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Doctor RG Plague
United States
Приєднався 26 жов 2020
Doctor RG Plague is an Electrical Engineer by profession. During the 2020 pandemic, Doctor Plague's former employer was forced to go out of business, and he lost his job due to no fault of his own. These videos will take you on Doctor Plague's adventures as he tries to adjust to his new lifestyle following the pandemic. Doctor Plague has a wide variety of interests, and he plans to share as much as possible with everyone! Please join him in all his videos to see what interesting things he is up to!
You will notice that most, if not all the videos (except the 'Shorts' videos) will have a bust of Johann Sebastian Bach hidden somewhere within them. See if you can find him before the end of each video. He may be easy to find, or he may be hard to find. And be sure to watch each video to the very end, as his location will then be revealed.
Any errata or additional information for a video will be in that video's description.
You will notice that most, if not all the videos (except the 'Shorts' videos) will have a bust of Johann Sebastian Bach hidden somewhere within them. See if you can find him before the end of each video. He may be easy to find, or he may be hard to find. And be sure to watch each video to the very end, as his location will then be revealed.
Any errata or additional information for a video will be in that video's description.
Homemade CPUs, A Clock Source [Part 1] (EP 66)
Doctor Plague works on developing a simple clock source for his homemade CPUs.
See if you can find J.S. Bach before the end of the video! Be sure to watch to the end to see if you were correct!
Category: Electronics, Technical, DIY
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Let's Make a Flash Memory Programmer! [Part 4] (EP 65)
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Doctor Plague finally reveals the code to his "dump" command in his homemade flash memory programmer after demonstrating the functionality. He also provides a "bonus command" for future use. Please check out the other parts to this video series: ua-cam.com/video/3wViBatpFFY/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/p1SQN6MiGEI/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/X6Tz3C9wa8g/v-deo.html See if you can find J.S. Bach b...
Let's Make a CPU! Plague Mark 1 [Part 2] (EP 64)
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In this video, Doctor Plague continues with an alternate design of the Plague Mark 1 homemade CPU. This is part 2 of 2. See if you can find J.S. Bach before the end of the video! Be sure to watch to the end to see if you were correct! Category: Electronics, Technical, DIY Please subscribe, and peck at the bell to be notified of new videos as they become available.
Let's Make a CPU! Plague Mark 1 [Part 1] (EP 63)
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Doctor Plague explains, simulates, and builds up his Plague Mark 1 homemade CPU. This will be part 1 of 2. Please check out the video "Intro to Digital Works, Digital Circuit Simulation" for more info on using Digital Works: ua-cam.com/video/188EkWC_nus/v-deo.html Please check out the video "ERRATA: 74HC161 & 74HC163 in Digital Works" for modifying the 74'163: ua-cam.com/video/ArGWKqY8Qy4/v-deo...
Introduction to Homemade CPUs (EP 62)
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Doctor Plague gives a brief introduction to his upcoming series on homemade CPU designs. See if you can find J.S. Bach before the end of the video! Be sure to watch to the end to see if you were correct! Category: Electronics, Technical, DIY Please subscribe, and peck at the bell to be notified of new videos as they become available.
Let's Make a Flash Memory Programmer! [Part 3] (EP 61)
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Doctor Plague adds more useful functionality to his homemade flash programmer. After this video, the programmer will have the ability to read and write (program) data into a flash chip on a byte-by-byte basis. Please check out the other parts to this video series: ua-cam.com/video/3wViBatpFFY/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/p1SQN6MiGEI/v-deo.html See if you can find J.S. Bach before the end of the ...
Let's Make a Flash Memory Programmer! [Part 2] (EP 60)
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Doctor Plague continues his design of a homemade flash programmer. In this video he starts writing the firmware. Please check out the video "Programming the AVR Microcontrollers" for more info on starting a new project: ua-cam.com/video/LjfBjHsbkkI/v-deo.html Please check out the video "Using printf and scanf with UART on AVRs" to see how the uart and init files were created: ua-cam.com/video/J...
Let's Make a Flash Memory Programmer! [Part 1] (EP 59)
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Doctor Plague begins the design of a Flash Memory Programmer. In this video, he creates the hardware for his future programmer. Buffers used in design: Texas Instruments MFG# SN74LVC1G07DBVR, DigiKey Part# 296-8485-1-ND Regulator used in design: Murata MFG# OKI-78SR-5/1.5-W36H-C, DigiKey Part# 811-2692-ND Blue wire used in design: Adafruit Industries LLC MFG# 1446, DigiKey Part# 1528-2005-ND Pl...
