1 How-To: Shrinkify Your Arduino Projects
Shows how to program ATtiny chips from the Arduino IDE with an Arduino acting as programmer, recommended for moving small projects off a full Arduino board.
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2 Circuit Skills: Perfboard Prototyping
A go-to demonstration of building circuits on perfboard, linked whenever someone asks how to move a project off the breadboard.
3 Making Fun: Mission Control Desk
A tour of a homemade mission control desk built for a child, packed with switches and lights, shared as a project idea for anyone wanting lots of buttons.
4 Circuit Skills: Circuit Board Etching
A home PCB etching walkthrough that makes the process look approachable, often offered to hobbyists who want to produce boards themselves instead of ordering them.
5 MAKE presents: The Transistor
Part of the MAKE Presents component series, suggested to beginners who want an approachable first explanation of what a transistor does.
6 MAKE presents: Ohm's Law
A beginner friendly explanation of how voltage, current and resistance relate, often the first thing suggested before anyone helps with a project.
7 MAKE presents: The Capacitor
A beginner explainer on what a capacitor is and does, usually linked alongside the companion Make videos on resistors, inductors and transistors.
8 How To Splice Wires to NASA Standards
A practical demonstration of the lineman splice for joining wires, recommended by users and posted alongside the NASA workmanship splice standard.
9 Collin's Lab: The REAL Breadboard
A Make video showing the original wooden breadboard with nails, usually linked to explain where the name comes from or as a nostalgic build idea.
10 Weekend Projects - Raspberry Pirate Radio
A Raspberry Pi pirate radio demo, linked as inspiration and a starting point for turning a Pi into an FM transmitter.
11 MAKE presents: The Resistor
The resistor episode of the Make Presents component series, suggested as a starting point for learning basic parts.
12 MAKE presents: The Diode
The diode episode of the Make component series, recommended as a clear beginner introduction alongside the resistor, capacitor and transistor videos.
13 Collin's Lab: Schematics
A Collin's Lab episode explaining what a schematic is and how to read one, recommended as a gentle first step for newcomers.
