capacitor in an A/C circuit, calculations for coils or capacitors in series or parallel, and more.

 

3: Semiconductors         57 minutes

 

Basic semiconductor theory, introduction to 15 semiconductor devices. Diodes, transistors, and other voltage controlling devices.

 

4: Power Supplies          56 minutes

 

The different sections of a power supply. Rectifying circuits, regulator circuits, and voltage limiting circuits such as the crow-bar circuit. Troubleshooting power supplies.

 

5: Amplifiers                     57 minutes

 

Basic amplifier circuits: class A, Class B, and Class C. Operational amplifier and its use in modern circuits.

 

6: Oscillators                    53 minutes

 

Resonant LC tank circuit, LC, RC, and crystal oscillator circuits. Hartley, Colpitts, Ultra-Audion, Collector coupled, Emitter coupled, UJT and Tunel diode circuits. Temperature control circuits.

 

7. Batteries                        45 minutes

Pioneers

1. Nikola Tesla                  90 minutes

Nikola Tesla was one of the most fascinating scientists of the 20th century. He invented, developed or imagined the technology that brought us electricity, remote control, neon and florescent lighting, radio transmission and much more.  He was a brilliant and charismatic immigrant whose talent took him to the height of celebrity. He locked horns with Thomas Edison, J. Pierpont Morgan, Guglielmo Marconi, and George Westinghouse. Mark Twain praised his genius. They are all characters in this video.

2. Thomas Edison

Thomas Alva Edison earned a place among the most important persons in history when his inventions, such as the light bulb, phonograph, and movie camera, literally transformed the way the world functioned. This video traces the complete story of the famous inventor, from his long quest to develop the light bulb to the devastating effect his growing fame had on his domestic life.

3. Richard Feynman

Tiny Machines: The Feynman lectures on nanotachnology.

Computers

 

1: Computers                   50 minutes        History Channel

From counting machines to quantum mechanics, Computers presents the definitive exploration into the fast-paced world of technology and innovation. Modern Marvels traces the history and ongoing evolution of the comupter. The film begins with a visit to the home of one of the world's fastest computers - ASCI White- and traces its originis, from an English scientist who created the first room-sized computers to today. Interviews are conducted with gurus and computer historians, including Aple co-founder Steve Wozniak.

2: Logic Gates and Binary Operations     56 minutes

AND, OR, Inverter, NAND, NOR, Exclusive Or, and Exclusive NOR gate circuits. Using binary notation to Add, Subtract, and Divide.

3. One's and Two's Complement, ALU, Multiplexer, etc    59 minutes

One's Complement, Two's Complement, ALU, Multiplexers, Demultiplexers, Registers, Display Devices, Decoder Circuits

4. Hexadecimal and Octal Notation, Flip Flops, and Adders    55 minutes

Hexadecimal notationj, RS, D, JK, Flip Flops, Half and Full Adders, Counter Circuits

5. CPU and Input-Output Circuits         56 minutes

Central Processing Unit, Input-Output Circuits

6. Memory Devices          56 minutes

ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, SRAM, DRAM, and MBM devices