Voltlog #294 – InTheMail

Welcome to a new InTheMail, the series that will touch both your passion for electronics and your bank account at the same time. Before I get started I’m gonna take a second to remind you to subscribe to the channel and hit the bell notification icon because that’s the only way you will know for sure when I upload new videos. 

Depending on which part of the world you live in, you might be dealing with the same isolation measures as I am, the government is recommending we stay inside as much as possible here in Romania, to avoid contact with other people. So that gives me more time to work on projects, learn new stuff and of course discover and order stuff from the internet.

I’m gonna start with this notebook which has a retro looking leather cover, I think it’s quite neat looking, I’m not sure if this is real leather or not, description just said leather. I always keep a notebook around the workbench, it can be useful for drafting a quick schematic, some dimensions or just for writing down some measurements. Another cool feature of this notebook is the binder style clips you have inside, which allow you to insert or remove paper and what’s even nicer is that you can find this type of paper with different grid styles and they’re very affordable.

Voltlog #287 – Switching From Eagle To Kicad

Welcome to a new Voltlog, today I’m gonna talk a bit about my process of switching from EagleCad to Kicad. So i’ve been an EagleCAD user for years, I’ve practically learned how to do pcb layout in eagle cad so there is that emotional attachment to a piece of software because it’s what I used while developing this skill. And to be honest there wasn’t any better alternative years ago, Eagle was the first decent piece of cad software to offer a freeware license and it quickly became popular for hobbyists. It didn’t have all the bells and whistles of the expensive software like Altium or Candece but it did the job while being user friendly.

Since it quickly became popular for makers and hobbyists it also meant there was an abundance of support on the forums as well as many user generated scripts and libraries freely available. It was similar to the popularity Arduino got but it was never open source and if you needed some extra features like 4 layer layout or pcb sizes larger than 8x10cm you needed to pay for a license.

Voltlog #244 – InTheMail

Welcome to a new InTheMail, the series that will touch both your passion for electronics and your bank account at the same time.

Voltlog #236 – InTheMail

Welcome to a new InTheMail, the series that will touch both your passion for electronics and your bank account at the same time.

Voltlog #75 – InTheMail

As mentioned in the previous video this month will be mostly InTheMail episodes because I just have a bunch of stuff from China and I gotta show it to you before I go use it on other projects. Same as before I tried grouping similar items in this episode so let’s get started on another InTheMail.

Here is a list with all the items shown in this video:

  • Bourns 10K 10 Turn Potentiometer
  • Plastic Rotary Knob 6mm Shaft 10pcs
  • 16mm Potentiometer Knob Black With 6mm Shaft
  • 3P4T 3 Pole 4 Position Rotary Selection Switch
  • On/Off Momentary Push Switches
  • PBS-11A Locking 2 Pin On/Off Switch
  • KSD9700 Slim Bimetal Temperature Switch
  • KSD301 Bimetal Temperature Switch
  • 2mm Binding Post Plug Connectors
  • M5 Banana Jack 4mm Socket
  • 3.5mm Slim Metallic Stereo Jack 4 Pole
  • JST XH 2.5mm Connector With Wire Set
  • 1007 Hook Up Wire 24AWG

Links to all of these products are in the video description visible on youtube.