EEVblog – Podcast

A look at the Ultra Micron, the world’s smallest digital ionising radiation dosimeter, and it’s Open Source Hardware. Github page is HERE SBM-10 Russian Geiger-Muller Tube DATASHEET Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave opens his mail. A potpourri of items this week. Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-775-mailbag/ SPOILERS: The Ultra Micron world’s smallest digital dosimeter / Geiger counter, and it’s open source! Full teardown video HERE The Stick-Vise PCB Holder Russian nixie tube display The 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Telsa merch Buzz Aldrin’s Mission To …

Dave shows how to do discharge testing on AAA and AA alkaline batteries, for the specific purpose of investigating how much energy is left under the industry standard 0.8V cutout voltage. This is an explanation of the test setup, verification, and a sample plot of some data before the long …

Teardown of the new INDUAL 80W industrial LED high bay ceiling light from Lightinstar In particular a close-up look at the 150W 12×12 Chip-On-Board COB LED module from HongliTronic Datasheet UPDATE: Yes, they say they have fixed the issues of mounting and earthing. Forum HERE Podcast: Download

In this tutorial Dave explains how to precisely measure and calculate the remaining (or wasted) energy capacity in a battery using the graphical analysis technique using a spreadsheet. The differences between constant power and constant current loads and when to use them is discussed. Also, the importance of ESR and …