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EEVblog #939 – How Is A PCB Manufactured?

How is a double sided plated through hole solder masked and silk screened component olverlay PCB manufactured? Take a step-by-step tour of a PCB manufactuing plant. www.pcbzone.net Forum HERE Hard electroplated gold card edge connectors VIDEO Desing for manufacture tutorial VIDEO DFM Automated PCB Panel Testing VIDEO Alba PCB Group …

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EEVblog #938 – Tesla Solar Roofs – Are They Viable?

Solar Freakin’ Roofs! How viable is Tesla’s Solar Roof concept? What did Elon Musk not mention at the product launch? UPDATE: Yes, the press kit mentions they all have identical looking solar and non-solar tiles to chose from for shaded/inefficent areas. How efficient are they? Who much energy is required …

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EEVblog #937 – Retro Canon Still Camera Teardown!

How did you take “digital” photos in the 1980’s and early 90’s? With an analog still video camera that stored images on a PAL format 2″ video floppy disks, that’s how! Enter an age before SD cards, flash memory, JPG files, and USB! A teardown of a 1991 vintage Canon …

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EEVblog #936 – Mailbag

Old component bonanza Mailbag! Forum HERE SPOILERS: TI-74 BASIC pocket computer teardown from 1985 OpenMYR WiFi Motor Kickstarter Several 4-banger calculators GEZE automatic roller door controller teardown E-Book reader teardown and PCB bypassing techniques Switch & Lever Podcast: Download

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