Thanks to Micro Center for sponsoring this video! Micro Center Santa Clara: Shop Micro Center’s Selection of Boards and Projects: Shop Micro Center’s Selection of Maker/ STEM Products: Shop Micro Center’s Laptop Savings Event: Thanks especially to everyone I met in Santa Clara for helping make this video happen! For all the code used in the demos, check out this GitHub Gist: Resources mentioned in this video: - Steve Wozniak on the relay: - Open Circuits: - PicoBricks Base Kit: (also check Micro Center for availability) - PicoBricks IDE: - MicroBlocks IDE: - Cskirt's video exploding capacitors: - ElectroBOOM's video about capacitors: - Slo Mo Guys video on capacitors: Other YouTube channels I follow for microcontrollers and electronics: - ElectroBOOM: @ElectroBOOM - GreatScott!: @greatscottlab - Andreas Spiess: @AndreasSpiess - Ben Eater: @BenEater - Device Orchestra: @DeviceOrchestra - Sean Hodgins: @SeanHodgins - EEVBlog: @EEVblog - Big Clive: @bigclivedotcom There are plenty of other great channels too, please share your favorites in the comments! Support me on Patreon: Sponsor me on GitHub: Merch: 2nd Channel: @GeerlingEngineering 3rd Channel: @Level2Jeff Contents: 00:00 - Tiny explosions, ft electricity 01:06 - Learning the basics in Silicon Valley 02:22 - New MC in the Valley 03:30 - Getting started with PicoBricks 05:43 - Hello, world on a microcontroller 10:33 - Debugging a custom dusk-to-dawn light 16:00 - Exploding things at Micro Center 16:36 - Exploding things back home 18:31 - High power, hydrogen, and electrolytic caps 19:46 - Going bigger