Design & Build

How to build your own DIY light box for photographing PCB’s Dave experiments with a cardboard box, some alfoil, and a hacked YujiLED high cri studio light. https://www.flickr.com/photos/eevblog/albums Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1372-diy-pcb-photography-light-box/ Podcast: Download

Dave is a tad obsessed with making a 10,000hr battery life bench multimeter. It’s actually not hard. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/10000hr-battery-life-bench-multimeter/ Podcast: Download

Dave answers a viewer technical question about why his circuit is acting up, and goes through a design review outlining the possible problems. Level translation, clocking, schmitt triggers, line driving, loading, buffering, bypassing, and other aspects are discussed. If you want to see more design reviews like this please drop …

New SMD Thermal Jumper parts could radically change your PCB thermal designs! https://www.vishay.com/docs/60157/thjp.pdf https://atceramics.com/userFiles/uploads/pdfs/Q-BRIDGE.pdf Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1347-smd-thermal-jumpers-could-be-game-changing!/ This is a follow-on from the original SMD Thermal Design video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ygnAv6koSQ Podcast: Download

Part 3 of designing a better uCurrent series. Measuring the noise and consumption of the OPA189 compared to the MAX4239 using a dynamic signal analyser and an oscilloscope. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1328-ucurrent-op189-measurements/ Podcast: Download