Hacks, Mods & Circuitry

Hacks, Mods & Circuitry

As technology becomes more and more advanced, so do our gadgets and electronics. Learn how to use the Red One camera, mp3 players, cellphones or jailbreak your iPhone or iPod. Hack a security system, or make your own air conditioner. Whether you are learning basic skills or advanced hacks, each video will help you get more power out of your electronics.

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Make variable voltage to drive an electronic circuit

This video is made for beginners in electronics and all people interested in these matters. They show how to create some basic-circuits ...more

How to make variable voltage to drive an electronic circuit
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Drive a transistor with direct current

This video is made for beginners and all people interested in these matters. Here you see how to drive a NPN transistor (or a NPN ...more

How to drive a transistor with direct current
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Drive a transistor with alternating current

Here you see how to design a circuit with a Darlington in which you can drive a transformer, lamp, or LED by means of a (very small ...more

How to drive a transistor with alternating current
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Amplify audio linearly with a few transistors

This is for beginners and interested people. Here you see how to create a simple amplification stage with one or two NPN transistors ...more

How to amplify audio linearly with a few transistors
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Use mains transformer in electronic projects

How to use a mains transformer (for instance 110-230 Volt and 50-60 Hz) in an electronic project. Do's and don't's with mains transformers ...more

How to use mains transformer in electronic projects
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Make a small class A audio amplifier

Here you can see how to construct a very simple audio amplifier (100 mW-400 mW or so, power not tested). When you set the Darlington (TS1 ...more

How to make a small class A audio amplifier
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Test a bipolar transistor NPN or PNP

See the principles of testing a bipolar transistor by measuring the ratio between the base current and the collector (C-E) current. Then ...more

How to test a bipolar transistor NPN or PNP
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Make a voltage stabilizer / voltage drop

Here are the principles of a simple voltage stabilizer (series-type) with two bipolar power transistors. Important: current amplification ...more

How to make a voltage stabilizer / voltage drop
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Create an oscillating audio amplifier

Here you can see how to create an (audio) oscillator. Waveform depends of the frequency, the components and the feedback capacitor/circuit ...more

How to create an oscillating audio amplifier
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Make a wind powered LED pinwheel

This is a video tutorial that explains how to make a wind powered LED out of a pinwheel and an old VCR. Why have just a pinwheel when you ...more

How to make a wind powered LED pinwheel
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Make a USB flashlight

If you've ever wanted to make an LED flashlight that plugs into your computer, you've come to the right place. See how to make one of these ...more

How to make a USB flashlight
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Make a homopolar motor

See how to make a cool little electric homopolar motor, right here, with a battery, some copper wire, and a magnet. It's one of the ...more

How to make a homopolar motor
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Make a miniature hovercraft from a CD and plate

See how to make a cool miniature hovercraft out of a CD and a balloon. Then see how to make it with a plate.

How to make a miniature hovercraft from a CD and plate
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Make a mini fan hovercraft

Learnhow to make a small hovercraft with a small fan in this short tutorial. Make it even better by putting some LED lights on it, so it ...more

How to make a mini fan hovercraft
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Build the world's brightest LED flashlight

Build the world's brightest single LED flashlight (torch) using a ten dollar Dorcy flashlight and a SSP7 bin C 900 lumen LED. This gives ...more

How to build the world's brightest LED flashlight
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Hack your Maglite flashlight into a brighter one

See how to hack a two "D" cell Maglite to make it much brighter. This is a cheap but very power light of 700-800+ lumens, brighter than ...more

How to hack your Maglite flashlight into a brighter one
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Turn an wireless X10 camera into a helmet cam

See how to make an X10 wireless security camera into a nice helmet cam on the cheap in this three-part video. All it takes is an X10 camera ...more

How to turn an wireless X10 camera into a helmet cam
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Add a larger hard drive to an external enclosure

This video shows you how to add space to an external had drive by replacing the actual drive that is inside the unit. The end result is ...more

How to add a larger hard drive to an external enclosure
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Make a simple flashlight

Get some wire with clips on the ends, a battery holder that holds two batteries, two batteries (duh), and LED light, a button, and a casing ...more

How to make a simple flashlight
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Make a flashlight out of a flashlight

See how to make a flashlight with just four things! A paper clip, a battery, a piece of metal with holes in it, and of course -- a ...more

How to make a flashlight out of a flashlight
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