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 …
Read More »EEVblog 1570 – Tesla DIESEL Electric Train FAIL at Belin Gigafactory
Tesla unveiled to much fanfare, a DIESEL electric train to carry workers to and from their Berlin Gigafactory. LOL! Dave runs the numbers on whether or not they could have used a Battery Electric Train (BEMU) instead of diesel electric. And could they have powered it from the solar panels …
Read More »EEVblog 1569 – A Very Ploopy Open Source Mailbag
More mailbag! DIY Open Source Ploopy Headphones: https://ploopy.co/headphones/ EEtackle Probe Holder: https://www.eetackle.com/ Intertooth Wireless Bluetooth Networking Console : https://intertooth.com/ 00:00 – Mailbag 00:24 – Ploopy DIY Open Source Headphones 13:32 – EEtackle Probe Holder 18:18 – Intertooth Wireless Bluetooth Networking Console Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog 1568 – Tesla Megapack 2 Battery FIRE! at Bouldercombe QLD
A Tesla Megapack 2.0 battery is on fire at the 100MWh Genex battery storage facility at Bouldercombe in Queensland. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-27/tesla-battery-fire-at-queensland-renewable-energy-project/102905302 https://wattclarity.com.au/articles/2023/09/27sept-bouldercombe-bess-fire/ https://www.afr.com/companies/energy/fire-at-genex-power-battery-project-in-qld-a-rare-occurrence-20230927-p5e7ym https://cleantechnica.com/2022/05/13/heres-what-tesla-learned-from-last-years-megapack-fire-in-australia/ https://genexpower.com.au/renew-economy-genex-eyes-trebling-of-revenue-says-new-battery-already-sopping-up-negative-prices/ Victoria Big Battery Fire Investigation Report: https://victorianbigbattery.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/VBB-Fire-Independent-Report-of-Technical-Findings.pdf Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog 1567 – Wireless ESD Monitor? – The IONA StatIQ Band TESTED
Does the $1200 IONA Tech StatIQ wireless ESD monitor band actually work? or is it just BS? And if so, how does it work? IONA Tech video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Uzo5qL4JM Wiresless ESD strap BUSTED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvgW5iWXbts ESD Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk5F3rQNUkU ESD Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvOlSehNtuHsKCtJJ_rlRP5qE7lN-1EMX Mud Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAahT8_P-_E DIY Field Mill project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTncxhQp9z0 Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1567-wireless-esd-monitor-the-iona-statiq-band-tested/ 00:00 …
Read More »EEVblog 1566 – Rigol DHO800 12 Bit Oscilloscope FULL REVIEW
Has the new Rigol DHO800 and DHO900 oscilloscope changed the game in low end scopes? Starts at $299 with 12bit ADC, HDMI, VESA mount, and USB-C power. Teardown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQF4UzLPpr0 Fan upgrade test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoyaHOqp9gI DIY Battery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbBq1AVIQAc Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/rigols-new-dho800-oscilloscope-unbox-teardown/ 00:00 – History of game changing Rigol Oscilloscopes 03:27 – All the …
Read More »EEVblog 1565 – UNSW Electronics Lab & Makerspace Tour
A tour of one of the electronics teaching labs and the makerspace at arguably the best electronics engineering university in Australia, UNSW. With Associate Professor Torsten Lehmann. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/university-of-nsw-electronics-lab-makerspace-tour/ 00:00 – A tour of the UNSW electronic lab with Torsten Lehmann 02:57 – Why they chose the R&S RTB2000 oscilloscope …
Read More »EEVblog 1564 – Agilent/Keysight U1273AX Multimeter Repair
A very interesting repair of an Agilent/Keysight U1273AX OLED display multimeter. It had two distinct unrelated faults. Ian Scott Johnston on The Amp Hour: https://theamphour.com/643-calibration-repair-with-ian-johnston/ Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1564-agilentkeysight-u1273ax-multimeter-repair/ 00:00 – Faulty Agilent / Keysight U1273AX OLED display multimeter 01:36 – Battery leakage, OF COURSE! 04:26 – Bottom of PCB 05:47 – …
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