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Dave was looking forward to reviewing the new Extech RC200 SMD Tweezer Multimeter, until the damn thing tried to kill him. Now he’s, well, kinda mad!… The Cryrustek ES51928 DMM Chip: www.cyrustek.com.tw/spec/ES51928.pdf Podcast: Download

Drive time rant again. Dave begs beginners not to use PCB autorouters, and questions why the low end EDA CAD packages even bother to have them. Podcast: DownloadPodcast (podcast2): Download

Has electronics design information become a bit of a commodity? And how can you differentiate yourself? Podcast: DownloadPodcast (podcast2): Download

Is the bad design of the IDEAL multimeter tilting bail really that a-typical? Should you expect to be able to poke the buttons on a multimeter while it’s standing up? Dave does some comparisons to find out. Podcast: Download

Dave compares five $50 Multimeters to see if they are any good, and how they compare. Download the PDF comparison sheet Thanks to Evan from Tequipment.net The Extech EX330: http://www.tequipment.net/ExtechEX330.asp The Amprobe AM220: http://www.tequipment.net/AmprobeAM-220.asp The Elenco M-2625: http://www.tequipment.net/ElencoM-2625.html (Also Jaycar Digitech QM1535) The Global Specialties Pro-50: http://www.tequipment.net/GlobalSpecialtiesPRO50.html The Vichy VC99 …

Bad Product Design 101: How to screw up your product with a simple design oversight. The IDEAL brand 61-342 looked like a nice multimeter until Dave tried to actually use it and discovered an epic product design FAIL! Podcast: Download

Back on May 10th I exposed Telstra/Bigpond’s very poor Youtube bandwidth and how 1/3 of all Australia’s households using Telstra were having their Youtube bandwidth effectively throttled in some way compared to every other ISP in Australia. The blog got lots of coverage and as a result Telstra contacted me …

Just how different are linear, LDO and switching buck voltage regulators? You might be surprised! It’s tutorial time. NOTE: There are many different methods of SMPS control, this is just one of the simple ones, go investigate! Podcast: Download

The first Live EEVblog event – unedited. Dave short circuits his wife’s laptop and cuts the feed, proving that anything can happen live. The audio sync is not the best, sorry, minor file conversion issues. And the last bit is supposed to be crap quality video that freezes due to …

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, geeks and nerds, step right up for the inaugural EEVblog Live Show this Sunday the 23rd @ 2pm PDT (USA), or Monday 24th 8am Sydney EST. It promises to be a nerderific extravaganza of biblical proportions. With pyrotechnics, dancing girls, and performing monkeys! No?, …

Drive time rant. Dave talks about how circuit design and prototyping can often come last in the design process. And talk on the upcoming live EEVblog show. Podcast: DownloadPodcast (podcast2): Download

Dave demonstrates how much fussing around can be involved in selecting just a couple of cost optimised parts for a new design, using Digikey, Mouser, FindChips, Octopart and Atmel websites. Podcast: Download

Just a quick poll to gauge the electronics knowledge and industry experience of the EEVblog audience. This is important for the blog and potential industry support. 1 question, 10 options, easy peasy, thanks! http://www.polljunkie.com/mA7P5o/Poll7579.aspx See the responses HERE UPDATE: The previous SurveyMonkey forum spat the dummy at 100 responses, so …

Dave is sick of getting emails asking if the cheap toy DSO’s and FPGA/PIC/AVR oscilloscope kits are worth buying. Guess his response… answers by telepathy please. Podcast: DownloadPodcast (podcast2): Download

Are Telstra (Bigpond), Australia’s largest Internet Service Provider deliberately throttling (capping) Youtube bandwidth on all of their plans? Try it yourself: https://www.youtube.com/my_speed My speed: http://www.eevblog.com/images/telstra/MyTelstra.png Other Telstra customers: http://www.eevblog.com/images/telstra/Telstra1.png http://www.eevblog.com/images/telstra/Telstra2.png http://www.eevblog.com/images/telstra/Telstra3.png http://www.eevblog.com/images/telstra/Telstra4.png Other ISP’s: Internode: http://www.eevblog.com/images/telstra/Internode.png Netspace: http://www.eevblog.com/images/telstra/Netspace.png Optus: http://www.eevblog.com/images/telstra/Optus.png TPG: http://www.eevblog.com/images/telstra/TPG.png Exetel: http://www.eevblog.com/images/telstra/exetel.png iiNet: http://www.eevblog.com/images/telstra/iinet.png Podcast: Download