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How a Wheatstone bridge works


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Exploring a type 1608-A impedance bridge from General Radio Company

Marcel figures out how the use an old Wheatstone bridge to measure a resistor.

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro
0:29 Oh my word!
0:40 The Wheatstone bridge explained
2:20 Let's build one
3:02 Measuring a low value resistor
4:22 How to make it better?
8:06 Let me recap
8:42 Testing my new skills
16:50 Outro
17:07 Credits

Gear:

BlackMagic cameras with vintage Takumar and Pentax lenses.

Animations:

Manim

Editing and colour grading:

Kdenlive

Music:

George Street Shuffle by Kevin MacLeod (www.chosic.com/free-music/all/) CC BY 3.0

(C)2025 Marcel Konstapel

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