Test Equipment

Review of the new $70 Miniware DT71 LCR Tweezers, is it any good? https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dT6koqT Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1335-miniware-$70-dt71-lcr-tweezer-review/ TLDR; It’s not very accurate, doesn’t have much resolution, limited ranges, accuracy issues between Auto and Manual modes, can’t be used while charging, lose the custom charge lead and you are screwed, tilt head …

Dave shows how to use reference waveforms to capture, compare and time correlate more then one signal at a time on your oscilloscope when you just can’t hold all those probes at once. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1324-scope-trick-2-probes-1-hand/ Podcast: Download

Don’t be caught out by embarrassing premature triggering! Dave demonstrates how and why your oscilloscope may trigger before it’s supposed to, and how to solve it. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1320-premature-oscilloscope-triggering/ Podcast: Download

$140 for a 2CH 100MHz 1GS/s tablet oscilloscope? Review of the $140 FNIRSI-1013D 2CH 100MHz 1GS/s tablet oscilloscope. Is it too good to be true? Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1317-$140-2ch-100mhz-fnirsi-tablet-oscilloscope-review/ Podcast: Download

Siglent oscilloscopes have a crazy crippling automatic waveform History mode that is always on, you can’t switch it off, and it gobbles up all your sweet juicy sample memory. Why? Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1312-siglent-oscilloscopes-crippling-history-mode!/