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Dave caught up with the designer of the Cleverscope, Bart Schroder at the Electronex show. He gives us some history on the company (from New Zealand) , the scope, a quick on the spot teardown, and what latest scope design he’s working on. Podcast: Download

Dave visits the Electronex Electronics Expo in Melbourne, Australia’s biggest electronics trade show. What will Altium be in for? :-> Podcast: Download

Dave caught up with Karl von Moller at the Electronex expo in Melbourne and asked him about the progress on his Australian documentary State of Electronics. Podcast: Download

Dave’s first Walk Time Rant. The sad death of Steve Jobs at Apple, and how Dave got shafted on his new EEVblog office space at the 11th hour. Podcast: Download

Dave takes a look at the new generation $79 “stripped down” Kindle 4. How does it compare with the current Kindle 3 reader? Podcast: Download

How to design, prototype and test a two cell 18650 Lithium Ion battery pack level gauge using the classic LM3914 dot/bargraph display driver chip. A favorite from Dave’s youth! Dave gives you all you need to know to implement a simple expanded scale voltmeter with the LM3914, without adjustment pots …

Dave visits the Melbourne Hacker Space (CCHS) and takes along special guest Colin Mitchell from Talking Electronics fame. Podcast: Download

Dave goes on a tour of EMC Technologies new $1.8M RF Anechoic Test chamber used for automatic and product testing for EMC emissions and susceptibility. Also their other test chambers like the GTEM (Gigahertz Transverse Electromagnetic) test facility. Thanks to Rob Weir (Yes, he’s a New Zealander :->) www.emctech.com.au Podcast: …

Ever wondered how they test mobile phones for radiation and impact upon the human body? Dave gets a tour of EMC Technologies $1M+ mobile phone (and WiFi) radiation Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) testing facility. Thanks to Jason Cameron from EMC Tech. http://www.emctech.com.au Podcast: Download

If you can read this, then the server move worked and you are now using the new dedicated server! The site and the forum should now both be MUCH faster. Please report any problems. Big thanks to @alangarf for helping with all the penguin stuff when shit hit the fan! …

Heads up for Aussies. I’ll be at the Electronex show in Melbourne this Wednesday. If you see me, stop and say HI. I’m the stupid looking guy carrying around the camera gear, hard to miss. In fact, the first person to track me down at the show and shout out …

Dave reflects on 200 episodes, his full time video blogging, and talks about some stats and the future of the blog. Podcast: Download

UPDATE: It didn’t go as smoothly as predicted, so we are back on the old HostMonster server for now. Progress continues in the background as time permits… Feel free to post comments and use the forum and site as usual. ——————————— I’m currently moving the site and forum to a …

Part 2 of the Tektronix MDO4000 Mixed Domain Oscilloscope review. This time, a world exclusive tear down. What magic lurks inside the die-cast shielded RF spectrum analyzer circuitry? Podcast: Download

In another world exclusive, Dave reviews Tektronix’s new Mixed Domain Oscilloscope, the MDO4000 series that is released TODAY. Does it live up to the hype of changing the oscilloscope landscape and creating a new oscilloscope category? Also, it is a review of the MSO4000 series Mixed Signal Oscilloscope. How does …