Somehow Dave scored an invite to Renesas Devcon 2010 in Anaheim California, a mega event for microcontroller and embedded uber nerds. Podcast: Download

The trailer for Karl’s awesome documentary on the Australian Electronics Industry is now available: http://vimeo.com/15612312 State of Electronics – Trailer from karl von moller on Vimeo.

Sick of seeing modern computer teardowns with their hideous BGA packages? Dave decided to get all nostalgic and do a teardown of the famous Tandy TRS-80 Model 100. What are the electronics and manufacturing technologies like from 1983? The SERVICE MANUAL The TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Podcast: Download

Dave reviews the $199 Extech 380193 Handheld LCR meter. And for those curious, here are the SCHEMATICS Podcast: Download

A few snippets of the Electronex 2010 Electronics Trade show in Sydney Australia. I wanted to shoot a lot more stuff, but ended up spending all my time yapping to people instead! Podcast: Download