New Member, Please introduce yourself

[LAZARINI]

boa noite a todos sou do RIO DE JANEIRO cidade maravilhosa estou estudando automação industrial sou técnico eletronica e telecomunicação estou aqui para contribuir e aprender  ""a vida e uma e eterna escola ""
sr administrador onde eu posso postar as fotos da minha  bancada  de testes kkkkk
a paz do senhor a todos
lazarini

[zl2wrw]

Hi, I have been playing with electricity since before starting school, I became a radio nut in high school, then an industrial electrician, and now an EE working in the R&D department of a multi-national company.
I am currently based in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

[netman]

Hello from Belgium to all, I'm Mat, or Netman. Electronics is a relatively new hobby to me, but I'm confident enough to say I'm a good programmer . I've been spying this forum every once a while a lot, and actually surprised I didn't have an account yet, figured it's time I open my yap.

[erajomppa]

Hello, I am a mechanical engineering student from Finland. I specialize in "intelligent machines" in my studies, and electronics and radio-control stuff are near to my heart.
Tinkerer as a kid, engineer as an "adult" (if such a term can be applied here); I think that is a natural path to take

[mrf245]

Oh, first I came here was for my IFR COM-120 problem, and so lucky, a warmhearted man told me some very important messages. So I fixed my test set.
I'm a professional EE, 30 years old, also as HAM active on HF band in south China.
My design works are like handheld device, industrial device, ham-radio interface,and so on.

[achiles76]

Greetings all!

I am a retired industrial chemist with roots in the brewing industry.

That said, my love of electronics stemmed from my father who was an electrical engineer. Life happened to get in the way as a teenager and I ended up going in the chemistry direction however after developing chronic fatigue syndrome 16 years ago, electronics ended up saving me. When I've been physically able to, I've repaired, refurbished and built many electrical devices over the last 10 years which has been very rewarding.

I'm looking forward to acquainting myself with the EEVBlog!

Best regards!

[Watth]

Hi folks,
I live in the French Alps, near Albretville (where 1992 winter olympics took place).
I'm a hobbyist, (mostly) self learning in electronics.
I have very little knowledge in theoretical electronics and almost none to its applied form from school. In High school I got a bac in technology in electricity. After that I specialized in programming and computer stuff.
While not specialised in electronics, it gives a culture of technological and industrial subjects (for example you get used to referring to datasheets).

I got into electronics through Arduino, and am now building small PCB (breakout boards, for example). I am quite efficient at harvesting magic smoke by burning mosfets, I have a non-negligible experience in this field.

I buy stuff at RS (yay for free shipping on week-ends!) (sometimes Farnell) and Aliexpress.

I have a project of starting a modest almost-FabLab-like makerspace in Albertville.

[shinjiikari0601]

Hello. New member here, from southwestern PA. Majored in EE in college, more than a few years ago. As is sometimes the case, life took me down a different path and I ended up taking one software development job after another, starting before college and continuing to this day.

Have continued to maintain my interests in electronics, as a hobbyist. Specific areas of interest include: a) microcontroller (AVR and ARM mostly), b) accurate time and frequency (GPSDO's, Rb oscillators, etc), c) medium and large frame ion lasers (have a collection of Lexel and ALC Argon lasers, along with various light show equipment), d) high voltage (VTTC's, etc), and e) engine management systems, mostly for Japanese import cars...

Anyway, have been lurking for a while, so I figured it was time to sign up and participate.

Thanks.

[Vgkid]

Welcome to the forum. There are quite a few time/volt - nuts here.
 I need to try to watch NGE(completely) one day.

[mgotter]

Hi,

I've been reading threads and watching videos on YouTube for a while, but didn't create an account until recently.  I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering and I'm currently working on an MS in Computer Science.  I'm interested in learning more about circuit design and programming, with a current interest in microcontrollers, specifically Microchip PICs.

[BSD]

Hello everybody, I have only just activated my account some 20 minutes ago. I was prompted to join after looking at a discussion on HP Proliant SMPS's. My interests include electric model aircraft, computing and general electronics.

[A.Huggy]

Hey guys, thank you for having me.  I'm a 20 year old starting my third year of college (or "uni" as the Aussie folks call it), hoping to be an electrical engineer after a couple more years of school. 

