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Part 3. Tour of the NASA Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex at Tidbinbilla, with Richard Stephenson https://twitter.com/nascom1 Links: GaN solid state amplifier: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20190028651/downloads/20190028651.pdf Deep Space Network information https://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/monograph/series10/03_Reid_chapt3.pdf https://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/monograph/series10/04_Reid_chapt4.pdf https://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/monograph/series10/05_Reid_chapt5.pdf Air exclusion zone: https://www.avsef.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-03/documents/nsw-act-nat_r430_tidbinilla_increase_in_transmitting_power_0.pdf Maser amplifier: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19940025169/downloads/19940025169.pdf X band uplink: https://ipnpr.jpl.nasa.gov/progress_report/42-87/87O.PDF 34M Beam Waveguide antenna: https://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/monograph/series4/Mono4_Ch6.pdf https://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/monograph/series4/Mono4_Ch7.pdf Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1547-contacting-the-voyager-2-space-probe/ 00:00 …

Part 2 – PINGing the Voyager 2 space probe. Inside the control room at the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex (CDSCC) while receving the Voyager 2 signal after a 30 hour PING time. A detailed look at the receiver control system screens. Follow Richard Stephenson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nascom1 Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1547-contacting-the-voyager-2-space-probe/ …

How do you contact the Voyager 2 space probe? PART 1: A detailed explanation by Richard Stephenson from the NASA Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex in Canberra on how the 70m DSS-43 dish at the CDSCC is used to still contact the Voyager 2 probe. You can follow Richard on …

Teardown of a professional military grade industrial 4K DLP projector. The build quality and over-engineering is just nuts. This Projection Design F35 WQXGA Projector costs $30k And a look at how Digital Light Processing micromirror devices work under the microscope. Links: https://www.projectorcentral.com/pdf/projector_spec_5408.pdf https://www.projectorcentral.com/pdf/projector_manual_5408.pdf https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/dlp9000.pdf https://www.ti.com/lit/ml/dlpb010e/dlpb010e.pdf https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/from-projectors-to-heads-up-displays-how-dlp-works/ http://www2.optics.rochester.edu/workgroups/cml/opt307/spr05/john/ Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1546-insane-$30k-4k-panoramic-dlp-projector-teardown/ Podcast …

The world’s fastest oscilloscope, the Rohde & Schwarz MXO4 teardown! Wow, this is an impressive beast in more ways than one. ADC: https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/slvsdr3c/slvsdr3c.pdf FPGA: https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/amd-xilinx/XCZU7EG-1FBVB900I/7034695 Photos: Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1545-worlds-fastest-oscilloscope-mxo4-teardown/ Hi-res teardown photos: 00:00 – Rohde & Schwarz MXO4 The world’s fastest oscilloscope 00:55 – The handle doesn’t cut the mustard these …