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DIY OHM-METER & VERIFYING WHEATSTONE BRIDGE CONDITION

2020-09-15T06:47:08Z

IntroductionIn Engineering resistors one of the very common and one of the most essential components which are very widely used. The resistances of through-hole resistors can be calculated using colour code, while for other components and SMT compone...(read more)

Radioactivity fun!

2020-09-15T04:32:48Z

Introduction The Geiger counter setup Background radiation Radiation distance Radiation blocking Final words Introduction Radioactive decay is the process where unstable atoms lose energy through emission of ionizing radiation in the...(read more)

Voltage Drop Bonus Content

2020-09-14T21:05:27Z

This blog is not an entry for the Proving Science challenge - but it does demonstrate Ohm's Law in action. Proving Science seems like the best place to put it. E=IR In a different blog, I added extension cords t...(read more)

Laser Microscope Experiment

2020-09-14T07:49:31Z

Proving ScienceEnter Your Electronics & Design Project for a chance to win a $200 shopping cart!Submit an Entry Submit an Entry Back to homepage Project14 Home Monthly Themes Monthly Theme Poll LASER stands for Light Amplification by Stim...(read more)

Where Did My Volts Go?

2020-09-14T02:34:00Z

What's not to love about seeing science in action? We can't always see the actual event but we can see the results. In troubleshooting, I call them symptoms, because the event we can measure or observe isn't the root cause. I also...(read more)

Fire Extinguisher Car

2020-09-11T13:45:57Z

Proving ScienceEnter Your Electronics & Design Project for a chance to win a $200 shopping cart!Submit an Entry Submit an Entry Back to homepage Project14 Home Monthly Themes Monthly Theme Poll Hello Everyone,My name is Harji Nagi.I am cu...(read more)

The Planck Constant and the Relationship of Frequency to Photon Energy

2020-09-05T22:10:00Z

The Planck Constant and the Relationship of Frequency to Photon Energy by Frank Milburn I have revisited a subject I first explored in 2017 using LEDs to determine the value of the Planck constant. The method used is one that seems to b...(read more)

TempMeter#2 : Improved Accuracy by Using a Laser Poiter

2020-08-19T16:06:33Z

Proving ScienceEnter Your Electronics & Design Project for a chance to win a $200 shopping cart!Submit an Entry Submit an Entry Back to homepage Project14 Home Monthly Themes Monthly Theme Poll Although my original Tempmeter (TempMeter : ...(read more)

Calorie Meter and Activity Tracker

2020-08-10T20:43:45Z

Proving ScienceEnter Your Electronics & Design Project for a chance to win a $200 shopping cart!Submit an Entry Submit an Entry Back to homepage Project14 Home Monthly Themes Monthly Theme Poll Hello Everyone,My name is Harji Nagi.I...(read more)

TempMeter : Measuring Temperature with a Brass Rod

2020-08-07T13:53:46Z

Proving ScienceEnter Your Electronics & Design Project for a chance to win a $200 shopping cart!Submit an Entry Submit an Entry Back to homepage Project14 Home Monthly Themes Monthly Theme Poll For the Proving Science Project14 activity I...(read more)

The Fast Chain Problem - Arduino Laser Gates

2020-08-02T20:51:00Z

THE FAST CHAIN PROBLEM - ARDUINO LASER GATES 1. Introduction Story What is IYPT? 2. Problem 3. Theory 4. Experiment Idea Build Software 5. Tests 6. Results & Analysis 7. Upgrade Ideas 8. Summary 1. Introduction &nb...(read more)

Measuring the speed of sound

2020-08-02T13:29:00Z

Basic concept is to measure the speed of the sound using echoes and with the microphone build in notebook. Apparatus and materials: 1. Notebook or device with microphone, 2. Sound editor e.g. Audacity 3. Paper or other material tube with kno...(read more)

Voltmeter 4*Reading

2020-07-31T21:29:42Z

Proving ScienceEnter Your Electronics & Design Project for a chance to win a $200 shopping cart!Submit an Entry Submit an Entry Back to homepage Project14 Home Monthly Themes Monthly Theme Poll I made a dc voltmeter which displays four di...(read more)

Electric Hula Hoop

2020-07-30T05:45:00Z

The Problem How can we make a hula hoop automatically go up a straight vertical pole? The problem sounds simple, people have been playing with hula hoops for many decades making them go up and down their bodies. However, when it is a straight vertic...(read more)

Experimenting with AC Current Sensing

2020-07-18T21:35:00Z

After watching James Lewis' Work Bench Wednesday presentation a couple weeks ago on Clamp Meters and sensing current Workbench Wednesday 24: No-Contact Current Measurements and reading some of the comments I decided that it would be f...(read more)