Principles of Schematics

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  • Ben goes over schematics, a basic part of any electronics project. He shows what the symbols mean and how to go from schematic to working project.
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Komentáře • 224

  • @AJmnz89
    @AJmnz89 Před 7 lety +2

    Thank you, Ben! Your video is a huge help in understanding what an electrical schematic looks like in real life.

  • @TimJC513
    @TimJC513 Před 11 lety +2

    I can vouch for this. They taught me everything I needed for a project I was working on. Thanks for the time and effort.

  • @CARBr6
    @CARBr6 Před 8 lety

    Excellent, EXCELLENT video! I have been looking for a video that will really explain how to decipher a schematic. Being able to watch you go through the schematic and connect it up has really helped to make it that much clearer! Thank you.

  • @Bush09Lots
    @Bush09Lots Před 11 lety

    what a great show... thanks for taking the time and effor into putting together such a professional product

  • @ericapelz260
    @ericapelz260 Před 10 lety +13

    This is a great demo. I would mention that this technique is great for breadboarding very small circuits. I like to keep a highlighter handy as I breadboard a circuit and highlight the connections as I make them. This really helps to prevent missing connections, especially if you happen to be called away in the middle of it.

  • @el3vil
    @el3vil Před 11 lety

    is a pleasure to see your fantastic videos and remember, those college days burning circuits ...
    a big hug!

  • @Spiralexe
    @Spiralexe Před 11 lety

    nice work ben iv always enjoyed your videos keep up the good work :D!

  • @NicholasAarons
    @NicholasAarons Před 8 lety

    Awesome Video Ben. Keep up the great work. Nick.

  • @johndbumpus
    @johndbumpus Před 6 lety

    Thanks, your videos are a great help to my understanding.

  • @mephisto2468
    @mephisto2468 Před 11 lety

    Hi, great video. Enjoying all your videos. Thanks!

  • @Aadiboyrocks
    @Aadiboyrocks Před 8 lety +5

    hey ben
    your video's are really help full !
    i am new to electronics and was wondering Which electronics components should I always have on hand for my parts bin ?
    thanks
    a 13 yearold aspiring hobyist from india

  • @xanokothe
    @xanokothe Před 11 lety +1

    I do computer engineering, and I understand everything you say, in every episode. Thanks for sharing with us!

  • @Furby_assassin
    @Furby_assassin Před 11 lety

    Great as always!

  • @chillacombs8790
    @chillacombs8790 Před 6 lety

    great presentation ben...simple and to the point.am an electronics hobbist and is quite fascinating watching your demos...big thanks papa

  • @deserty7883
    @deserty7883 Před 11 lety

    This is something that I have been looking for a long time, thank you ben!
    I am looking forward to see if you continue to do this, but can you do a video on a basic "start up kit" of sorts for people just getting started in electronics.

  • @FrancisRGarced
    @FrancisRGarced Před 9 lety

    Thanks so much for all the great tips

  • @satyabanukil779
    @satyabanukil779 Před 8 lety +5

    Sir I am an old man of 57 years but keeping immense in building electronic projects at beginners' level. I watched almost all of your presentations and request you to kindly show us in making a veroboard project based on schematics i.e. how to cut the lines and solder etc. Regards, Satyaban, India

  • @LinuxManScott
    @LinuxManScott Před 11 lety

    If you are serious about learning electronics heres a great series on introduction to electronics. It's a long series (about 8-9 hours) to watch the whole thing but definitely worth the time for beginners with a desire to learn but don't pick up quickly.

  • @Jerichoom
    @Jerichoom Před 7 lety

    Thanks for this, easy to follow :)

  • @crawdini7641
    @crawdini7641 Před 6 lety

    That was VERY helpful. Thank you .

  • @nicknormando4220
    @nicknormando4220 Před 5 lety

    Man this made schematics make a lot more sense. Thank you!

