Using mechanical circuits to visualise how electronics work

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[Ramius]

Interesting way to describe electronics. I love seeing a group of gears and chains or belts all churning away, even if the end result does nothing.

[PopeLando]

Making the tone transmitter an antique gramophone speaker is pretty cool.

[chrismcconnell]

These are like legos for super geeks and they make me feel like a Pokemon trainer, I gotta have 'em all!

[juhis]

never before this did I realize how similiar electronics are to clockwork clocks

[SamTaylorsVersion]

This has taught me more than my physics teacher has in 9 hours of lessons

[lukidoescode]

It would be nice to see logic gates and then an adder and maybe even an entire ALU being built using these.

Although I believe at that point the losses due to friction would be so much, it would damage or even tear apart the components.

[StrikkerBAR]

I had only used the simulator version in their site, i didn't imagine the ammeter sounding like that lol

[michaelnoble]

As an Electrical / Electronic engineer, that makes electronics far more DIFFICULT to understand.

[paulcollyer]

I knew what each “component” is used for, but this is genius in explaining.

[mannys]

This is so incredibly cool...i can't even describe my excitement. 🤓🤓🤓

[ffsscorpion]

the 2nd device resembles more of a MOSFET rather than a transistor, it even has the base capacitor which need to be "charged" to allow current to flow between drain and sink

[balaclavabob]

You know someone somewhere is building a computer with that stuff .

[catatonicbug]

My dad is a self-taught electromechanical engineer, and I wish I had had this when I was a kid to help me understand all those components!

[editfarkas]

Excuse me for saying this, these components are interesting but they actually make understanding electronics more difficult rather than easier. I remember some equivalent hydraulic components I saw in an electronics book for children. The capacitor is a globe with water input and output at opposite ends, with an elastic membrane dividing both halves. The inductor is a cylinder with springs at both ends and a heavy ball between them. Even an LC resonator would work with them because both can store energy. The diode is a valve. Resistors are rigid membranes with bigger or smaller holes. Other components would be too complicated and not intuitive.

[masterplayer]

A speedometer would make a better amp meter

[richardwillson]

I love this concept, im sure it helps many people.

But for me, learning something means I have to learn it "as it is".
Otherwise I struggle with the concept for a long time ans always have to "equate" it to something else.


Learning to read music was ruined by "translation" excercises, where I now have to convert each note in my head to its corresponding "letter" before playing it.

Rather than just going "that note, finger play C" its "that note is C, now finger play C". Slows me right down.


I have found the same with foreign languages, I can listen to one that I am learning and get what they are saying. But to originate, I think in english, then try to translate, rather than just knowing the correct phrase.


It truly fascinates me how the human brain learns, remembers and processes everything differently in each person.
Acronyms im fine with, but mnemonics are also a pointless learning tool for me.

Once in there, thats the only way I can remember whatever it is.
Teach me "it" to start with and im fine.

[grahamleigh]

Can seeing sound cameras be used with Lidar? This could be a game changer for archaeologists who want the image and sound to confirm totally true facts of ancient times.?

[indridcold]

How would it work to show a germanium diode or schottkey diode?

[sytritewarum]

Congratulations on converting a subject that I understand the math behind into a subject that I couldn't get the math to click for...

[Norsilca]

A transistor? Gonna need to see someone implement a 6502 with these.