I currently have an internship doing some hardware design but mostly automated test setup for a large equipment manufacturer. I won't be too specific but think JCB, CAT, John Deere.  I'm having a blast and learning a ton every day.  I use google a lot and if I don't find the answer on stack exchange, I usually find it here.

A few months ago I was lucky enough to score my first oscilloscope from craigslist.  I snagged a Tektronix 468 in great condition for under $200 with several probes and the original operators manual. 



For a multimeter I'm using a UEI DM393.  I picked this up a couple years ago after watching Dave's shootout video.  Unfortunately, it's not useful for much right now because I accidentally left the leads plugged into the mA range last night when I went to check a battery  oh well.  A new fuse is on the way.  Generally, I've been feeling a bit held back by this meter, and having only one meter is a limitation in general. It has a lousy cap range, it's slow, and it bugs the crap out of me that I have to hit select every time I want to measure DC voltage (it defaults to AC).  I'm always monitoring craigslist for deals and last night I snagged a Fluke 87-III, new in the box, for $200.  Haven't had the chance to use it yet, but I'm pretty excited.

Project wise, I'm working on an LED driver right now.  Me and my brother are pretty serious about endurance racing and rally.  We have built two BMW E30's and compete in the Chump Car World Series.  Last year I got my first taste of driving a racecar at night during a 24 hour endurance race.  It was dark and scary.  This fall we're doing a night rally and I would like to design a light for the roof of the car.  I know there's tons of lights available right off the shelf, but then I wouldn't learn much.  After a week or two of math and sketching after work, I settled on a plan and ordered parts from digikey last night.  If it would be received well, I would love to start a thread for the project so you can learn from my mistakes.

Thanks for having me, I look forward to getting to know everyone.

[Jellytott]

Greetings!

I am new , but also old! , been lurking a while on a friends account so decided it was time to get my own!
Great stuff in here and very friendly!

British single mum , love tech and shiny things and make art out of old components lol!

Also draw old volkswagens and sell that on things!

[nfm]

Hello all!

Long time lurker. My brother an I do electronics and gear reviews, teardowns, builds and repairs and document this on our yt channel. I have found this forum very helpful in the past, and hope to contribute here more

[jopie]

Hi there,

I am from the Netherlands. At work I am mostly involved in high power microwave projects on 915 and 2450 MHz,  used for plasma heating experiments, see http://www.differ.nl. At home the frequencies are a bit lower, up to 30 MHz. This is where I have the most fun experimenting and homebuilding with antennas, receivers and transmitters. I also have a hamradio license, callsign PG4I.

Regards,
Joop

[FuzzyOnion]

Greetings gentlemen and ladies.
Like most, I've been coming to the site for a while.  Finally decided I may need to ask a question or two.  The width and breadth of knowledge here is impressive.
Currently retired after about 30 years in the electronics industry - the last 20 at a semi manufacturer that specializes in "analog" devices.
I've been a ham since 1977 and a tinkerer since 1967.  I recently started updating my bench and am amazed at what you can get now at "reasonable" hobby prices.

Looking forward to participating where and when I can contribute something useful.

[HHaase]

Hey, all, I'm Hans. 

Located in the US,  and been occasionally browsing threads here for quite a while.   Now that I'm potentially in the market for a pick and place in the next year or so I figured I'd start digging a bit deeper. 

Full time I work in a board house that makes PCBA's for the medical industry,  and currently I'm stuffed in a corner keeping the old Fuji CP6's running.   Part time I run my own thing from home making boards for Pinball of all things.   

Anyway,  off to the forums.

-Hans

[rcorwin3]

Hello All,

First the non-technical stuff.

I am a 59 y.o. ex-plumber and have always had a high degree of interest in electronic components and manufacturing processes. My hobby is scale modeling (scratch building) and got involved into electronics because I wanted to light up a diorama that I am working on. Studying about LED's and resistors got me obsessed with other components and how they work and now I have a little lab going with many a used equipment.

I am unable to go to school to study, not only because of the money issue but the way American colleges are set up, just trying to meet their basic req's are almost impossible and would require a great deal of time. Also the responsibility to the person I care for makes it extremely hard. So I have been studying on my own and with the help of Dave and his blog it has been enlightening.