  • @baruchshad3203
    @baruchshad3203 Před 9 lety

    can you connect the 100k ohm resistor from the positive rail to pin 6? if pin 6 and pin 7 are connected it seems the same to me? would it connecting it to pin6 cause issues with the 10uf capacitor that is also connected to pin 6?

  • @layeraddict
    @layeraddict Před 10 lety

    Thank you very much for this video,very helpfull !

  • @61mab
    @61mab Před 9 lety +1

    Thanks, still have my breadboard but it was Dos days when I went to Tech school and that info went in one ear and got pushed out the other by time and irrelevancies. I still have my books though so maybe I'll give it another go with some simple circuit, The sad thing is we don't have the electronic stores that you could find all those components in racks with bins, at least in W.L.A. Funny that I still have my last project on that board but I don't remember what it was. I had a store and was repairing medical equipment that was in some cases housed in wood! It was solder days, then progressively became micro and modular.

  • @khawk7365
    @khawk7365 Před 4 lety

    How do you find out where to connect the positive side of the battery if it does not show it if it only shows the grounds? For example if there's six components connected to the top rail does it matter where you connect the positive voltage in?

  • @marcelferme3178
    @marcelferme3178 Před 7 lety

    Hello!
    For my project I use atmega328p-pu. And I don´t know if I need a 5v DC regulator if I have a 5v DC transformer (230V AC-5V DC). Why I need a 10 (or 100) microfarad capacitor if i use atmega328p-pu without arduino? Thank you and sorry for my english.

  • @marcelferme3178
    @marcelferme3178 Před 7 lety

    Hello!
    For my project a use atmega328p-pu. And I don´t know if I need a 5v DC regulator if I have a 5v DC transformer (230V AC-5V DC). Why I need a 10 (or 100) microfarad capacitor if i use atmega328p-pu without arduino? Thank you and sorry for my english.

  • @jedver242
    @jedver242 Před 9 lety

    I plugged this schematic into every circuit in an attempt to garner some understanding. What's throwing me off is my grounds. My voltage source starts positive with all ground connections equaling the negative. Am I assuming wrongly?

  • @Javierm0n0
    @Javierm0n0 Před 11 lety

    Liked this episode even though i can read schematics already lol. can't wait for the next one!

  • @wiinick90
    @wiinick90 Před 11 lety

    A transistor basically takes a tiny electrical signal and opens a gate for a bigger electrical signal to go through. Hence the 3 pins. In/Out/trigger. And ground is like the end of the circuit. Like a battery, + and -. The electrons flow through the circuit, and back into the power source. Electricity cant just go nowhere, it needs a direction. From one end to the other.

  • @347thekid
    @347thekid Před 7 lety

    Ben, thank you for all the great videos you post, but I am a beginner and I am having trouble understanding the connections to multiple components. for instance pin 6 and 2 connecting along with R2 and C1, I just can't seem to understand the multiple connections. Pin 1 to ground no problem, pin 8 to pos 5 volt, no problem. Do you know of any other videos or books that can help clarify this confusion for me. Thank You

  • @loganjhennessy
    @loganjhennessy Před 9 lety

    What is the function of the 555 timer in this circuit? Couldn't the same thing be accomplished without it, as long as there is a transistor in there somewhere?
    Great video, thanks for posting!

  • @smooooth_
    @smooooth_ Před 11 lety

    This is the best schematic/breadboard tutorial on the Internet

  • @EfrainMcshell
    @EfrainMcshell Před 6 lety

    Do you think you can make a better closed up to the bread board please?

  • @rhythmandacoustics
    @rhythmandacoustics Před 10 lety

    Is there any more schematics lessons such as what is the volatge of such and such components, etc. What occurs if this is open or short etc? More lessons on semiconductors schematics and troubleshooting?

  • @darthgumby2406
    @darthgumby2406 Před 7 lety

    So according to the schematic, I can see where pins 7 and 6 are connected, but as far as pins 6 and 1, I see they are not connected even though there is a line going between them. Is this common that the line going across from power and the line going across from ground should not be visualized in relation to the rest of the circuit?

