An Orgy Of Felt Tip Pens!!!
From old school felt tip to modern porous point - I pay homage to the cheapest and most common of all fountain pens. Yes, they are fountain pens. Enjoy!
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This Odd Dumb Terminal Has A Surprise Inside!
A weird one that has fallen through the cracks of time, the Tesdata Systems Model 002-0354-00 whateveritis. If you know what it does, put it in the comments!
Bigass Alphanumeric Nixies Conquer The Earth!!!
Thanks to the generosity of Gerry Moersdorf the Burroughs B-7971 Alphanumeric Nixie Tube is put on display and made to do a dance or two with an ATmega328P microcontroller and a custom high voltage...
2021-03-30 00:46:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Ask Fran: Pushing Limits, Circuit Simulation, and Frantone Designs
Ask Fran: Vacuum Fluorescent Displays, Microwave Radiation, & The Ecliptic.
More to come!
2021-03-25 00:15:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Doing Arduino Down And Dirty
A simple project that took a surprisingly long time to build. I made this board just for testing my programs, so that I could visually verify with LED's to indicate any high bits. Enjoy!
<... 2021-03-22 22:38:27 +0000 UTC View PostWhy Are There So Few Women In Electronics Today?
A follow up to a video I made in 2019, and my own take on the core issues facing the great disparity in gender representation in electronics and engineering in the US.
Now That's What I Call A Flip-Flop!!
A cool little gizmo from my bins that deserves its own little video. Enjoy!
2021-03-13 20:48:19 +0000 UTC View PostDid The Raytheon Datastrobe Ever Really Exist?
Unobtainium? Or just a boondoggle? I really would like to see even a photo of one of these monsters if they even exist - or ever existed. Perhaps the rarest of the rare - so rare that p...
2021-03-12 00:49:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe Nixie That Almost Was - Dialco Neon 7-Segment Conversion Display
A very rare and audacious display - perhaps the only ones in existence now - I give you The Dialight R-100 7-Segment Neon Decade High Voltage Display! A piece of history, and one of those amb...
2021-03-09 21:09:48 +0000 UTC View PostDialight Mystery Box - FranLab LIVE!
FranLab LIVE - From the Bench! In this attempt I will explore a very weird little gizmo I found that does I don't know what. Let's have some fun!
Full-On FranLab! The Rest Of 2020
The finale of my 10 year retrospective is the culmination of my year in quarantine, and there were so many memorable moments that they get their own feature length spotlight. So grab the snac...
2021-03-06 05:04:27 +0000 UTC View PostContent Constipation
There is movement... and I must Frant about it! Enjoy!
2021-03-03 18:26:05 +0000 UTC View PostFranLab 2.0 - 10 Years Part 2
Part 2 of my FranLab 10 Year retrospective takes off with the rebirth of the lab in the new digs in 2019 and an explosion of projects and videos. We cross 100K subscribers, get the YouTube Si...
2021-02-28 07:07:09 +0000 UTC View Post10 Years Of FranLab - Part 1
Feature Length FranLab! I have boiled down all of FranLab's greatest hits spanning an entire decade to create the ultimate Mega-Mix of builds, experiments, teardowns, and all my sorted advent...
2021-02-20 23:20:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe Modern Miracle Of Living Stereo
A Jam Handy Picture - for your enjoyment!
2021-02-09 01:41:33 +0000 UTC View PostExtended Pause
Hey everyone! Just a quick note to thank all of you for hanging in there while I sort out stuff on my end. I've been busy working on more than a half dozen projects but not seeming to g...
2021-02-04 20:15:53 +0000 UTC View Post
REAL Wargames Tech Teardown!!!
Let's take a deep dive into a genuine piece of Cold War technology and I'll reminisce about one of my favorite films - Wargames. Enjoy!
Chill Along With The OLDEST Working Light Bulb On YouTube!! (1896)
Chill time. Enjoy!
2021-01-15 20:11:25 +0000 UTC View PostWhy Are Tubes Mirrored?
Ah.... The Getter. In this little video I give the Getter its due. Enjoy!
2021-01-06 02:42:54 +0000 UTC View Post
60's Scratch Build Nostalgia Neon Blinky Tree!!!
Another retro build project that was popular back in the 1960's because you could build it completely with cheap Cold War surplus parts - and in keeping this tradition I used ONLY stuff that I had ...
2020-12-31 23:18:30 +0000 UTC View PostFranLab Feedback For December
Time to rant about the ranting about some of the recent videos.... again!
2020-12-29 22:26:20 +0000 UTC View PostHappy And Festive Great Solstice Conjunction To You All!!!!
Note: YouTube has age-restricted this video clip of today's dirty little Google Doodle. Go Algorithm!
2020-12-21 17:17:12 +0000 UTC View PostResponding To Your Comments About The Frequency Counter Video!!
You asked for it, so here it is! And on my day off. Enjoy!!!
2020-12-17 00:10:45 +0000 UTC View Post