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There are some truly great authors on this site who go above and beyond to help educate and inform. I have most certainly benefited from the brilliant efforts of the likes of Marc Clifton, Sacha Barber and many others (and they and their articles are what has made CP the very best developer resource).
But I have to say that the article below is one of the very best I have read as it is a subject I know little (almost nothing) about and yet it drew me in and got me thinking and learning and left me wanting more.
Bravo, sir, bravo!
Practical Electronics For Makers (Part 1 of N)[^]
Disclaimer: I am not connected with the author in any way.
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Yes, I concur. The author obviously put a lot of thought and effort into said article. 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Wow, I have enjoyed this community for a long time, but this is all just so nice.
Thanks very much for not only reading my article, but for being so complimentary about it too.
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First of all, it is very interesting. Me like.
But, why is comments and discussion disabled for the article?
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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I’m not sure why they are disabled. I think CP controls that and maybe it’s just an accident that they’re turned off. I will try to find out and fix it.
Thanks for reading my article and letting me know you liked it. I always appreciate it.
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Thanks again for letting me know about the comment problem.
A CP editor fixed it so comments should now work.
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i have it on my reading list, just had a see through and it looked great, will surely read it completely 
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Wow, you just made my year! And the year has just begun.
That is really kind of you and so encouraging to me as a writer.
Thanks so much.
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It's very well deserved - looking forward to the rest of the series.
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Great article, we'll written an great approach.
I relearn ed electronic's from an excellent book, 'practical electronics for inventors'.
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Mike Hankey wrote: Great article, we'll written an great approach.
Thank you very much and thanks for mentioning you like the approach. I put a lot of work into it because it is the book I've really wanted to read for so long.
Hopefully I will be able to keep on living up to this initial chapter with the ones which are still coming.
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Couldn't agree more. Part of me wished I had kept doing at least a little bit of electronics after college - this just might get the ball rolling again. More, please!!
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So glad people are enjoying this. I hope I can keep it going. I will do my best.
Thanks so much for reading my article and commenting. I really appreciate the encouragement and glad there is so much interest since it creates a little community.
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Good going, I am an electronics guy (not really a softie) and am more than willing to proof read stuff for you. I think the only thing I would say is running a green led from a CR2032 like you were doing could damage the led a red one (older tech) is lightly to last longer with out a resistor.
Had a bit more of a read and you do mention Resistors my bad...
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glennPattonWork wrote: Had a bit more of a read and you do mention Resistors
Thanks for reading and for taking the time to mention that I talk about resistors in that first odd experiment.
Interesting to hear about the green versus red led thing though too.
I know that first experiment is a bit odd since we are using a bit too much voltage on the LED.
also, I really appreciate someone with more experience in electronics reading and glad to hear any input you have.
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Umm, one thing from giving the article a read you measure the battery voltage open (not underload) this can leads to the open terminal voltage being read not generally what you need to know from a battery. This can confuse beginners (it caught me, until I was told). The red LED being older can be a bit odd, also you can use them as photo diodes (bit cheaper, not quite as sensitive)
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glennPattonWork wrote: one thing from giving the article a read you measure the battery voltage open (not underload) this can leads to the open terminal voltage being read not generally what you need to know from a battery
Thanks very much for mentioning this. I will look into this further and make the necessary changes as I understand them. Really appreciate it.
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His last series of articles, BOOK, was excellent as well. I'm looking forward to following this one as he works through it.
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Interesting. Reminded me of basic electronics we studied during first semester of engineering (mechanical). I hope CP and that article are around for next 10 years so I can introduce my son to it. I guess it is far better than the way they would teach him at school.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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I just say his UWP series yesterday (and left praise for that too).
Read this first part of electronics and agree, this one is also well written with relevant and useful examples.
<a href="https://www.codeproject.com/Members/raddevus">@raddevus</a> - once more: excellent work.
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R. Giskard Reventlov wrote: But I have to say that the article below is one of the very best I have read as it is a subject I know little (almost nothing) about and yet it drew me in and got me thinking and learning and left me wanting more.
Absolutely. IMO, it's a rare thing to find someone who not only starts a journey but can write about it in a way that is captivating, interesting, entertaining, and informative way.
One of the problems I have found in the past is that there are few resources which just start at the beginning...
@raddevus nails it on the head right there!
And thank you for the mention too!
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I really appreciate all the comments : they are very encouraging.
I'm also really happy that so many others are responding to the article too because I can see there is a great community of people out there who are interested in these similar subjects which hold so much interest for me.
To be mentioned in the same company as these other fantastic CP authors is humbling and encouraging also.
thanks so much.
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Marc Clifton wrote: And thank you for the mention too!
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When I attempted to post my latest article : Practical Electronics For Makers (Part 1 of N)[^] the hamsters went crazy and the article was lost.
However, previous to hitting the publish button I grabbed the HTML from the article and saved it locally. Wahoo!!!
Ain't no hamster what can stop me. 
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We have to be kind to the hamsters. They are watching you know. Well, at least pretend to be kind.
I sent a link to the article to my son, as my grandson may be interested.
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
modified 4-Jan-18 14:17pm.
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