Dave runs through his top 5 career and life tips for electronics engineering graduates. Podcast: Download
Read More »Wireless Power Transfer & Transformer Tutorial
An excellent tutorial on transformers & wireless power transfer by fellow Aussie VK2ZAY More info here: http://www.vk2zay.net/article/253
Read More »EEVblog #137 – BK Precision 879B Handheld LCR Meter Review
Dave reviews the new design BK Precision 879B handheld LCR meter. How does it differ from the legacy Escort design? BK Precision have confirmed the MIN/MAX bug and now have a fix available: http://kb.bkprecision.com/questions.php?questionid=182 Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #136 – Building an Electronics Storage Cupboard
Dave has run out of space in the EEVblog lab so needs to fit out the cupboard in his study for all the electronics parts and junk. Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #135 – Kindle Case Mythbusting
Dave investigates the Amazon Kindle 3 reset/lockup problem that countless people have been having with the leather case. Is it the metal tabs shorting something out, or something else? Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #134 – The Maxim Manipulation
More dodgy components, this time from our friends at Maxim (c/o Motorola) The DS2502 datasheet is HERE UPDATE: Maxim have admitted the problem and have fixed everything without fuss. It turns out the firmware is intended for Motorola phone batteries: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5717307.html Podcast: Download
Read More »Dihydrogen Monoxide
I wanted to test my RSS feed, so had to post something. This one is from the vault. Winner of the 2008 Earth Prize short film festival. Beware of the dangers of Dihydrogen Monoxide
Read More »EEVblog #133 – Dodgy Digikey Components
Dave cuts loose on Digikey (or Bourns?) for providing dodgy resistors which made their way into his Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #132 – Delusional Dyson Marketing
Dave cuts loose on the dickhead marketing team at Dyson. Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #131 – Live Show #7
Sorry, no chat window overlay, it got corrupted. Mostly almost 2 hours of Q&A, so a good one to listen to instead of watching. Just start watching when you hear something interesting happen!, like when Dave opens up his 1980’s vintage LED clock project. Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #130 – The µCalc Credit Card Scientific Calculator / Computer
Dave describes the design of his open source hardware µCalc credit card sized calculator / computer. (NOTE: Not to be confused with the program uCalc www.ucalc.com) Specifications: PIC 24F 16 bit Processor, 256KB Flash, 16KB SRAM, 64KB serial flash user memory, 3-Axis tilt sensor, Micro SD card, capacitive touch sensing …
Read More »7th Live Show
It’s been a while since a live show, so why not, lets do another one! UTC: Sunday, 28 November 2010 at 20:30:00 (that’s Monday 29th 7:30am Sydney time) (Sunday, 28 November 2010 at 12:30:00 PM LA/California time) (Sunday, 28 November 2010 at 3:30:00 PM New York time) See my Live …
Read More »EEVblog #129 – US Airline TSA Security Rubbish & the $9 fee
Dave cuts loose on all the US airline security and TSA rubbish, their stupid reactionary process to every new security threat, and the new $9 “Security fee” for all packages going into the US of 453g (16oz). How will affect local business who export to the US Thanks to Don …
Read More »EEVblog #128 – UEI Multimeter Contest Draw
Dave draws the UEI Multimeter contest draw “live” using the EEVblog contest Wobulator. And the winner is… Podcast: Download
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