The US Department of Transport have authorised a $250M grant program to fund Wireless EV charging roads. A look at the pilot program in Detroit Michigan with the startup company Electreon: https://electreon.com/ 00:00 – Wireless EV road charging in Detroit 01:15 – $250M funding from the US Department of Transport! …
Read More »EEVblog 1583 – Advanced Oscilloscope Triggering: Glitch/Pulse/Runt/Interval
A practical demonstration on how to use advanced oscillocope trigger features to trigger on an unsynchronised infrequent runt/glitch pulse. Includes Pulse/Glitch, Runt, Interval, Zone triggering, and infinite persistence display, and waveform update speed demonstrated and explained. Using the Rohde & Schwarz MXO4, Siglent SDS2154X HD, Keysight 3000T, Tektronix Series 2, …
Read More »EEVblog 1582 – FNIRSI DPOX180H 180MHz DPO for $123?
A look at the FNIRSI DPOX180H 180MHz Handheld Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope for $123. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005564788266.html https://eevblog.store/products/eevblog-bm036-ac-dc-clamp-meter Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1582-fnirsi-dpox180h-180mhz-dpo-for-$123/ Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog 1581 – Tesla Roadster now OPEN SOURCE?
Elon Musk just announced that the Tesla Roadster is now open source! Do we get schematics? Let’s have a look… https://service.tesla.com/roadster Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Cw3GVXl44 Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog 1580 – MacGruber Mailbag
More Mailbag! 00:00 – Mailbag Monday time 01:42 – T-88C Analog Multimeter https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DEojyDp 07:26 – Teardown 12:11 – PCB proto boards from Jon Newcomb http://www.jnewcomb.com/ https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/jon_newcomb 19:02 – 1990 Tandy Catalog from Ant Cross https://www.youtube.com/@ANTandTEC 28:04 – Alcatel S12 Line Test Card Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog 1579 – Nuclear Diamond Battery FRAUD Lawsuit by SEC
The Nuclear Diamond Battery that made a huge marketing splash back in Aug 2020 and raised $1.2M in funding, NDB Inc and it’s founder Nima Golsharifi is now being sued by the SEC for fraud. No product ever existed, no testing was ever done, and they had no customers. Oopsie! …
Read More »EEVblog 1578 – No one can be told what the Metrix is.
A multimeter without any screws? A 1990’s vintage Metrix MX44 multimeter torn down, tested and calibration adjusted. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1578-the-screwless-multimeter-metrix-mx44-teardown-calibration/ Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog 1577 – History of Cathode Ray Tubes with Kathy Joseph
Kathy Joseph from Kathy Loves Physics joins me on The Amp Hour to discuss history and physics and we end up discussing the intricate history of the development of the Cathode Ray Tube. Read Kathy’s Book The Lightning Tamers: https://tinyurl.com/TheLightningTamers https://www.youtube.com/@KathyLovesPhysics Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1577-history-of-cathode-ray-tubes-with-kathy-joseph/ Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog 1576 – Tektronix DMM916 Multimeter Teardown & (Easy) Repair
Easy repair and teardown of the rather obscure Tektronix DMM916 Multimeter. Ebay auction: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/225848873343 Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1576-tektronix-dmm916-multimeter-teardown-(easy)-repair/ Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog 1575 – TIPA: The World’s Most Efficient Solar Panel – BUSTED
TIPA: The World’s Most Efficient Solar Panel raised £293,000 on Indiegogo and Kickstarter, AND also got a UK government innovation grant for £560,000! They claim 3 times the power output of regular solar panels by using mirrors to reflect the light back on the solar cells (TIPA: Total Internal Photonic …
Read More »EEVblog 1574 – REVIEW: Is the $42 Fluke 101 Multimeter Any Good?
Is a $42 Fluke multimeter any good? The Fluke 101 reviewed. https://tinyurl.com/Fluke101 A thanks from Zotek founder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I7m43RyVWU Pocket Multimeter shootout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCFEonQDkQU Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1574-is-the-$42-fluke-101-multimeter-any-good/ 00:00 – A $42 Fluke? 00:43 – Made in China, and the infamous Fluke 19 01:27 – Fluke 101 vs 106 vs 107 02:00 – Comaprison …
Read More »EEVblog 1573 – TEARDOWN: How a Rotary (Angle) Pulse Encoder Works
How a Rotary (Angle) Pulse Encoder works. This is entirely different to the normal quadrature phase encoder you have used before. A teardown from the Haefely Trench PESD 1600 ESD Tester. Unboxing & Testing video of 16kV ESD tester: https://www.eevblog.com/2023/10/13/exclusive-haefely-esd-gun-unboxing/ Pointless video about toggle switches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1C0qz8fR_U Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog1573-teardown-how-a-rotary-(angle)-pulse-encoder-works/ 00:00 – …
Read More »EEVblog 1572 – Haefely 16kV ESD Tester TEARDOWN + Repair Part 1
Teardown and Part 1 repair of a Haefely Trench PESD1600 16kV ESD tester. If you can help identify the rotary encoder at 25:52 that would be awesome! Unboxing and testing: https://www.eevblog.com/2023/10/13/exclusive-haefely-esg-gun-unboxing/ Forum thread for the rotary encoder: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/repair/help-finding-rotary-encoder/ Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1572-haefely-16kv-esd-tester-teardown-repair-part-1/ Podcast: Download
Read More »EXCLUSIVE Haefely ESD Gun Unboxing
EXCLUSIVE video: Haefely ESD Gun Unboxing
Read More »EEVblog 1571 – Nobel Prize Winning Mailbag. 121GW, Retro calcs, Assembly, and Discrete Logic
Bumper mailbag! Send stuff to: EEVblog Mailbag PO Box 7949 Norwest NSW 2153 AUSTRALIA 00:00 – Mailbag 00:18 – Barry Marshall, Nobel Prize Winner returns a faulty 121GW 🙁 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPLA69a5OOU 02:54 – Nobel Prize Chocolates 03:53 – Faulty 121GW 09:04 – TI SR-51 calculator from 1974 http://www.datamath.org/Sci/WEDGE/sr-51.htm 19:55 – TI …
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