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Learn Crystal in One Video

Learn Crystal in One Video
Posted by on Oct 21, 2018
Crystal is one of the most exciting new languages to come out in some time, so I decided to teach the core language in one video. Crystal is as easy to use as Ruby, but has the speed of C. In this one video I’ll cover Data Types, Strings, Arrays, Map, Looping,...

Arduino 11 Finish Pong

Arduino 11 Finish Pong
Posted by on Oct 17, 2018
In this video I finish creating Pong on an LCD Panel with an Arduino. I combine the code for making the Paddles work, with the code for making the ball bounce. We mainly have to consolidate printing to the LCD panel, while making sure we don’t have any character...

Arduino 10 : Arduino Pong 2

Arduino 10 : Arduino Pong 2
Posted by on Oct 14, 2018
As we continue making Pong with an Arduino, I now create the code to make the ball handle collision detection, movement and way much more. We are building Pong on a constrained piece of hardware using raw binary bits and clever algorithms. Like before I’ll live...

Arduino 9 Arduino Pong

Arduino 9 Arduino Pong
Posted by on Oct 6, 2018
Someone requested that I make the game Pong on a 16 x 2 LCD panel and so I start doing that in this tutorial. I’m going to live code everything with no preparation ahead of time, so that you can see how I solve this problem. I focus this time on drawing on the...

Arduino 8 Conway’s Game ...

Arduino 8 Conway’s Game of Life
Posted by on Oct 1, 2018
I tried to cover a ton in this tutorial. I’ll show how to use LCD Panels with Arduino. I then live code Conway’s Game of Life using an Arduino and a LCD Panel. Along the way we’ll create custom characters, convert from binary to base 10, generate...

Arduino 7 Binary Calculator Ci...

Arduino 7 Binary Calculator Circuit
Posted by on Sep 22, 2018
This tutorial takes the next step towards understanding how a bunch of resistors and transistors turn into a real computer. Previously we created gates and now we will use them to create both a 1 Bit & a 4 Bit Binary Calculator on a breadboard. I’m using a...

Arduino 6 : Read Schematic Dia...

Arduino 6 : Read Schematic Diagrams
Posted by on Sep 13, 2018
After the last video many people asked me how to read schematic diagrams so this time I’ll walk you through the process of taking a schematic diagram to a finished circuit. This time we will be creating a NAND Gate. NAND Gates are awesome because they can be used...

Arduino Tutorial 5

Arduino Tutorial 5
Posted by on Sep 10, 2018
My most active subscriber asked me to show how to make a calculator with circuits and so I begin that journey with this video. To make a calculator you need to understand Transistors as well as Transistor Gates. I make 4 circuits, one to demonstrate how transistors...

Arduino Tutorial 4

Arduino Tutorial 4
Posted by on Sep 5, 2018
In this part of my Arduino tutorial we’ll create 2 separate projects. First we’ll learn how 7 segment displays work and then create a dice simulation rolling circuit. We’ll then learn how to create a theremin, which is a weird instrument you can play...

Arduino Tutorial 3

Arduino Tutorial 3
Posted by on Sep 2, 2018
In the last video I asked for requests so in this video I cover those requests. I’ll make both a Proximity Sensor and a Piano using an Arduino. Here is the kit I’m using. We’ll learn about Ultrasonic Sensors, How Sound is Turned into a Current,...

Arduino Tutorial 2

Arduino Tutorial 2
Posted by on Aug 28, 2018
In this part of my Arduino tutorial I’ll cover how to measure current, resistance and voltage with a multimeter. I’ll also show how to measure voltage with an Arduino with a demonstration using a potentiometer and LED. To finish off I’ll show the...

Arduino Tutorial

Arduino Tutorial
Posted by on Aug 21, 2018
Here I begin a massive tutorial on Arduino and Electronics! In this first video I cover Arduino Basics, Electricity, Ground, Voltage, Current, Resistance, Power, Protecting Components, LEDs, Breadboards, Arduino Coding, Ohm’s Law, Generating Different Voltages...

