Dave checks out the new Fluke rugged 28 Series II Multimeter and compares it with the venerable Fluke 87 Internal photos: TopPCB1, TopPCB2, BottomPCB1, BottomPCB2, InputJacks1, InputJacks2 Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #63 – Microchip PIC vs Atmel AVR
Let the microcontroller fanboy wars begin! Dave’s rather random rant on which is better, Microchip PIC or Atmel AVR. (Warning, Dave hates Fanboys) Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #62 – The Drivetime Experiment
Warning, no electronics content, just a 30 minute filler experiment of Dave ranting about the blog. Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #61 – Crystal Oscillator Drift
Dave explains the what how and why of measuring crystal clock oscillator drift over time. The Clock Drift PCBs Real data collected with the sine fit envelope. And results showing the same characteristic result over a slow temperature ramp. Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #60 – Fluke 117 Multimeter Review and Teardown
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Read More »EEVblog #59 – Back to the Future Flux Capacitor T-Shirt Tanty
Dave goes nuts over NBC Universal Pictures pulling his Flux Capacitor T-Shirt designs from Zazzle. Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #58 – Warm and Fuzzy FPGA Troubleshooting
Look, up in the sky, is it a hardware fault?, is it a software fault?, no, it’s a bloody FPGA Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #57 – Agilent Thumbs Up Furore
Dave responds to the furore over his thumbs up rating on the Agilent U1253A Multimeter And it’s all about the love, really. ADDED COMMENT: Agilent make the exact same meter in an LCD version (U1251A or U1252A) with longer battery life. So you get the choice of display vs battery …
Read More »EEVblog #56 – Agilent U1253A OLED Multimeter Review & Teardown
Dave reviews the Agilent U1253A OLED Multimeter and compares it with the Fluke 87-V in this epic review. How will it stack up? Check out Stormbyte’s video response to my review. Some good points here which I address in #57. Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #55 – RCA Airnergy WiFi Hotspot Energy Harvesting Marketing BS
Dave can smell marketing bullshit a mile away, so checks out the new RCA WiFi Energy Harvesting “Airnergy” device with some back of the envelope calculations. Marketing BS? or can it actually work? The RCA video is HERE and another interview HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #54 – Electronics – When I was a boy…
Dave goes Back to the Future and talks about how he got started in electronics. Podcast: Download
Read More »OT: The Australian Mandatory Internet Filter Folly
(Sorry for the off-topic rant, normally I wouldn’t post it here, but I know some of my regulars will be interested. This is an Australian specific social commentary, so those who are just after electronics, you won’t find any in this post, sorry) Dave cuts lose on the idiots behind …
Read More »EEVblog #53 – Mr Murphy and Microchip PIC Silicon Bugs
Dave tangles with Murphy’s Law and Microchip silicon bugs with his latest PIC project. The PIC24FJ256 errata And that Jim’s Mowing Franchise looks pretty tempting. Podcast: Download
Read More »Useful Resistor Calculation Tool
Who needs a resistor calculation tool? Well, if you’ve ever tried to make up an odd-ball series or parallel resistor values to a desired accuracy from various E series ranges then you’ll know how annoying it can be, especially if you have to to do it over and over. I …
Read More »Article – uCurrent Precision Current Adapter for Multimeters
Due to countless requests, I’ve finally got off my butt and made my uCurrent project article available for download. Download the full PDF article HERE
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