  • @ldsframeworks
    @ldsframeworks Před 8 lety

    Just wanted to say thank you dude thank you.

  • @TheVideoVolcano
    @TheVideoVolcano Před 8 lety +3

    what role does the 555 timer play in this circuit? You can make this sort of thing without one. Anyone explain?

    • @7cleverboys
      @7cleverboys Před 7 lety +2

      ik im late but im guessing that it just makes a suqare wave for the transistor

    • @Dee_Just_Dee
      @Dee_Just_Dee Před 7 lety +1

      That's right, a 555 gives you a nice clean on-off from your RC timing rather than the RC circuit's own charge-discharge curves.

  • @sailor81
    @sailor81 Před 11 lety

    Thanks! I can make circuits but can't read schematics very well. This helped me a lot

  • @living69nightmare
    @living69nightmare Před 11 lety

    how would you know what size resistor to use if your making something yourself and not going off a schematic?

  • @allbunsglazing
    @allbunsglazing Před 8 lety +20

    If the content wasn't so spectacular, I'd be pissed about that advert :)

    • @kr5746
      @kr5746 Před 8 lety

      +Sam Murray (AllBunsGlazing L12) RIGHT!!! Good thing Ben is iteresting and easy to follow and understand, or else I would "click it off"!

    • @vimicito
      @vimicito Před 6 lety

      Eh, it accurately represents most project managers and meetings (:

  • @31337flamer
    @31337flamer Před 8 lety

    with an opto-element or smth else u can use the vibration circuit on old cellphones.. send sms to the cellphone and f.e. control smth or start smth that is far away.. just put a 5$ sim card in it and u are rdy to go... when the phone rings the circuit can do smth for u..

  • @joren040vc
    @joren040vc Před 11 lety

    here is a tip for the PNP transistor the arrow points towards the line or a smal plate so that makes Point Near Plate or PNP

  • @artchap2861
    @artchap2861 Před 7 lety

    What applications can learning this lead to? I jumped in the schematics randomly on youtube and im not sure what it can do. this seems pretty easy but idk what it even does.

  • @lpoiy
    @lpoiy Před 11 lety

    How do you determine the right capacitor for your needs?

  • @Stephen-cm3fs
    @Stephen-cm3fs Před 7 lety

    Thanks for the video. Quick question about current flow. Even though most schematics use conventional current positive to negative isn't true current in wire circuits going from negative to positive?

    • @blakemartin2785
      @blakemartin2785 Před 7 lety

      If by "true current", you mean the direction of the flow of electrons, yes. In visual representations, it is an agreed upon convention to indicate the direction of current as the direction of the flow of positive charge.

    • @Stephen-cm3fs
      @Stephen-cm3fs Před 7 lety

      Thanks for the reply, definitely appreciated!

  • @BHWDragon2012
    @BHWDragon2012 Před 11 lety

    question: What are you using for a power supply?

  • @E.M.A.Dcomics
    @E.M.A.Dcomics Před 7 lety

    What wire did he use on for the metal like the one that gets plugged in the board and soilderd onto the metal plate. And where can I get it?!?!?!

    • @camw.467
      @camw.467 Před 6 lety

      most likely on amazon.com or another online shop like ebay maybe

  • @TheeAbstractHero
    @TheeAbstractHero Před 11 lety

    Could we use this to make the pressure pad thing ben made a while ago for his bathroom?

  • @ThePettreable
    @ThePettreable Před 11 lety

    Hi. I dont know if this is totaly within your line of work. but... In my line of work i use a fullface gasmask/dustmask , and after wearing it for some time while working it gets kind of warm in there. so i was wondering if you could come up with a way to keep the mask cooler inside. through the filter or something. or make a piece that goes between the filter and mask. the mask has a standard industrial 3M connection. I also have an Military grade gasmask(just for fun) standard NATO filter :)

  • @eugen9611
    @eugen9611 Před 11 lety

    what is the 555 thing? and what is that board he is using?

