Is the bad design of the IDEAL multimeter tilting bail really that a-typical? Should you expect to be able to poke the buttons on a multimeter while it’s standing up? Dave does some comparisons to find out. Podcast: Download

Dave compares five $50 Multimeters to see if they are any good, and how they compare. Download the PDF comparison sheet Thanks to Evan from Tequipment.net The Extech EX330: http://www.tequipment.net/ExtechEX330.asp The Amprobe AM220: http://www.tequipment.net/AmprobeAM-220.asp The Elenco M-2625: http://www.tequipment.net/ElencoM-2625.html (Also Jaycar Digitech QM1535) The Global Specialties Pro-50: http://www.tequipment.net/GlobalSpecialtiesPRO50.html The Vichy VC99 …

Bad Product Design 101: How to screw up your product with a simple design oversight. The IDEAL brand 61-342 looked like a nice multimeter until Dave tried to actually use it and discovered an epic product design FAIL! Podcast: Download

Back on May 10th I exposed Telstra/Bigpond’s very poor Youtube bandwidth and how 1/3 of all Australia’s households using Telstra were having their Youtube bandwidth effectively throttled in some way compared to every other ISP in Australia. The blog got lots of coverage and as a result Telstra contacted me …

Just how different are linear, LDO and switching buck voltage regulators? You might be surprised! It’s tutorial time. NOTE: There are many different methods of SMPS control, this is just one of the simple ones, go investigate! Podcast: Download