Hacking & Experiments

An innocent TO-220 regulator gets tortured using a mystery device from the bunker. The art of environmental PCB testing. 00:00 – What is this thing? 01:00 – I used to use these all the time 02:40 – Electrodynamic Shaker 03:56 – How PCB’s are vibration tested 07:00 – Teardown 08:10 …

It’s an aussie barbie with fried IBM chips. Ken Shirriff’s blog: https://www.righto.com/ Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1380-bbq-ibm-chips/ Podcast: Download

Why does a handheld multimeter read zero volts and a bench meter reads several volts? It’s all about the NPLC’s man… Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1379-whats-all-this-nplc-stuff-anyhow/ 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

An update from EEVblog #50 (yes, #50!) The CREE XPG LED’s on the deck finally died and Dave needs a replacement, so time to hack some existing T8 LED tube lights. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1343-dead-deck-cree-leds/ Podcast: Download