A magazine like Popular Science should be held to a higher standard than today’s “Fake news” marketing re-hashing websites, which is why it’s very disappointing to see them print an article on the thoroughly busted Indiegogo WaterSeer without any kind of basic fact checking or questioning of it’s practicality. P.S. …
Read More »EEVblog #973 – Hioki Multimeter Review & Clamp Meter Teardown
Dave looks at the Japanese Hioki DT4256 Multimeter and 3280 clamp meter Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »eevBLAB #29 – How To Search For An Enclosure
Dave shows you how to parametric search for a rather obscure handheld 3xAA or 3xAAA plastic enclosure.
Read More »Sneak Peek: NEW Keysight 1000 X-Series Oscilloscope
What a dumpster find! A sneak peek at the new Keysight 1000 X-series Oscilloscope Win one in Scope Month Youtube Giveaway VIDEO Forum HERE
Read More »EEVblog #972 – Operating Chips Outside Their Spec
Dave tests the AD8436 True RMS converter chips inside the 121GW multimeter to see if it works well below it’s voltage rail specification. Bonus thermal testing in the chamber. Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #971 – Zero Standby Power TV – BUSTED!
Bristol University have a neat new “zero power sensing” chip that takes energy harvested signals and switches an open drain output, the UB20M Voltage Detector. But the marketing has gone too far when they demo a TV that supposedly has zero standby power. Dave busts this smoke and mirrors demo. …
Read More »EEVblog #970 – Mailbag
Mailbag time. WARNING, Contains Nerd Nudity Forum HERE SPOILERS: Lab Gruppen C SERIES 88:4 Power Amplifier Module ECG Electrocardiogram Module PAP2 Portable Gaming Console Tearddown Nikon D300 Pentaprism $2 Casio FX-82MS calculator ripoff 1980’s Princess Handy TV Teardown Turf, WTF? Vaisala RS80 Radiosonde Teardown with some RF magic. Oscilloscope shootout, …
Read More »eevBLAB #28 – How To Get A Product Designed
Dave answer a question from the forum: “How does a hobbyist go about getting a product designed?” Forum DISCUSSION
Read More »EEVblog #969 – Vintage $80k NLE Video Editor Teardown
How did you do video editing in the 1990’s? With an $80k Panasonic WJ-MX1200 NLE video editing box, that’s how. Dave takes a look inside. Forum HERE Hires Teardown Photos: Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #968 – Mystery EDA Package
Dave plays with a little known EDA package from Japan. This is NOT a review, it’s just Dave mucking around. Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #967 – Mystery Teardown
Mystery Teardown Time Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #966 – CPM700 Counter Surveillance Monitor Repair
Repair of the CPM700 Counter Surveillance Monitor (Bug Detector) Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #964 – Mailbag
Mailbag is back for 2017 Forum HERE SPOILERS: Educational kits from TronClub Electro-permanent magnet for UAV’s and drones from NicaDrone Cisco VOIP phone teardown 1980’s GE Cordeless phone teardown Open source USB charger STM32 Development board Max Chan is for HIRE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #963 – Batteriser / Batteroo Passive Toy Test!
The Batteriser / Batteroo AAA sleeve tested in a toy train passive load and the results analysed! Does the Batteriser finally live up to the claims of increased performance in passive loads? or is it a complete turkey? More videos to come… Full train test footage in a single take …
Read More »EEVblog #962 – Hacking A Calculator Into A Counter
How to hack a calculator into a test system event counter. Previous video on contact debouncing and using a universal counter HERE Forum HERE Podcast: Download
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