EEVblog #92 - Get your MIT Engineering Degree for FREE

[zaraak323i]

than I had in a year of tinkering!

The vblog of the ucurrent was like that for me and I'm still looking forward to catching up with the rest of your videos.

[zaraak323i]

One of the best educational experiences I had was when I was working in a small TV repair shop and a man came in and wanted to be able to push a button to start a model train on it's track whilst a tape of the theme from Petticoat Junction played and then stop after the theme was over. He also wanted a delay so that it couldn't be restarted immediately, so his grandkids couldn't just sit there, pressing the button. My boss and I stayed late, hammering out the design. I learned more that night...

[zaraak323i]

Honestly, I first subscribed hoping to learn more about electronics. I agree with you that your blog is not specifically about education, but I've learned a lot anyway. I do find you entertaining which also probably helps with the education. The video where you went through the design of the ucurrent design was hugely informative.

[abpccpba]

Hello Dave

I watch you for information and your so called entertainment.

I enjoy them in both modes.

I like the blogs that speak to a specific IC or some basic concept.

Keep up the good work.

I finely got to see a eucalyptus forest on your blog. Here in Arizona Phoenix we use them as a base of landscaping.

[vladimirFNX]

You may not deliver much of theory, but you teach a lot of things that are not on textbooks, you know, very practical things, your experience, that's why I watch your videos, you share your experience, not many teachers do that. KEEP IT UP!

[MewesK]

50%/50%. Electronics Engineering is just a hobby since I'm a Software Engineer. So I need some entertainment to motivate me spending time on the weekends to learn something not programming related. But if I am actually working on project and have specific questions I need other information sources. Especially since videos are not searchable.

[danielcoig]

Dave, There is a bit of importance to sharing information in a way that makes it personal. So many teachers present information as a mirror of text and simply as a job. It makes school expensive, boring, and... "a real trap for young players". I love your blog. Thank you. A website I've found that is pretty good for learning neat stuff is mindbites. Its the closest thing to courses for free. btw, what car do you drive? Looked like a mazda 2 or something out front in the crzy birds video.

[KaslarProductions]

I only barly touch into real electronics... I make little osscillator drone synths and I modify 80's computers. and I watch EEVblog because I love listening to things way over my head just to pick up little things every once in a while that i can understand...its mosly all greek to me...

[linagee]

Dave Jones is an advanced version of Bill Nye the science guy. :-) Cheers

[SirBuzzKillington]

I would argue that your videos are quite educational, actually. As a junior electronics design engineer I need mentorship more than I need textbook knowledge. This blog allows somewhat of a conversation with an experienced engineer.

[indidesidude]

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IIT India's Contribution To Open Knowledge...

Anything and everything about all Engineering Video Lectures :-)

[johnmartin1024]

@averagemale2000 LOL for your comment about driving from the passenger seat! And, yeah, what about all those OTHER drivers going by in the background - driving from the passenger seat!

[mcr1981]

Watch it for specific issues. Let's say I'm stuck with the selection of a heatsink..... google the thing and your video came.

[averagemale2000]

where are you driving to? and why are you driving your car from the passenger seat?

[Schmiki24]

@averagemale2000 xD....Welcome to australia, where everything is reversed!

[reesejpuc]

also these test instruments are vital to Electrical Engineers so it is good for someone like MR jones to go so in depth regarding the ins and outs and the pro's and con's of their operations. I think this VLOG should be an entire class at a good University.

[tabarin]

60% Education, 40% Entertainment

[thegurnard]

Hi Dave, Found your site by accident and have been following for a while. Your drive time rants are brilliant. Thanks for the fun way you dealt with dB's. I needed quick revision for a job Interview and wiki was too in depth for an old duffer like me (always used them but it's amazing how much you forget). Thanks again.

[hsvthstvjtjsthscgthj]

Hello Dave, if my professors were half as personable and passiontate as your blogs are, perhaps more people would choose this field. However, that is'nt to say I haven't had good mentors but if the scholastic institutes stressed an equal amount of research and providing education, it would go without saying that the professors would have more energy to teach rather than viewing the teachinng process as an annoyance and that it takes away from their salary. Thank you once again Dave.

[heroineworshipper]

Is he really driving to a job or did the greater depression finally get him laid off, with him now pretending to drive to work?

[sephiroth671]

Those MIT videos in general blow major chunks.

[amilliondead]

I read textbooks and scour websites for technical information, but when you do that it is all very focussed and can be confusing. I like to watch your vlog because the way you teach gives more of an overview of a subject so it is easier for me to get a kind of background understanding. Also you're funny, and it's fun to watch your videos.

[ccmtor]

I like to watch your v blog as an electronics engineer, I find them really interesting, fun, and unique. There aren't many forums where you can get this kind of material associated with EE. So, great job.

