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Guest Video: Brian Lough – ESP8266 Libraries

Brian is the one who wrote the ESP8266 Youtube library that I used in the Nixie Tube Sub Counter video series. Here he is showing you all sorts of cool libraries for the ESP8266 module in this guest video. Check out Brian’s channel HERE

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Guest Video: Voltlog #142 – Mailbag

In this guest video, Florin from the Voltlog channel with his InTheMail segment reviews some cheap useful tools and gadgets from Ebay, Aliexpress and Banggood. Check out his channel HERE Forum HERE

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World’s First Solar Powered Train!

Dave checks out the world’s first solar powered train! the Byron Bay Solar Train. A Byron Bay company have converted an old 1950’s “red rattler” Sydney train into a battery storage solar powered train. Solar panels on the train roof can charge the train batteries which can last for an …

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Making robots for Mars with NASA scientist Dave Lavery

Dave Lavery, Roboticist from NASA talks about the Curiosity Rover mission and Mars exploration. Dave Lavery is a roboticist and is Program Executive for Solar System Exploration at NASA, leading the design of the next generation of spacecraft to explore Mars. Dave leads the Curiosity Rover mission which landed on …

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Guest Video: Raising Awesome – Young Dave Jones

Can a young Dave Jones from the 1970’s design a better computer than The Woz and Steve Jobs with their Apple 1? Thanks to Sean Miller from Raising Awesome for filling in while I’m away. Check out his channel HERE Forum HERE Behind the scenes video on the making of …

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Guest Video: OpenTechLab – IcoBoard FPGA Experiments

In this guest video, Joel from OpenTechLab reviews and experiments with the IcoBoard, which features the Lattice iCE40 FPGA, and firmware synthesis with the Open Source “IceStorm” tool-chain. icoBOARD is a FPGA based IO board for the RaspberryPi Part 2 is on his channel Show Notes Subscribe to OpenTechLabs Forum …

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EEVblog #1049 – Mailbag

Last mailbag for 2017! Forum HERE SPOILERS: 0:00 Isolated Serial UART Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/902741881/optically-isolated-usb-to-serial-adapter 4:19 TCXO Oven crystal oscillator teardown 17:07 uRad Environmental Monitor Products https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/air-quality-monitoring-network?secret_perk_token=70df5873#/ EEVblog Office Live Data: https://www.uradmonitor.com/?open=820000BE 20:37 Visual VU meter: http://sch-remote.com/ 23:25 Random LCD PCB thingo 25:32 Interesting construction industrial controller teardown 30:32 Open Source Servo …

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EEVblog #1048 – Ledger Nano S Crypto Hardware Wallet

A review and teardown of the Ledger Nano S crypto currency hardware wallet. Installation, setup, and transferring bitcoin cash, ethereum, and ripple. And a comparison with the Trezor, which one is better? Buy them HERE Secure chip HERE Verify your Ledger Nano S hardware HERE Forum HERE Podcast: Download

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