Dave demonstrates various practical PCB and component selection solutions and techniques to prevent flex stress cracking of Multi Layer Ceramic Capacitors (MLCC) on PCB’s and preventing your product from catching on fire! Open Mode capacitors. Flexible Endcap Soft Termination Capacitors Lead Frame Capacitors Series Capacitors TDK Solutions for Ceramic Capacitor …
Read More »EEVblog #1036 – PSU Fire PCB Repair
PCB Repair of the RD Tech DPS5020 Power supply module after the flaming capacitor failure. Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #1035 – Flaming DIY Power Supply
Smoke in the EEVblog Lab! What component failed and caught alight in the RD Tech DPS5020 Power Supply Module? This was supposed to be a build video and review until it caught on fire! Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #1034 – Mailbag
Mailbag is back! Forum HERE SPOILERS: Beginner schematic and PCB layout analysis. Can Dave guess the mystery PCB’s function? Arduino Inventors Guide Book Radiosonde car tracking Psion II PDA BK Precision Binding Post Adaptor The Choculator MPEG4 USB TV/DAB dongle teardown Forrest Mimms Circuit Classics Amp Hour Interview https://www.instagram.com/faz_weekendprojects/ Podcast: …
Read More »eevBLAB #39 – Youtube Alternatives
Dave shows all the alternative platforms to Youtube that you can watch and follow the EEVblog on. And NO Dave isn’t quitting Youtube! And an update on the Adpocalypse and advertising revenue https://vimeo.com/eevblog https://vid.me/eevblog https://lbry.io/news/eevblog https://steemit.com https://www.bitchute.com/eevblog/ http://www.dailymotion.com/eevblog Forum HERE
Read More »EEVblog #1033 – Sony WatchCam Pocket Flat CRT Monitor Teardown
Teardown of a 1989 Sony Watchcam Pocket Flat CRT video display monitor. This ones uses electromagnetic deflection technology. Compare it to the Sinclair FTV1 electrostatic deflection system New intro and outro animation by Al Armandi Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »eevBLAB #38 – Digikey & The US Government Watchlist!
Digikey are checking orders against the US Denied Persons list and holding orders until you can prove your generic name is not that person on the list. Also, Element14 doing a similar thing Forum HERE
Read More »EEVblog #1032 Part 5 – John Kenny Keysight Interview
Interview with John Kenny from Keysight Final part 5 of 5 This one covers the design of the 34460 multimeter, dc-dc converter design, cost targets, isolation, 34410a sales, contract manufacturers, production lines, chip packages, the 34460a 1000V spec mistake, IEC61010 Rev3 new challenges in product design, safety hazards and standards, …
Read More »EEVblog #1032 Part 4 – John Kenny Keysight Interview
Interview with John Kenny from Keysight Part 4 of 5, released daily, stay tuned! Patrons and forum supporters will get all the videos early. This one covers product counterfeiting, clone products,education market, downconversion vs direct RF sampling,disruptions in manufacturing, consumer electronics,led lighting,the future of test and measurement, the future of …
Read More »EEVblog #1032 Part 3 – John Kenny Keysight Interview
Interview with John Kenny from Keysight Part 3 of several more to come, released daily, stay tuned! Patrons and forum supporters will get all the videos early. This one covers Design teams, web UI interfaces, firmware issues, regression testing, automated testing, 3458A, losing talent, 8.5 digit bench meter?, testing throughput, …
Read More »EEVblog #1032 Part 2 – John Kenny Keysight Interview
Interview with John Kenny from Keysight Part 2 of several more to come, released daily, stay tuned! Patrons and forum supports will get all the videos early. This one covers the early days of PCB tools, Rubylith, gerber copying, simulation, EEsoft RF design and layout tool, Sabre by Synopsis, Matlab, …
Read More »EEVacademy #7 – Designing Combinatorial Digital Logic Circuits
How do you convert a logic truth table into a digital logic circuit? Dave shows you how with the Sum Of Products method. Forum HERE
Read More »EEVblog #1032 Part 1 – John Kenny Keysight Interview
Interview with John Kenny from Keysight Part 1 of several more to come, released daily, stay tuned! Patrons and forum supports will get all the videos early. This one covers the history earlier days of HP, Bill & Dave and their philosophy, early recruitment, the design centres, cash cows, HP-Agilent-Keysight …
Read More »EEVblog #1031 – $25 DPS3003 PSU Module Characterisation
Characterising the performance and efficiency of the $25 DPS3003 30V 3A lab power supply module from RDtech. Includes a how-to on measuring DC-DC converter efficiency graphs, with module power loss on the secondary Y axis. XL7005 datasheet Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #1030 – $20 DIY Bench Power Supply!
Dave takes a quick look at the spectacularly cheap $20 DPS series CC/CV modules from RD Tech. How to make a 30V 3A bench power supply with 1mA resolution constant current limiting and multi function display using a junk bin enclosure and a junked plugpack or old computer power supply. …
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