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.
- explainer recommended in 3 different months by 3 HN users, 2018–2022Cited as the go-to demo that full microcontrollers now cost about three cents, replacing things like the 555 timer.
- tutorial recommended in 3 different months by 3 HN users, 2012–2020Recommended as a good introduction to SMD soldering techniques for beginners.
- tutorial recommended in 2 different months by 2 HN users, 2014–2019Recommended as a deep, hands-on explanation of how a 555 timer works inside.
- interview recommended in 2 different months by 2 HN users, 2023–2024Shared in Voyager news threads as an accessible look at the real equipment used to talk to the probes.
- demo recommended in 2 different months by 2 HN users, 2016–2017Pointed to when people want to see the cams and gears inside a mechanical navigation computer.
- demo recommended in 1 different month by 3 HN users, 2016–2017HN calls it a famous, hilarious teardown and a go-to example of terrible hardware quality.
- explainer recommended in 1 different month by 1 HN user, 2014–2023HN cites it as the go-to debunking whenever solar roads come up, because it does the math.
- demo recommended in 1 different month by 1 HN user, 2016–2019HN points to it as an engineer's evidence of why cheap counterfeit chargers are dangerous.
- demo recommended in 1 different month by 1 HN user, 2021–2022Cited in threads on chip packaging and cooling as a vivid look at vintage IBM mainframe module construction.
- commentary cited on HN 3 times, 2017–2020Cited as the definitive engineering takedown of uBeam and as a cautionary example of hype-driven startups.
- demo cited on HN 3 times, 2019–2026Linked whenever someone reports a monitor blacking out from static electricity, as prior art on the same problem.
- demo cited on HN 5 times, 2014–2023HN 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.