Arduino Programming

Arduino Programming
Posted by on Aug 15, 2018
In this tutorial I’ll cover the core C language used to program Arduinos. We’ll look at ports, the serial monitor, looping, data types, conditionals, setup, loop, static, functions, arrays, strings, numerous math functions, bit manipulation, random,...

Qt Tutorial 5 : Paint App

Qt Tutorial 5 : Paint App
Posted by on Jul 26, 2018
In this video I finish the Qt Paint app I started in this video. So many topics are covered. We make menu bars, numerous dialog boxes, interact in numerous ways, allow for drawing, changing colors, changing line widths, printing, saving and opening new files. I hope...

Qt Tutorial 4 : Paint App

Qt Tutorial 4 : Paint App
Posted by on Jul 23, 2018
I received a bunch of questions about the Qt Paint App Example, so I decided to do a tutorial in which I explain every line of code. This paint app allows for opening, saving and printing images. You can also draw on the screen using different colors and pen widths....

Qt Tutorial 3

Qt Tutorial 3
Posted by on Jul 17, 2018
In this part of my Qt Video Tutorial I’ll cover how to make numerous charts. We’ll make two types of Bar Charts along with Pie and Line. I’ll also cover numerous attributes associated with Qt charts. All of the code follows the video below. I did my...

Learning Japanese

Learning Japanese
Posted by on Jul 10, 2018
In this tutorial series I’ll show all the free tools I used while learning Japanese over the last 2 months. I’ll cover how I learned Hiragana, Katakana, and over 2,100 Kanji. I show how to use an awesome app named Anki for learning everything. Then...

How I Learn Everything

How I Learn Everything
Posted by on Jul 7, 2018
The question I get more then any other is “How do you learn everything?” In this video I cover the main tool I use being Anki. I provide numerous examples on how you can use Anki to learn an endless variety of subjects. I then cover tricks to make learning...

Qt Tutorial 2 : C++ Calculator

Qt Tutorial 2 : C++ Calculator
Posted by on Jun 29, 2018
The most requested next C++ app you guys asked for was a calculator, so here it is. We’ll make a C++ GUI Calculator app in one video. Along the way we’ll learn a lot! We’ll cover a topic which confuses many people which is how to setup event handling...

Qt Tutorial : C++ Notepad App

Qt Tutorial : C++ Notepad App
Posted by on Jun 22, 2018
I thought it would be fun to make a real app in this Qt Tutorial, so I made a working Notepad app. We’ll install Qt for Windows and MacOS. Then we’ll cover Qt Basics, Dialogs, Widgets, Drag and Drop Interfaces, Creating / Opening / Saving Files, Menus,...
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How I Make YouTube Videos The most common question that I get is How I Make YouTube Videos. I have held off on making this video because I’m definitely not an expert at making videos. I didn’t want anyone to think I thought I was either. However, the past few videos have been about answering common questions so I decided...
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Shrimp Gumbo I haven’t made a recipe video in a while, so today I thought I’d present the recipe my wife and children love the best Shrimp Gumbo. The feature is definitely the shrimp, but the sweet and yet hot sauce is pretty amazing on its own. I cam up with this after my family watched The Princess and the...
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Tutorial Vote I’ve decided that my next tutorial series will be really big and will answer many of the questions I receive. The only problem is that most people either want to see an Android / Games Tutorial, or a J2EE / Application Development Framework Tutorial? I can’t do both because they will each take at...
recent from Web Design Learn Crystal in One Video
Learn Crystal in One Video Crystal is one of the most exciting new languages to come out in some time, so I decided to teach the core language in one video. Crystal is as easy to use as Ruby, but has the speed of C. In this one video I’ll cover Data Types, Strings, Arrays, Map, Looping, Conditionals, Math, Hashes, Tuples, Procs,...
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