Repsonding to Adam Something’s video claiming that electric buses are a scam. Lets analyse his claims and look at what’s really happening with the cost benefit anlysis of electric buses vs diesel and electric trolley buses. Adam’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqHsXv7Umvw 00:00 – Electric buses are a scam 01:20 – The claims …
Read More »EEVblog 1440 – Pentax Film Camera TEARDOWN
Teardown of a mid 90’s vintage Pentax IQZoomEZY film camera. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1440-pentax-film-camera-teardown/ Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog 1439 – Analysing Veritasium’s Electricity Misconceptions Video
Dave analyses Veritasium’s video “The Big Misconception About Electricity” and how energy flows in the Poynting vector in the electromagnetic field OUTSIDE the wire instead of inside the wire. 00:00 – Veritasium’s video “The Big Misconception About Electricity” 00:32 – Rection to the points in the video 01:11 – This …
Read More »EEVblog 1438 – The TOP 5 Jellybean Regulators & References
Dave looks at his TOP 5 (plus change) Jellybean Voltage Regulators and References, and explains why you need to know them. 00:00 – Jellybean Voltage Regulator & References 01:52 – 78xx Linear Voltage Regulator 08:01 – Adjustable Voltage Regulator 13:52 – 1117 Low Dropout Regulator 15:21 – LDO Stability 20:01 …
Read More »EEVblog 1437 – Zappi 7kW Electric Car Charger TEARDOWN + EXPERIMENT
How does an Electric Car charger work? A teardown of the Myenergi Zappi 7kW EVSE and experiments demonstrating how the car detection system and charge mode works. 00:00 – Zappi 7kW Single Phase EVSE Charger 02:46 – Type 2 Charging Standards 08:30 – Teardown 17:32 – Power Up 20:56 – …
Read More »eevBLAB 89 – Youtube is DEAD – Dislike Count REMOVED
Youtube just announced they are removing the public Thumbs Down count site wide, and only allowing Thumbs Up counts, to “protect” the creators of course. They then proceeded to get OWNED in the comments! LOL It’s now a free rein for scams, dodgy videos, corporate shill accounts, and the woke …
Read More »EEVBlog 1436 – The TOP 5 Jellybean OPAMP’s
Dave looks at his TOP 5 (plus change) Jellybean OPAMP’s, and explains why you need to know them. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1436-the-top-5-jellybean-opamps/ 00:00 – Jellybean OPAMP’s 01:47 – LM358 07:51 – FET Input TL071/72/74 11:28 – CMOS LMV358 15:17 – LM324 17:23 – The LM321 is NOT a thing 19:09 – Oh, …
Read More »EEVblog 1435 – The World’s Most EXPENSIVE Catalog IC
Dave goes hunting for the most expensive IC on Digikey and ends up finding a bunch of unusual stuff! Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1435-the-worlds-most-expensive-catalog-ic/ Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog 1434 – Cadex C7000 Battery Analyser Teardown
Teardown of a Cadex C7000 commercial battery analyser. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1434-cadex-c7000-battery-analyser-teardown/ 00:00 – Cadex C7000 Battery Analyser 04:20 – Universal probe teardown 09:45 – Main unit teardown 22:14 – Power up Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog 1433 – More Adventures in Sony RX100 Repair (Part 3)
Dave eventually finds the (a) fault in the Sony RX100 MkIV camera. WARNING: No happy ending, just an hour and ten minutes of Dave getting his arse kicked by Murphy. 00:00 – Sony RX100 Mk4 Repair Part 3 01:03 – Down the schematic rabbit hole 06:23 – That looks important …
Read More »EEVBlog 1432 – Owning an ELECTRIC CAR for 12 Months & 17,000km
Dave shares his thoughts on owning a fully electric Hyundai IONIQ car after 12 Months & 17,000km Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1432-owning-an-electric-car-for-12-months-17-000km/ Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog 1431 – Keysight EDU33212A Function Generator Teardown
Teardown of the new Keysight EDU33212A 20MHz Function Generator Odysee exclusive: https://odysee.com/@eevblog:7/Photo-Spectrometer-Teardown:7 Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1431-keysight-edu33212a-function-generator-teardown/ Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog 1430 – Rent vs Buy – My $400,000 MISTAKE!
Dave goes through the real calculations of what it ultimately cost him to rent an office vs buying an office back on 2015. And on the importance of being your own bank, compounding interest reduction, paying off your loan early, and offset accounts for cash flow benefits. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1430-rent-vs-buy-my-$400-000-mistake!/ Podcast: …
Read More »EEVblog 1429 – Sony RX100 Camera Troubleshooting Part 2
PART 2 Troubleshooting the Sony RX100 Mk4 camera. Service manual: https://www.eevblog.org/files/dsc-rx100m4-sm2.pdf Schematics: https://www.eevblog.org/files/dsc-rx100m4.pdf Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1428-sony-rx100-camera-repair-and-then-wtf!/ Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog 1428 – Sony RX100 IV Camera Repair and then WTF!
Dave “repairs” his Sony RX100-IV camera only to go WTF?! A long video that is mostly disassembly and reassembly, so use the time markers if you are bored. 00:00 – Sony RX100 Mk4 Repair 04:30 – Teardown 14:44 – Dave gets ZAPPED! 23:19 – Processor Board 25:51 – Lens assembly …
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