What’s inside the Trezor hardware bitcoin wallet? A teardown to look at any physical hardware security, and a look at a possible side channel power line attack. For a new stable attempt at cryptocurrency, check out Corion UPDATE: A technical detailed reply from the Trezor developer! CLARIFICATION: SatoshiLabs does not …
Read More »EEVblog #1005 – Keithley 2302 Battery Simulator Teardown
What’s inside the Keithley 2302 Battery Simulator A way to simulate battery ionic resistance (ESR) and measure product pulse power consumption. Forum HERE Hires photos: Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #1004 – Owon XDS3202A 14bit Oscilloscope Teardown
Does the Owon XDS3202A Oscilloscope use a true 14bit converter? Forum HERE Hi-Res photos: Unboxing VIDEO Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #1003 – Mailbag
Mailbag is back! Forum HERE SPOILERS: 1980 Retro Language Translator Teardown Arduino interfacing book ReflowR Hot plate PCB reflow machine 50ohm Dummy Load for babies from First Advanced Industrial Labs Black Box for stealing Pay TV, teardown. Retro radio alarm clock teardown Bee Maths Ruler Bayard-Alpert Ionization gauge. Voltage tester …
Read More »EEVblog #1002 – Trump’s Solar Freakin’ Wall DEBUNKED!
Will Trump’s Mexican border solar powered wall pay for itself? Dave runs the numbers to find out what the solar payback is. NOTE: These are BEST CASE (non-practical) figures that don’t include any system losses from a single long line array like this, or anything to do with the changing …
Read More »EEVblog #1001 – uBeam Ultrasonic Wireless Charging DEBUNKED
Dave debunks the uBeam ultrasonic wireless phone charging technology and explains why this will NEVER be a practical solution. Also, Meredith Perry’s rant on engineers and other experts. NOTE: This was split out from video #1000 for SEO reasons. There should be a debunking video of this searchable on Youtube. …
Read More »EEVblog #1000 – Fundamental Mailbag Retro Teardown Shootouts are Bullshit
As the title says, kinda… Dave answers the age old question, do single take videos really work? No. No, they don’t. SPOILERS: Tutorial on turning two NPN transistors into a fast bidirectional zener impulse clamp. A comparison of the low level signal noise on 11 different oscilloscopes. Teardown of the …
Read More »EEVblog #999 – Youtube Silver Award Live Subscription Counter!
Dave transformed his boring Youtube Silver Play Button Award into a cool retro nixie tube live subscription counter! The final video in a 7 part series on this construction project Playlist And some amazing Youtube statistics. Forum HERE
Read More »Youtube Channel Ranking Dropping And I LOVE IT!
In the last 4 years my channel ranking has dropped in half, and I LOVE IT!
Read More »Rayton Solar + Bill Nye = ?
Bill Nye is plugging Rayton Solar, a startup that claims to be able to reduce the manufacturing cost of solar power modules by 60%. Is it real? They have already raised $3.5M in equity crowd funding.
Read More »EEVblog #998 – How To Program ESP8266 WiFi With Arduino
How to connect and use the low cost ESP8266 WiFi module with the Arduino environment. How to connect with a Youtube API to retrieve channel statistics, using JSON on the Wemos D1 Mini. Nixie Tube Project Part 7 Forum HERE
Read More »EEVblog #997 – How To Solder Surface Mount Components
Soldering the Nixie Tube display PCB. How to do drag and dab soldering to make surface mount parts soldering easy. Also a look at the Elecrow blank prototype PCB quality. Jump to 3:36 for the soldering tutorial Part 6 of the Nixie Tube project Forum HERE
Read More »EEVblog #996 – What Is The CE Mark On A Product?
What does the CE mark on a product actually mean? How do you get one? What is it NOT? What is a Declaration Of Conformity? There might more to this mark than you realised! The FCC mark is also discussed. Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #995 – Power Supply Sequencing
Dave shows how to do power supply MOSFET rail switching and demonstrates and discusses why supply sequencing might be needed. Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #994 – CERN/Fermilab Particle Accelerator Boards!
Amazing mailbag dumpster find! Boards for particle accelerator testing at CERN and Fermilab found in a dumpster at the The Svedberg Laboratory in Sweden: Designed by Lecroy! Also a look at FASTBUS, VME, CAMAC modular crate electronics. Forum HERE LINKS: http://teledynelecroy.com/lrs/dsheets/1881m.htm http://cdn.teledynelecroy.com/files/manuals/1872aman.pdf http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/673198/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_Super_Collider https://inis.iaea.org/search/search.aspx?orig_q=RN:23031694 https://books.google.com.au/books?id=wDnUBwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA927&dq=lecroy%20mtd132&pg=PA927#v=onepage&q=lecroy%20mtd132&f=false Thanks to Uwe Zimmermann
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