  • @allanmacuser
    @allanmacuser Před 4 lety

    thanks for the info allan in the UK

  • @soulfuldevil
    @soulfuldevil Před 11 lety

    I heard the words "Flip-Flop" and it made me immediately think of a Minecraft T-Flip-Flop. And from what he said it sounds just like it, which it probably is.

  • @kiwanoish
    @kiwanoish Před 5 lety

    As a beginner, I've always found the concept of ground a bit confusing. Sometimes there are positive, negative voltage and ground; Sometimes, like here I guess, ground means the negative pole of the battery right? Sometimes it's chassi ground. How do I distinguish between them, and why not just say positive and negative instead of positive and ground if that's the case? Or am I confusing things?

  • @sheharyarahmad7078
    @sheharyarahmad7078 Před 8 lety

    I lovvvveee you.you made my life easy thanks

  • @llloyd4
    @llloyd4 Před 11 lety

    There you would need to know some bits of data and use one of the founding formula, E=I*R , Voltage = the sum of Current times Resistance. So if you have an LED and you know it can take 50ma and your going to use a 5v source, with some basic formula manipulation it would be 5v / 50ma or 100 ohms. :D

  • @Falney
    @Falney Před 10 lety

    Can you substitute 1x100k resister with 10x10k resisters in parallel? I am not saying I would or asking if it is reliable/efficient, just asking if it is possible on a mechanical level

    • @TheVideoVolcano
      @TheVideoVolcano Před 9 lety

      Yes, indeed you can. This is done a lot purposely by motherboard and power supply manufactures so that they have backup caps instead of one big cap that would stop computer working. 10 caps gives you 10 fail chances. Capacitance just adds up.

    • @notanimposter
      @notanimposter Před 9 lety

      No

    • @david52875
      @david52875 Před 9 lety

      Falney You would connect them in series.

  • @latzobear
    @latzobear Před 7 lety

    is there a link to the schematic

  • @ConradvanderMeer
    @ConradvanderMeer Před 11 lety

    There are 2 standards for electrical symbols in use, one is the 'American style'the other is IEC wich indeed is using the box symbol for resistors. Unfortunately this is not mentioned at all. A lot of the schematics found on the web use IEC.

  • @Lemonlickerz101
    @Lemonlickerz101 Před 11 lety

    Hey ben, could you build a controller, PS3 or Xbox 360 with a LCD screen in the middle controlling the controller features and digital buttons that could change into buttons you want it to be. hope to see you build it!

  • @pratherat
    @pratherat Před 11 lety

    Is that an old Techtronix scope on the rack behind you? I have one of those!

  • @joshviles4970
    @joshviles4970 Před 7 lety

    iv got a vid request. discussion on variations of components in relation to going online and buying what's available opposed to being a picky buyer who only buys necessity. ..I'd bulk ebay (setting: I decided to go and buy some parts to play with. and realized a resistor pkg rated at 1/2 ohm and finding there's a bunch of others between it and 3ohm)

  • @ChrisPBacon21
    @ChrisPBacon21 Před 11 lety

    1:51 Are these US standard symbols because I study physics in the UK and these symbols are completely different?

  • @Rapcom1
    @Rapcom1 Před 10 lety

    I have a project I would like some advice on. I purchased a 9" tablet with a mere 8 gb of memory and I want to upgrade to a larger level of memory. I paid $20 for it because it was broken. So I'm not worried about damaging it. I fixed the damage and now I want to experiment with it. I'm limited on funds and I know buying one would be easier; but that is no fun and I won't learn much. What is the highest memory that I could upgrade to and how do I recognize what chips are the memory?

