Another random drive-time rant. Dave rants about how dickhead marketing changes can screw up your winning product. The Tropicana Story: http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/brandnewday/archives/2009/04/tropicana_fiasc.html and http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/linda-tischler/design-times/never-mind-pepsi-pulls-much-loathed-tropicana-packaging and http://www.johnmamus.com/designeverything/2009/01/tropicana-design-critique.html Podcast: DownloadPodcast (podcast2): Download
Read More »EEVblog #72 – Let’s Design a Product
In this supersized lecture length episode, Dave foolishly attempts to explain how to design an example product (the uCurrent) from start to finish. Read the FULL ARTICLE. The uCurrent WEB PAGE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #71 – Happy Birthday to Us!
Dave hasn’t sold out and is still doing, well, the same old stuff a year later… Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #70 – Turn your Rigol DS1052E Oscilloscope into a 100MHz DS1102E (Hack)
The ingenious EEVblog viewers have finally cracked the Rigol DS1052E Oscilloscope. All you need is a serial port cable and you can turn your 50MHz DS1052E into the 100MHz DS1102E. Dave shows you step-by-step how easy it is, and that it does actually work. Rigol caught with their pants down …
Read More »EEVblog #69 – Sex Toys, Telescopes, Cable TV, UHF Modulation, Renewable Energy, & Silly Shower Taps
Dave goes on holidays to Hawaii and rants a little bit about a variety of things, yet ultimately manages to tie Sex Toys, big Telescopes, Cable TV, NTSC, UHF Modulation, Renewable Power Generation, and bad product design together in the one blog. Podcast: Download
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