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EEVblog #1089 – XTAL Oscillator Teardown

What’s inside a DIP crystal oscillator module? A 2 minute teardown turns into 17 minutes, because, well, it’s Dave. Includes a revisit of the bypass capacitor video. Oscillator chip datasheet Forum HERE Podcast: Download

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EEVblog #1088 – Uber Autonomous Car Accident Report

The NTSB today released the report into the fatal Uber Autonomous car accident. TLDR; The RADAR, LIDAR, and cameras DID detect and classify pedestrian bicycle correctly. The system DID determine that emergency braking was required. But Uber disabled the systems emergency braking feature in autonomous mode. Uber also disabled Volvo’s …

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EEVblog #1087 – UNBELIEVABLE Alesis Studio Monitor Fault!

An unbelievable fault in Dave’s Alesis M1 Active 520USB powered studio monitor speaker. Can you discover the culprit before Dave does? This was supposed to be a boring trivial repair of a power LED, but it turned into something much more interesting. Forum HERE Teardown VIDEO Podcast: Download

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EEVblog #1086 – 5 Year Solar Power Results – Payback?

Dave looks at the 5 year data on his 3kW home solar power system. What was the payback period? And will adding a Tesla Powerwall 2 lithium ion battery energy storage solution be worthwhile? PVoutput data HERE Forum HERE Installation VIDEO Previous Update HERE Podcast: Download

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