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Dave got a tip-off on a dumpster full of instruments, so raced off to check it out, what will he find? Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Mailbag Monday, teardown bonanza! Forum HERE SPOILERS: – West German Geiger Counter Teardown – 6:35 Leo Bodnar Oscilloscope 40ps Pulse Generator for oscilloscope bandwidth measurement. – 11:32 Pocket Sprite Keyring Gameboy Teardown – 14:31 Defibrillator Simulator Teardown – 21:23 – Philips CD Discman Teardown Podcast: Download

Taking a look at a sub 3 cent microcontroller, and other obscure Chinese manufactures, how to find them, and were to get them in stock. http://www.padauk.com.tw https://lcsc.com Forum HERE Podcast: Download

A look at how the Banksy artwork prank “Girl with a Balloon” shredded itself moments after being sold for £1M at a Sotheby’s auction. How long did it sit idle waiting to be triggered?, and was this actually possible? NOTE: The Artwork was authenticated by “Pest Control”, which is Banksy’s …

More Mailbag Monday Forum HERE SPOILERS: A-TEK AT-601 PC ISA Bus Design Breadboarding Tool Gigatron TTL computer update Home VintageTek museum XY demo board https://www.ebay.com/str/vintagetek 1970’s Casio CQ-1 Calculator Zofz PCB Gerber Viewer https://www.zofzpcb.com/ Podcast: Download

How to turn a horrible unorganised schematic into a nice readable modular schematic with proper signal flow. Tips on industry standard and expected layout techniques. Using the open source Haasoscope oscilloscope as an example. Please do NOT complain about the length of this video. I know. It is what it …

Follow-up to the Studio Monitor Noise video, replacing the mains power supply with a battery supply. Does the noise floor go away? Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Yes, Mailbag Monday is back! Weekly mailbag videos to come. Perhaps the worst schematic ever seen? SPOILERS: Only two items for today’s Mailbag, and I had a lot to say on each. The WIHA SpeedE Electric Screwdriver 16:10 Will the HaasoScope 4CH 60MHz 200MS/s change Dave’s mind on USB oscilloscopes: …

What’s is this obscure 1970’s bit of kit from a big name manufacturer? AliExpress Affiliate Forum HERE Podcast: Download

This sub US$500 Eakins microscope from Aliexpress seems identical to the new AU$1800 Suba Engineering microscope for 1/3 the cost. And Dave shows how it can out perform the $4500 Tagarno! http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/b7ycSav2 http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/eN3Ec5a http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/bHSXalzm http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/cMimkzYc Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Inside the new Rigol 7000 Series oscilloscope with custom ASIC’s. Also a look at the bootloader code for potential hacks. Forum HERE Hi-res photos: Podcast: Download

A look at the recent EEVblog meetup and the projects people bought along to show off. And you won’t believe which companies advertised at the event! 😀 Kickstarter Particle Accelerator BrunoPoweeer MakersMuse MickMake Forum HERE

The new official Power Over Ethernet (PoE) hat for the Raspberry Pi 3 B+ has been reported to fail with an overcurrent error when powering USB devices. Dave investigates and narrows it down until, well, something goes horribly wrong… Rpi forum Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Youtube isn’t suggesting Fran Blanche’s channel any more, what’s going on? Does Youtube not suggest de-monetised content?

Who saw it coming?, Fontus have filed for bankruptcy! The infamous “self-filling water bottle” that raised $340k on Indiegogo has gone bankrupt and delivered nothing. You ‘canna beat the laws of physics Captain! https://www.ksv.at/insolvenzfaelle/insolvenz-fontus-water-technology-gmbh-1030-wien http://www.fontus.at/fontus-update.pdf https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/fontus-the-self-filling-water-bottles#/ Forum HERE Podcast: Download