    • @DonMuffatello
      @DonMuffatello Před 7 lety

      Richard Potter I don't know rly how to do it, but this is definitely the wrong place to be asking, go on ifixit

  • @dingo1812
    @dingo1812 Před 4 lety

    Wheres a good website to get reliable schemmatics from

  • @darthgumby2406
    @darthgumby2406 Před 8 lety

    I have a lot of trouble visualizing from schematic to breadboard. Any tips to help me out? Even this video is confusing. I understand what Ben is doing, but I just can't wrap my mind around how to interpret such a large schematic to a small breadboard.

    • @darthgumby2406
      @darthgumby2406 Před 8 lety

      Ok, I figured it out after some more practice. One baby step at a time

    • @logictechratlab8787
      @logictechratlab8787 Před 7 lety

      use a program called fritzing. reacreat the schematic and it will be autotomaticly on a bread board so you only have to connect the wires like you see them on your screen

  • @oscarronquillo7794
    @oscarronquillo7794 Před 8 lety

    bennnn!!!!! I love you mannnnn!!!!!!

  • @Humance
    @Humance Před 11 lety

    teaching videos is a great idea! ;)

  • @Dee_Just_Dee
    @Dee_Just_Dee Před 7 lety

    As for the user question: One particularly good use of an obsolete cell phone (certainly one with a half-decent camera and a microSD slot) is to download the DailyRoads Voyager app onto it and use it as a dashcam.

  • @TechHackerKa
    @TechHackerKa Před 11 lety

    i wonder what the capacitor on pin 5 is doing. i thought on 5 would be an constant current which shouldn't be needed in this example. could anyone please explain that to me :)

  • @artchap2861
    @artchap2861 Před 7 lety

    how can i get some Materials?

  • @krypticmac
    @krypticmac Před 11 lety

    the photo resistor looks like an angry face with lighting shooting out its eyes lol.

  • @BigManko
    @BigManko Před 11 lety

    Could you do a camera-related project? That would be awesome!

  • @draakenwraak
    @draakenwraak Před 11 lety

    Still I want that you make your own game console. You are smart enough to do that so please make it !

  • @rpcelectronics
    @rpcelectronics Před 11 lety

    For learning to draw schematics in EagleCAD, check out our tutorial series on our channel.

  • @Aerox90
    @Aerox90 Před 4 lety

    I came up with a smart way for remembering which of the NPN/PNP transistor-symbols is which:
    NPN:
    "(N)ot-(P)ointing-i(N)"
    PNP:
    "(P)ointing-i(N)"
    (...plus a "P" at the end 😅)

  • @albiiiiii_
    @albiiiiii_ Před 11 lety

    Ben, you're teaching better than my science teacher XD

  • @amtpdb1
    @amtpdb1 Před 9 lety

    I have several schematics that I was working on. There are hollow arrows pointed left, right, up and down. Are all of these just Positive voltage? If so, what voltage? There are places where a line is going up or down and left and right and the line ends with a short perpendicular line with AV+,AV_,+3.3, or the line goes out and has a X on the end. There is even a open arrow to a round point and it is marked ground! There are places where a open arrow has a line with 2 Teed off lines that are just marked 9 and 10. Ok these go to the ic pin 9 and 10. Which IC? What do each of these mean? I am lost!! The schematic I am speaking of is one by JYE Tech for their DSO 138 diy oscilloscope. If you can find the time I would appreciate some help with the signs. I have the kit, but would like to know what I am soldering.
    Thanks for your time and have a nice day.
    Don
    I hope this video is not so old that you don't respond to it!

  • @ten132
    @ten132 Před 11 lety

    Missed it by that much!

  • @vivekchandraundirwade7059

    Sir can you please for once tell the ground connection!

