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Dave shows how the assemblers will production test the µCurrent PCB panels using his new test jigs. And he will does a trial run on 50 µCurrent PCB’s to determine the average testing time. What will take the longest – PCB testing, or wrapping, or packaging? Soltronico PCB Assembly Forum …

What’s inside Tektronix’s new MDO3000 Mixed Domain Oscilloscope? Dave does a teardown and looks at the circuitry and how they can get such a cheap 3GHz RF spectrum analyser to work. MDO4000 Teardown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9_JxRiuS5A Datasheets: HMC624 Digital RF Attenuator HMC311 InGaP HBT GAIN BLOCK HMC429 VCO Lattice LFE3 FPGA 77725 …

Dave looks at the open source hardware UFactory uARM 4-axis desktop robotic arm kit project available on kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ufactory/uarm-put-a-miniature-industrial-robot-arm-on-your Home This is the first unit produced, and comes with the suction cup head and Arduino Uno board and shield controller. Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave updates the EEVblog lab benches with a continuous 6.3 m roll of dual layer rubber ESD matting from Oritech. And a first glimpse of the Tagarno MAGNUS FHD ZIP USB 3 60fps Full HD Video Microscope And special guest appearance by Sagan Forum HERE Podcast: Download

What effect does your multimeter input impedance have on the circuit you are measuring? Dave shows a practical example of how it can really screw things up if you aren’t watching out for it. NOTE: For those who want to comment on the fact that there are other ways to …