EEVblog – Podcast

Dave reviews the DIYINHK 1080p USB soldering microscope. A hacked Microsoft Lifecam webcam with optics enabling a large working distance and good depth of field. Also showing off the Tagarno FHD ZIP Full HD 1920×1080 60fps USB 3.0 30x optical zoom vision inspection microscope using Youcam 6 Cheap USB microscope …

Inside the Voltech PM300 3 Phase Power Analyser. The Voltech power analyser division was sold to Tektronix in March 2013: www.voltech.com/News/NEWS3.aspx www.tek.com/voltech-pa-redirect www.voltech.com/ Datasheets: www.westek.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/PM100-PM300.pdf www.analog.com/static/imported-files/data_sheets/AD7575.pdf www.avagotech.com/docs/AV02-0940EN www.ti.com/lit/ds/schs122j/schs122j.pdf Forum HERE High res teardown photos: Podcast: Download

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