EEVblog: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "EEVblog #1132 - The 3 Cent Microcontroller!", cited as the go-to demo that full microcontrollers now cost about three cents, replacing things like the 555 timer.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2018–2022explainerCited as the go-to demo that full microcontrollers now cost about three cents, replacing things like the 555 timer.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2012–2020tutorialRecommended as a good introduction to SMD soldering techniques for beginners.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2014–2019tutorialRecommended as a deep, hands-on explanation of how a 555 timer works inside.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2023–2024interviewShared in Voyager news threads as an accessible look at the real equipment used to talk to the probes.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2016–2017demoPointed to when people want to see the cams and gears inside a mechanical navigation computer.
- 3 HN recommenders 1 months 2016–2017demoHN calls it a famous, hilarious teardown and a go-to example of terrible hardware quality.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2014–2023explainerHN cites it as the go-to debunking whenever solar roads come up, because it does the math.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2016–2019demoHN points to it as an engineer's evidence of why cheap counterfeit chargers are dangerous.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2021–2022demoCited in threads on chip packaging and cooling as a vivid look at vintage IBM mainframe module construction.
- cited 3× 0 months 2017–2020commentaryCited as the definitive engineering takedown of uBeam and as a cautionary example of hype-driven startups.
- cited 3× 0 months 2019–2026demoLinked whenever someone reports a monitor blacking out from static electricity, as prior art on the same problem.
- cited 5× 0 months 2014–2023demoHN links it as a hands-on demonstration that oscillator frequency depends on orientation relative to gravity.
Questions
Which EEVblog video does Hacker News recommend most?
EEVblog #1132 - The 3 Cent Microcontroller!: recommended in 3 different months by 3 HN users between 2018 and 2022.
Is this every EEVblog video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
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