Counterfeit ZIF Sockets! Plus Lab Update (EP 58)
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Doctor Plague talks about some counterfeit ZIF sockets among other counterfeit parts, and gives a brief update on his lab. UNI-T UDP3305S dimensions (approximate in inches): 1. Without corner protectors: H=5.5", W=9", D=12.5" 2. With corner protectors: H=6.625", W=9.5", D=13.75" Rigol updates: Rigol has responded to my email approximately 15 days later. They said they can send me some free samp...
Protecting AVRs from an FTDI Cable (EP 57)
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Doctor Plague talks about protecting inputs of an unpowered AVR from unwanted voltages from a powered FTDI cable. He then demonstrates a circuit designed to protect the AVR. See if you can find J.S. Bach before the end of the video! Be sure to watch to the end to see if you were correct! Category: Electronics, Technical Please subscribe, and peck at the bell to be notified of new videos as they...
Channel Update 2024
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Doctor Plague gives an update on his UA-cam channel for 2024. See if you can find J.S. Bach before the end of the video! Be sure to watch to the end to see if you were correct! Category: General Please subscribe, and peck at the bell to be notified of new videos as they become available.
Floating Point with printf and scanf on AVRs (EP 56)
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Doctor Plague continues his discussion of printf and scanf in C on an AVR microcontroller, but this time he demonstrates that floating point doesn't appear to work and then provides a solution. Please check out the first video "Using printf and scanf with UART on AVRs": ua-cam.com/video/JrsaKc2hVac/v-deo.html See if you can find J.S. Bach before the end of the video! Be sure to watch to the end...
Using printf and scanf with UART on AVRs (EP 55)
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Doctor Plague demonstrates how to use printf and scanf in C on an AVR microcontroller using the UART. Please check out "Simple Circular Buffers": ua-cam.com/video/YMzAFkAG-dU/v-deo.html Also check out "Running AVRs at 20MHz": ua-cam.com/video/CPdQUey1hzU/v-deo.html See if you can find J.S. Bach before the end of the video! Be sure to watch to the end to see if you were correct! Category: Electr...
Running AVRs at 20MHz (EP 54)
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Doctor Plague discusses operating AVR microcontrollers at 20MHz. He shows what not to do and offers tips for successful results. See if you can find J.S. Bach before the end of the video! Be sure to watch to the end to see if you were correct! Category: Electronics, Technical Please subscribe, and peck at the bell to be notified of new videos as they become available.
Controlling Oscilloscopes Remotely (EP 53)
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Controlling Oscilloscopes Remotely (EP 53)
Retrospective and Future of Doctor RG Plague
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Retrospective and Future of Doctor RG Plague
Programming the AVR Microcontrollers (EP 49)
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Programming the AVR Microcontrollers (EP 49)
Doctor Plague Gets Lazy with His Pumpkin! (EP 48)
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Doctor Plague Gets Lazy with His Pumpkin! (EP 48)
How I Designed a Simple Video Sync Separator (EP 47)
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How I Designed a Simple Video Sync Separator (EP 47)
The Composite TV Signal, Part 2! Vertical Blanking! (EP 45)
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The Composite TV Signal, Part 2! Vertical Blanking! (EP 45)
The Rigol DS1104Z-S Plus Oscilloscope (EP 44)
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The Rigol DS1104Z-S Plus Oscilloscope (EP 44)
Clocking the 8088, Let's Make a 33% Duty Cycle Signal! (EP 41)
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Clocking the 8088, Let's Make a 33% Duty Cycle Signal! (EP 41)
ERRATA: 74HC161 & 74HC163 in Digital Works (EP 40)
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ERRATA: 74HC161 & 74HC163 in Digital Works (EP 40)
Nice video !!! Thank you so much
Thanks Dr. Plaque. Don't forget to floss your beak.
A good stepping interface would be two buttons, one for 'up' and one for 'down'. Pressing DOWN repeatedly generates a stream of positive pulses (__--__), UP likewise a stream of negative pulses (---__---). Alternating the buttons gives one edge then the other. Logic for UP: If already up make a negative pulse, else just go up. Pulse time set by underlying 'run' clock rather than a monostable.
Hell yeah Dr Plague!!! keep em coming!
Makes me wonder how far it can be taken since old processors are not made anymore, this might be what computer hobbyists have to do. Looks like a pretty good computer could still be made.
Yay :D
Cool vídeo!!
I thought that was JS Bach! I watched on full screen the whole video
I like your way of explaining things. Simple yet detailed.
I predict a Ben Eater style clock source. It is a very nice and simple clock source and scales well up to 4 MHz range. Edit: Nope, I was wrong. Refreshing to see an alternate approach.
cool.
