Wayback Wednesday PART 2 Are we living in the future as foreseen 30 years ago? Dave goes back to 1986 and takes a look at the Beyond 2000 books of the TV series of the same name and looks at what has come true and what hasn’t. What predictions did …
Read More »EEVblog #944 – Has the Future Arrived Yet? – Part 1
Wayback Wednesday Are we living in the future as foreseen 30 years ago? Dave goes back to 1986 and takes a look at the Beyond 2000 book of the TV series of the same name and looks at what has come true and what hasn’t. What predictions did they get …
Read More »EEVblog #943 – How EEVblog Does Video Editing
Dave takes you step-by-step through his video editing, rendering, and transcoding process for an EEVblog video using Sony Vegas / MovieStudio & Handbrake x264. Note this is NOT a tutorial, it’s a mostly live walkthrough of editing an actual EEVblog video, so lots of waffle. The gear: Aless 520USB Studio …
Read More »EEVblog #942 – Mystery Monday Teardown
A mystery teardown taken from Dave’s mailbag submission shelf. What will it be? Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #941 – The Amazing Schmitt Trigger
Fundamentals Friday What is a Schmitt trigger and how does it work? What is hysteresis? And how do they fix two common problems in electronics, namely slow slew rate signals on CMOS digital chip inputs causing oscillation, and noise on comparator inputs. The issues are demonstrated first on the breadboard, …
Read More »EEVsmoke #2 – Magic Smoke Captured!
Magic component smoke captured! Email magic smoke pictures to eevblog+smoke@gmail.com Forum HERE
Read More »EEVblog #940 – Mailbag
More Mailbag Macarism Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #939 – How Is A PCB Manufactured?
How is a double sided plated through hole solder masked and silk screened component olverlay PCB manufactured? Take a step-by-step tour of a PCB manufactuing plant. www.pcbzone.net Forum HERE Hard electroplated gold card edge connectors VIDEO Desing for manufacture tutorial VIDEO DFM Automated PCB Panel Testing VIDEO Alba PCB Group …
Read More »EEVblog #938 – Tesla Solar Roofs – Are They Viable?
Solar Freakin’ Roofs! How viable is Tesla’s Solar Roof concept? What did Elon Musk not mention at the product launch? UPDATE: Yes, the press kit mentions they all have identical looking solar and non-solar tiles to chose from for shaded/inefficent areas. How efficient are they? Who much energy is required …
Read More »EEVblog #937 – Retro Canon Still Camera Teardown!
How did you take “digital” photos in the 1980’s and early 90’s? With an analog still video camera that stored images on a PAL format 2″ video floppy disks, that’s how! Enter an age before SD cards, flash memory, JPG files, and USB! A teardown of a 1991 vintage Canon …
Read More »EEVblog #936 – Mailbag
Old component bonanza Mailbag! Forum HERE SPOILERS: TI-74 BASIC pocket computer teardown from 1985 OpenMYR WiFi Motor Kickstarter Several 4-banger calculators GEZE automatic roller door controller teardown E-Book reader teardown and PCB bypassing techniques Switch & Lever Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #935 – Solar Roadways Installation BUSTED!
It’s finally here! The first Solar Roadways installation happened in Sandpoint Idaho after $3.9M in funding and 6.5 years of development. Does it work? Is it practical? Once again, Dave runs the numbers… Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #934 – Raspberry Pi Supercomputer Cluster PART 1
Dave sketches up an idea for a more integrated Raspberry Pi supercomputer cluster with integrated ethernet and power. Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #933 – Keysight U1272A EMC Issue
A viewer found an EMC issue with the Keysight U1272A multimeter Dave confirms both conducted and coupled issues and finds some spooky action at a distance! Comparisons with other meters confirm they don’t have the same issue. Fluke 87 GSM Problem VIDEO Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #932 – How Does A HV Differential Probe Work?
How does a high voltage differential probe work? How is it safe? Is it isolated? A teardown and some reverse engineering of the Lecroy AP031 25MHz HV Differential probe. a.k.a Sapphire Instruments SI-9001 Forum HERE Podcast: Download
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