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
Read More »Presentation: Sparkfun’s Nathan Seidle
Sparkfun’s Nathan Seidle gave an excellent talk on Sparkfun’s history at a Google conference. Original, plus extra info here: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce//news.php?id=476
Read More »EEVblog #127 – PCB Design For Manufacture Tutorial
A how-to guide to taking your electronics project from prototype through to high volume PCB manufacture. Covers component selection and purchasing, SMD, DFM, PCB panelisation, gerber generation, drill files, pick and place files, and more. Podcast: Download
Read More »Contest – Win a UEi DM391 Industrial Multimeter
Win this very nice UEi DM391 Multimeter by entering HERE As tested in my $100 meter shootout (so it’s slightly “reviewed”!), and it gave a very good account of itself. An excellent industrial quality meter. No lame country restrictions, anyone can enter. All you have to do is be a …
Read More »Soup To Nuts With Free Software – Audio
For those who just want DJ Delorie’s Soup To Nuts talk in a much better quality audio version, here it is. It was originally a power point presentation, but it works well as just an audio version too. A presentation by DJ Delorie (from RedHat) called Soup to Nuts with …
Read More »EEVblog #126 – The Free Sample Fallacy
Why free chip samples are NOT always a good thing. Will they cost you more in the long run? Podcast: Download
Read More »Hardware Will Cut You
An interesting fast paced video presentation about the hardware design process by Amanda Wozniak. Primarily targeted to software oriented people. (Warning, contains strong language, for those who care about such things)
Read More »EEVblog #125 – Soup to Nuts with Free Software
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
Read More »EEVblog #124 – A Tour of Apex Electronics
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 …
Read More »EEVblog #123 – Top 5 Tips for Semiconductor Manufacturers
Yes, the drive time rant is back. Dave gives some choice advice to the semiconductor manufacturers. Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #122 – Renesas RX Design Contest Announcement
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
Read More »EEVblog #121 – gEDA Interview with DJ Delorie
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 …
Read More »EEVblog #119 – Renesas Devcon Day 3
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
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