Also you never know what you can learn from someone!

[aganlex]

I went with computer science instead of ee/comp e. So I like the vlog to see what I might have missed. I like the insights into the industry.

[tlfort]

I don't have a clue what you talk about in your videos but I sure like them.

[dionysian83]

I think you are right. Your videos are very educational, but I think your enthusiasm and aussie accent make it a good fit for video format. 

[jkenny1]

I'm a second year EE student, so the only real EE knowledge I have is of circuit analysis and the like, and I find these blogs really entertaining, but I do get a pretty good amount of practical knowledge out of it as well (that classes won't necessarily give me).

[fielious]

I do almost nothing with electronics design, but I find Dave entertaining and very intelligent.

The extent of electronics I've done have been with picaxe microcontrolers. I guess I would watch this blog as more for entertainment purposes .

[sovietmoscow]

When I was at Uni you got next to nothing from the lectures, you only really went along to get the notes which point to the subjects you need to look-up in books to pass exams. Then when you have the degree you can start learning electronic design.

By the way, I watch the blogs to keep perspective.

[solksolksolk]

I think that video blogs and podcasts are generally best when they are a 50/50 mix of entertainment and useful information. Lectures and tutorials are great, but it's better to make one quality tutorial than ten tutorials that are just ok.

I think the episode about capacitors was great. That episode, combined with the one where you blow up electrolytics, constitutes the best introduction to capacitors that I am aware of. Seriously. Good stuff.

[Aeduo]

I watch it because it's educational to a degree, but it's not boring, so I can learn it easily. A lot of the concepts I've learned from this would've been much harder to learn from a text book or website, especially wikipedia which often gets really in to the really advanced parts of a concept right away and uses very specific vocabulary. I do also find it very entertaining and even find myself laughing at times. Mostly I just grew up on television and computers right away so I distract easily.

[pikuorguk]

I watch because the videos are entertaining and fun, but they also contain useful information. I like technical stuff, it's interesting, but it needs delivering in an entertaining way, otherwise it may as well be written down. Who's ever tried to watch some highly intelligent, but deathly boring nerd drone on for an hour in a monotonous way - "argh, I want to listen to you, it's interesting stuff, but I'm about to die from your boring style!".

[killerman4ever]

I mainly watch the blog for the entertainment but i also like the educational side.

[gbowne1]

Well, Dave, I've always loved when you call the bad horrible stuff "heaps of shit" or something like that. it does make it a bit entertaining.

We haven't really seen much of your day to day stuff. Your drive time rants are pretty good.

You do a ton of stuff on multimeters. really would love to see more on other equipment.

[seeindarkness]

70% Entertainment

20% Educational

10% Boredom

[MatthewAT385]

I can’t believe you guys rent about this videos not being educational. If you are so advanced why do you watch it? If this is not enough information’s for you, than GO TO SCHOOL AND READ BOOKS.

In my country, community of eengineers is small and closed; I almost have no one to speak about electronics (not even professors). That is depressing, seeing that people have no interest in electronics while studying at EE University ;(

So I’m really thankful to Dave for putting his time up!

[Gameboygenius]

To put it simply: I came for the educational stuff, I stayed for the entertainment. But really, what you do well, is to teach practical concepts as well as talk about the industry as such. Eg. The Unusual Oscilloscope Phenomenon, The Infinite Resistor Puzzle, Product design drives me NUTS!, Warm and Fuzzy FPGA Troubleshooting, Let's Design a Product.

[TrueBlueAustralian]

Wishes there was more service manuals on the net for free.. for the older stuff..

[Twistx77]

I think you should keep doing it like you are doing it now, it has a bit of evertyhing, I learn stuff from it, but at the same time I enjoy listening to the strories about engineering or other stuff like the reviews or the tests with multimeters, personally I think that you can't find that anywhere else or at least all that combined.

[First2ner]

90% entertainment

10% "education"

[joeles69]

I watch your blog to 1# be entertained for 5 to 10 minutes and 2# to get something out of it..

if it was a ratio i would say, 40% entertainment and 60% education.

[chimerahitman]

I like this blog and the main reason is, because even though it might be sort of entertainment, it gives you some insight of an engineer and how things are done. Others are just fun to watch.

[steveUys]

You do provide some level of entertainment, but I simply like to try gleaning whatever I can from someone who knows so much more than I do. In addition to being rather dry, one thing you just can't get out of a book or Web page is the practical aspect. For instance, a person can type and take pictures of the process of etching a hobbyist PCB until their fingers fall off, but nothing quite compares to actually seeing someone do it. That, and great presentation style, are the value of video.

[TutorialsAndTips101]

Where did you study? Did you go to MIT?