Looking for a segmented e-ink / e-paper display solution for a power up display counter module project. Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #1240 – Tandy In The 1980’s
Go back in time to 1980 and a look at what consumer electronics and parts were available from Tandy in the UK. 1980’s Tandy Voice Recognition Chip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFth9K_IvwA Dick Smith’s new channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80seR-2BPyk Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #1239 – Mailbag
More Mailbag! Forum HERE SPOILERS: Dodgy Plugpack Teardown & Discussion 9:40 eSATA cage thingo teardown 11:47 Ford Car Stereo teardown 18:34 Back To The Future Delorean Time Circuits https://www.marmosetelectronics.com/time-circuits-clock/time-circuits-clock-the-control-board/ 23:39 E-con Systems USB3 Camera Module: https://www.e-consystems.com/usb-cameras/full-hd-low-light-usb-camera-with-stereo-mic.asp Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #1238 – Vion: The World’s Worst Multimeter!
You think a $2 multimeter is bad? A review of the Kickstarter & Indiegogo Vion bluetooth multimeter that promised the world. Grab your popcorn for a master class in idiotic product design. The world’s worst multimeter. The original thread Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #1237 – Old School Teardown: HP3785A Jitter Analyser
Old school, they don’t make’em like this any more. Teardown of the HP 3785A Jitter Generator & Receiver with beautiful HP bubble LED displays. Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #1236 – German Solar Freakin’ Roadways!
You never go full Brusaw! Germany has it’s own Solar Freakn’ Roadways trial, guess the results… Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #1235 – DSO Alternate Trigger Trickery
Most modern DSO’s don’t have Alternate Triggering, but Dave shows you how to do it anyway! This allows you to trigger on and view and anaylse two otherwise asynchronous time un-correlated signals on the screen at once. Also a look at Dual Time Base oscilloscopes. Oscilloscope Tutorial Video Playlist Forum …
Read More »EEVblog #1234 – MORE Epic Solar Roadways FAIL!
It just never ends! Two days after I posted my last solar roadways video, details and photos emerge of another two recent epic failures of the new SolaRoad installations in the Netherlands. A trial with buses and trucks results in failures within a week and cancellation of the project. Now …
Read More »EEVblog #1233 – The Demise Of Solar Roadways
The inevitable demise of Solar Roadways in France, China, and the Netherlands. But Solar Freak’n Roadways won’t go down without a fight!, not that it was ever in the ring, apart from starting this whole boondoggle concept. Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #1232 – Add Web Access To Old Instruments!
A look at the KISS-488 GPIB to Ethernet adapter that lets you add a web based user interface, HPGL plotter emulator, and Telnet interface to old instruments with a GPIB interface. And you might even get some extra resolution out of those old instruments too! GPIB Telnet Data logger program …
Read More »EEVblog #1231- New Uni-T UPO3000 Oscilloscope Teardown
Teardown of the new Uni-T UPO3000 series oscilloscope. Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #1230 – How The Apollo 11 Moon Walk Video Happened
How did the world get to see the video of Neil Armstong taking his first steps on the moon 50 years ago today? Subscribe to EEVdiscover! Come on a tour of the Honeysuckle Creek tracking dish and site that received those historic first images. Andrew Tink’s book: Other Apollo 50th …
Read More »EEVblog #1229 – Mailbag
SPOILERS:TomTom XL GPS teardown9:26 Casio RM-9850 graphing Calculator18:15 40th Anniversary of the 6809 and a special demo boardhttps://gitlab.com/dfffffff/gcc68096809 gcc compiler23:14 Japanese Anime and various prototype boardshttps://gerbolyze.jaseg.net32:34 WebFPGA Beginner web based FPGA development system Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanmjacobs/webfpga-rapid-fpga-development-systemRaspberry Pi Zero aluminium case121GW Multimeter holder Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #1228 – Do Digital Scopes Have REAL Verniers?
Do digital oscilloscopes have REAL vertical vernier controls? Let’s probe a scope up the clacker to find out! Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #1227 – The Free Energy Community RESPONDS!
The Free Energy Community responds to Dave’s #708 – Free Energy Overunity BULLSHIT! video! Dave and Sagan read a Mailbag letter from a Free Energy aficionado! Astrophysics for people in a hurry book Kids version Forum HERE Podcast: Download
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