  • @FadedFilmsl
    @FadedFilmsl Před 11 lety

    Will you be selling the rasberry pi portable if so how much

  • @richb313
    @richb313 Před 11 lety

    When describing current flow through a diode you state the direction is towards the point of the triangle. This is actually incorrect. The holes flow in that direction but the electrons move in the opposite direction. Electronics Engineers are taught hole flow, or the spaces the electrons occupy. Electron flow however makes more sense when actually working with electronics. .Still we mostly consider a positive terminal to be hot when the electrons are supplied by negative, usually ground.

  • @KuraIthys
    @KuraIthys Před 11 lety

    Yeah... I think that's asking a bit much. I mean, in principle if you had the time and patience you might be able to hack together something relatively primitive using microcontrollers and FPGA circuits, but even then you'd probably be using a lot of pre-made parts to get anywhere near to it being practical. I've seen prototype boards for FPGA chips that are relatively easy to work with. (one even has sample programming for VGA output), but it's a huge task even then...

  • @sohailjanjua123
    @sohailjanjua123 Před rokem

    Hi, I like your video. Thanks

  • @BastetFurry
    @BastetFurry Před 11 lety

    You should have mentioned the EU symbols for resistors and condensators too at 1:30.

  • @tHaH4x0r
    @tHaH4x0r Před 11 lety

    You put in a photodiode but not a comparator or opamp in the most used component list? I can assure you that there are waaaay more circuits using opamps then there are circuits using photodiodes

  • @greenbeginner3353
    @greenbeginner3353 Před 3 lety

    Can you do this video with free wires instead of the “breadboard?” It hides everything and I have no idea what’s going on. I don’t know any more than when I started the video except the symbols thing.

  • @720Skyliner
    @720Skyliner Před 11 lety

    ok im sorry you did do that but can you do close up shots of then as well thank you

  • @orany
    @orany Před 11 lety

    where is it?

  • @AntPDC
    @AntPDC Před 5 lety

    These symbols are US/ANSI. The IEC symbols differ in some respects, so if you are in Europe (and elsewhere), be aware.

  • @dawidpiwowarski1912
    @dawidpiwowarski1912 Před 11 lety +9

    4:47 wtf

  • @gallimead
    @gallimead Před 11 lety

    Ironchristiano21. I was taught in Liverpool, but now residing in Ohio. The answer is yes, the us, uses the slighter older component symbols, especially for basic components

  • @DoomGuy9001-MK4
    @DoomGuy9001-MK4 Před 10 lety +11

    In the UK the resister symbol is a rectangle. Just letting people now that is all.

    • @martinkuliza
      @martinkuliza Před 9 lety +1

      Interesting, thanks mate, appreciate that knowledge, thanks for sharing, i didn't know that

    • @vapormermaid
      @vapormermaid Před 6 lety

      it's more consistent than drawing zigzag lines

    • @robertw1871
      @robertw1871 Před 5 lety

      A lot of guys over the pond use the rectangular symbol as well, it just looks cleaner to me, started using it probably 20 years ago after seeing it used on a schematic that was drawn in Australia... Just like the metric system, we are slow but will adapt eventually lol, might take hundreds of years but we’ll get there eventually...

  • @mahmud9968
    @mahmud9968 Před 5 lety

    can you teach me more about .... circuit diagram

  • @TurboxFire
    @TurboxFire Před 11 lety

    Can u make a Gamecube Portable or a PS2 Portable

  • @hamideddaifi5615
    @hamideddaifi5615 Před 8 lety

    very clear

  • @720Skyliner
    @720Skyliner Před 11 lety

    ok your vid is awesome interesting and exciting but i have a ? nodoubt ok you are showing the basic circuit symbols but can you show after that the accrual component to that symbol you are explaining about so as a beginner like myself will have a storage understanding of the symbols talked about please get back at me thank you

  • @neoatlas3364
    @neoatlas3364 Před 11 lety

    I really really hope i get that rpi gaming console!

  • @topcat3799
    @topcat3799 Před 7 lety

    thank you dear sir

  • @extrememodified2418
    @extrememodified2418 Před 8 lety

    Nice..I learned schematics today!! woohoo!!