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A presentation by DJ Delorie called Soup to Nuts with Free Software. It highlights the current state of free open source software for end-to-end engineering and personal use. Operating systems, EDA tools, office tools etc Recorded at the Renesas Devcon 2010 event. Podcast: Download

Dave dropped by Apex Electronics in Sun Valley just outside LA, the biggest and oldest surplus electronics store in California (and probably the US?) . Come on a tour through the aladdin’s cave of surplus electronics and hardware. It’s actually pretty sad to see all this old technology just lying …

Yes, the drive time rant is back. Dave gives some choice advice to the semiconductor manufacturers. Podcast: Download

The announcement of the Renesas RX Design Contest at Devcon 2010. Dave makes a BIG appearance about half way through. http://www.renesasrulz.com/community/rx-contest Podcast: Download

I caught up with DJ Delorie at the Renesas Devcon 2010 event and he was kind enough to sit down for 10 minutes and chat about the Open Source gEDA package, of which he is one of the major developers. What is gEDA?, where did it come from?, and what …

Day 3 (for Dave anyway) was all about Open Source Hardware and gEDA. But let’s not forget the Q&A with the head Renesas MCU honcho, and the evening with James Meigs, editor of Popular Mechanics magazine. Podcast: Download

The final daily video. This one includes a teardown! Podcast: Download

Nerd nirvana, what smells?, and who’s number 1? Podcast: Download

Somehow Dave scored an invite to Renesas Devcon 2010 in Anaheim California, a mega event for microcontroller and embedded uber nerds. Podcast: Download

The trailer for Karl’s awesome documentary on the Australian Electronics Industry is now available: http://vimeo.com/15612312 State of Electronics – Trailer from karl von moller on Vimeo.

Sick of seeing modern computer teardowns with their hideous BGA packages? Dave decided to get all nostalgic and do a teardown of the famous Tandy TRS-80 Model 100. What are the electronics and manufacturing technologies like from 1983? The SERVICE MANUAL The TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Podcast: Download

Dave reviews the $199 Extech 380193 Handheld LCR meter. And for those curious, here are the SCHEMATICS Podcast: Download

A few snippets of the Electronex 2010 Electronics Trade show in Sydney Australia. I wanted to shoot a lot more stuff, but ended up spending all my time yapping to people instead! Podcast: Download

The 6th Live EEVblog show. Lots of the usual random stuff. Yes, I know, the video sucks, it came from the Ustream recording. That’s the best main camera shot I had, sorry. Podcast: Download

Dave checks out reports that the Fluke 87V Multimeter is susceptible to GSM mobile phone radiation and can be bricked. He puts his 87V on the line to find out. Can he kill it? Podcast: Download