If I were a rogue class I would steal you an atomic cesium clock just so I can see a Plague doctor taking it apart and explaining it.
@CuriousMarc have several videos on cesium clocks and the divider needed to derive an actual clock.
This is actually really good vid, need to figure out what half lines and equalizing pulses are
If you think wearing a plague mask discredits him as an engineer then you clearly have not been in enrolled in an engineering course ever
was trying to figure out where to start with a rare faulty video output signal on a console and this is the absolute best thing I've ever seen that explains the why's of circuit signal design around this stuff. It is great to understand 1% more about any of this stuff today. Thanks so much man.
Excellent video, thank you for sharing!
I had seen Bach next to the multimeter! I was second guessing myself since it seemed to me to be too obvious.
Hellllo doc
Awesome lol
Problem: I cannot focus on the video content since I'm desperate to find Bach all the time :)
I saved this video for the future.. so i can explain how the plague looked like..
Nice! Best regards from Brazil!!!
Judging by just these few pages shown in the video, it might be a nice book. I've just looked for it and the prices are out of outer space and beyond. Impossible, unfortunately.
Great Awesome video!
I loved Floyd's electronic devices book. The format is so pleasant to use.
The digital nature of modern computers are highly dependent on the time base used, no digital component is actually digital with an instantaneous transition. But rather very fast rising and falling edges.
Great work ! Do check out - "THE GRAY-1, A HOMEBREW CPU EXCLUSIVELY COMPOSED OF MEMORY" its a phenomenon demonstration of how to design combinational and sequential* circuits using ROMS. similar to your rom Counter. Cheers !!
Yay! :D
Thanks for watching!
Excellent video and work!! Looking forward to your next video!
I was going to say that! :D
This clown keeps obstructing the view, so no really possible to see the information properly
-"Sometimes I wonder too!" 🤓
About magic, my version is: your processor is not genuine Intel 8088 (HMOS tech 3 micro), many copies on aliexpress based on new maded CMOS chips, PLC, etc.
i8088 it is 16-bit processor with 8 bit data bus.
Junior electrical engineering student here, thank you for making these videos. They are very informative and I especially liked your series on composite video signals. I made a flash memory programmer back when I was in high-school using an Arduino uno and a chain of flip-flops, I actually programmed the exact same chip you have in this video. I would love to see another video on the software you programmed for this project(unless its later in the series). Thanks Dr. RG Plague!
The video for the firmware has been released, but the Windows App has not yet. I will be creating videos on the App code, but that will come later (I'm still working on how to present it in a clear and easy way). Thanks for the comment, and thanks for watching! Also, good luck with your studies!
You are awesome Dr Plague, is your code available some where for me to access? Keep up with the good work, looking forward to the next video!
Sorry, I don't have the code uploaded anywhere at this time, but I make sure that it is all visible in the videos. When and if I ever end up posting it anywhere, I'll add a comment in the video description. Thanks for the comment!
@DoctorRGPlague it would have been so good if you created a GitHub account or alike, to upload your code to share to us lamers how can't finish it by ourselves.
Dude WTF? 🤣
Will it have interrupts? How do you plan to take inputs into the CPU?
i'd love to see this slowly turning into a bigger project someday.
That's the plan...thanks for watching!
The anticipation is building! Love it. Thank you.
Thanks!
Ghost hunting video when? 😊
It could have just been something as simple as their database being down. They probably don't have someone on standby to fix that sort of thing these days.
Hi
Wow! You do something very special in my opinion, delivering proper detail while being entertaining. Freakin awesome!
Awesome, thanks!
That's why my simulator (which is basically interactive Verilog+schematic hybrid simulator) is built to simulate timings and detect violations from the ground up.
Cool...thanks for the comment!
Yay!
Thank you!
Doc, that was incredibly clear and compelling. Well done! I'll be interested to see if you head towards RISC with hard-wired control logic or towards a microcoded design. As you developed the Mark I here, I kept thinking that it looked a lot like a microcode sequencer. I'm looking forward to the next installment!
You're obviously not a beginner at this! I do have a direction that I'm heading towards...although I don't want to reveal that quite yet. Thanks for watching!
You earned yourself another subscriber. Love these types of videos.
Thank you!
Excellent, Doctor Plague ; Logic circuits first ! A long time ago, there was a Radio Shack kit that worked on this principle. It took me a long time to figure out how it could work 🐣 😅
Those type of kits were fun...thanks for the comment!
How has this under 200 Views?
Unfortunately, I don't time to post videos very often, so I assume the views and channel aren't growing fast due to that. Thanks for the comment!