electronics tutorials for circuit benders

If you're thinking of getting into circuit bending but have little or no experience with a soldering iron then these video tutrials are probably a good place to start.

Interactive electronics tutorials

I've recently started my first circuit bending project - a Yamaha DD-20. This may be a little complex for a first project, but it was the first suitable thing I found!
Anyway, my electronics is a little rusty so I've been doing some searching for tutorials to refresh myself.

I found a pretty comprehensive set of online interactive tutorials on various aspects of electronics.
They are pretty good and take you through a wide variety of topics and each section has a little test at the end so you can check you've actually learnt something.

Build your own force-sensitive resistor

There is a pretty short tutorial on Instructables which takes you through in small steps how to build your own force sensitive resistor (FSR).

An FSR could then be used to control almost any aspect of a project - volume, filter, FX, etc...

Worth a look if you're into creating your own interfaces.

DIY controller

djtechtools has put together a little video which takes you through the steps involved in making your own custom diy midi controller.


the site has a load of extra info.

the vid also discusses online stores to buy your components from.

Whilst the resulting controller is not that amazing it should give you some ideas of things that can be done and it is pretty easy to follow.

Circuit bending

Expert Village has a series of video tutorials on circuit bending.
They cover topics such as soldering, how to find good sopts to 'bend', light sensors, etc..
There are a number of videos all on a different topic.
If you're interested in circuit bending they're definitely worth a look.