How To bring Your Project From Idea To Reality

Another fantastic talk by Mitch Altman about how to bring your project idea from concept to reality. he uses his example of TV-B-GONE. It was recorded at one of the HOPE conferences, and I originally heard it HERE, but it now seems to be missing. So I have found the …

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How To Run An Open Source Hardware Company

I heard this great audio presentation by Limor Fried (Ladyada) and Phillip Torrone. They talk about how they run Adafruit, their open source hardware company, and I highly recommend everyone give it a listen. It was recorded at on of the HOPE conferences, and I originally heard it HERE, but …

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EEVblog #106 – Top 5 Tips To Bring Your Product to Market

Are you are a hobbyist, hacker, maker, or garage engineer with a great product idea? Dave gives you his Top 5 tips for bringing your product to market. And a bonus Top 5 reasons to avoid patents. Copyright, Marketing, Advertising, Protection, and Creative Commons Open Source all get a look …

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EEVblog #105 – Electronics Thermal Heatsink Design Tutorial

A follow on from some of the recent blogs that have involved basic thermal heatsink calculation. This time around Dave takes you though the basic theory of thermal design and how heatsink calculations work. Then there are some real world temperature measurements to see how close to the theory we …

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EEVblog #104 – Live Show #3

The live EEVblog show recorded back on July 4th. I only just around to editing and uploading it. The new Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscope http://www2.rohde-schwarz.com/en/products/test_and_measurement/Oscilloscopes/RTO.html Podcast: Download

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The AmpHour Electronics Radio Show

The Dave Jones and Chris Gammell Electronics Radio Show/Podcast now has a NEW NAME and a NEW WEB SITE! www.theamphour.com The 3rd show is now available online. I will no longer post updates here, so if you want to subscribe to the Radio Show you can do so at the …

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The Dave Jones & Chris Gammell Show

The inaugural Dave Jones & Chris Gammell podcast radio show! An off-the-cuff podcast about electronics designs, and anything electronic industry related. Feedback, Comments, and Q&A questions invited for the next show! And we need a name for the show, all suggestions invited! Podcast: Download

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Canon 5D Mark II HD Video Documentary – Behind the Scenes

Come behind the scenes on Karl von Moller’s latest documentary “State of Electronics”. Karl shows off his Canon 5D MKII HD video camera and accessories he is using to shoot the documentary. http://www.karlvonmoller.com Karl has been kind enough to share the how and why of “grading” And gives a sneak …

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EEVblog #99 – $100 Multimeter Shootout – Extech Amprobe BK Precision Ideal UEi Uni-T PART 2of2

PART 2 of 2 Dave compares six $100 Multimeters: BK Precision BK2709B http://www.tequipment.net/BK2709B.html Extech EX505 http://www.tequipment.net/ExtechEX505.asp Amprobe 34XR-A http://www.tequipment.net/Amprobe34XR-A.html UEi DM391 http://www.tequipment.net/UEiDM391.html IDEAL 61-342 http://www.tequipment.net/Ideal61-342.asp UNI-T UT61D http://www.uni-trend.com/UT61D.html Podcast: Download

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EEVblog #99 – $100 Multimeter Shootout – Extech Amprobe BK Precision Ideal UEi Uni-T PART 1of2

PART 1 of 2 Dave compares six $100 Multimeters: BK Precision BK2709B http://www.tequipment.net/BK2709B.html Extech EX505 http://www.tequipment.net/ExtechEX505.asp Amprobe 34XR-A http://www.tequipment.net/Amprobe34XR-A.html UEi DM391 http://www.tequipment.net/UEiDM391.html IDEAL 61-342 http://www.tequipment.net/Ideal61-342.asp UNI-T UT61D http://www.uni-trend.com/UT61D.html Podcast: Download

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