Maxitronix

When I want to make notes about any of my Maxitronix kits I will do that here.

I am making videos as I work my way through the full set of these Maxitronix Xin1 kits.

You can watch me assemble and test these Maxitronix kits on my video blog: In The Lab With Jay Jay.

If I need help I usually ask over on the EEVblog Electronics Community Forum.

Kits

• Maxitronix-10in1
• Maxitronix-20in1
• Maxitronix-30in1

Preparation

Open a new instance of Kdenlive and File -> Save As to create a new project in charisma:/home/jj5/video/project/yyyy-mm-dd-hhmmss/

If you haven't already scanned the manual then do that on 'hawk' and transfer the scanned pages to charisma:/home/jj5/video/scan/

Find the manual scan in: charisma:/home/jj5/video/scan/ and move it into the project folder charisma:/home/jj5/video/project/yyyy-mm-dd-hhmmss/

Crop the scan into three files:

• Maxitronix-20in1-10-instructions.jpg
• Maxitronix-20in1-10-schematic.jpg
• Maxitronix-20in1-10-wiring.jpg

Drag and drop the three JPEGs onto 'jj5-maxi' on the 'charisma' desktop.

File the link in the 'lab' folder in Firefox so it can be found on 'proviso'.

Format

The format of a Maxitronix kit video:

• welcome and introduction/overview (welcome cam)
• read scanned instructions (proviso)
• LTspice build and simulation (proviso)
• Kit construction (booth)
• Kit test and measure (bench)
  • current draw
  • thermal
  • oscilloscope
• conclusion (farewell cam)

The planned future format of a Maxitronix kit video:

• welcome and introduction/overview (welcome cam)
• read scanned instructions (proviso)
• LTspice build and simulation (proviso)
• Kit construction (booth)
• Kit test and measure (bench)
  • current draw
  • thermal
  • oscilloscope
• KiCad PCB design (proviso)
• PCBWay PCB order (proviso)
• PCB build (bench)
• PCB test and measure (bench)
• conclusion (farewell cam)