I still have many questions about what several components and what they do and the math behind them and I very much could use a mentor or two in my education to someday be able to work to some degree in the field of electronics even if that means just soldering components! :-))

My many thanks to you Dave for providing this old dog to be able to learn new tricks and to you others in advance for putting up with me.

My sincerest best,

Rik

[plee]

Hi all.  I'm new to this forum but have been watching Dave for a while now and that's why I'm here.

[Whiche]

Hi all, let me introduce myself. My name is Stephen Velazquez. I'm from San Diego. Nice to meet you all!!!

[Enigma-man]

Hi, just joined up today.
Hopefully I can put some of my knowledge and/or experience to use here if required.
Repaired a lot of stuff over time. Now, it's a hobby.

Here's a pic of my old Tektronix 7704A.

[ddelectrical]

Hi, I'm David from Devon in the UK. I run an electronics repair and electrical installation business  in the North Devon area. I spend a disproportionate amount of time diagnosing electrical faults on vehicles! My latest project is an Arduino based Geiger Counter. My latest head banging experience has been caused by my latest transistor order, (6 pairs of complementary power transistors but they are all NPN - lables are wrong on half of them! Classic), and trying to diagnose the demise of my beautiful HP1740A scope which decided to place it's trace about 4 feet above the bench and not on the screen. Great forum. Great host. Best place to be for geeks, proto-geeks, nerds, boffins, and those with a thirst for knowledge. 

[2N3055]

Hi everybody!

I missed this one, posted few things already.. Not very good with forums..

Almost 50, been playing with wires and electricity since before elementary school..

I own a small electronics design and small scale manufacturing, mostly prototypes and bespoke things... Also doing consulting work on IT security, mostly banks..
Analog, audio, embedded, process measurements and automation, a bit of digital are my thing.. Also, sometimes capable of whipping up a bit of code that actually works.. In dozen of prog languages  ( in 35 years you learn all kinds of stuf  )
Not very good at RF, radio and such... Never liked it...

Regards,

Sinisa

[whalphen]

Hi.  I live in Michigan, USA and I'm recently retired.  I hold an Electrical Engineering degree, but most of my career was in administration and management.  Recently I've begun building up my home electronics workshop.  I also obtained an amateur radio license (K8VFO).  For about 18 months I have been doing volunteer work with middle school and high school students, teaching them electronics and wireless communications.  In conjunction with the local amateur radio club, we also have been conducting high altitude balloon launches with the students.  My recent electronics activities have been focused on PCB design using KiCad, circuit construction using SMDs with a homebrew reflow oven, RF circuit design and construction, PIC microcontroller circuit design and construction, and PIC programming with C.  My amateur radio station is primarily focused on QRP digital communications such as JT65 and WSPR.

[Rbastler]

Hi, atm I live in South Tirol, Italy. But soon I will be studying electrical engineering at the TU Graz.
I soldered together my first circuit ( a blinking device)  when I was about 13.5 years old. Since then I worked with mainly little amplifiers, radios and small short wave transmitters. Then begun working with HV but that soon stopped, because i'ts nothing you can use on a daily base. After that, I got obsessed with vacuum tubes. That lasted for quite a long time. During that period I build various amplifiers and a few radios. I disassembled most of them, because I had no use for all of them and they were poorly build too. The last one was the reason why I disassembled the tube scope I build. It was simply build in a completely wrong way.
During my "tube years" I changed school to a technical high school. It was there were I started enjoying the work with semiconductors. This year I finally finished school.
A lot of what I know today is self taught. I learned the rest at school. Over the years I acquired some decent equipment for my electronics lab, which of course will move with me, when I'm studying at university. I have always something to work on. Either tube base or "sand" based. I used to repair tube radios too, but there wasn't enough space for that, so I had to stop. I can program AVRs in C and write very simple programs in C#.
Right now I'm preparing to build a 400V powersupply for tubes, were the regulator is made of three PL500 and a EF80. The display is a HD4478 powered by a Atmega8. Besides that, from time to time, I'm testing parts of the program and circuitry for a electronic load I want to build.