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What’s inside a Sony SELP1650 compact zoom E-Mount camera lens? How does the zoom mechanism work? How does the Sony Optical Steadyshot image stabilisation system work? Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave debunks the home energy saver you can buy on ebay for a few dollars. Can a capacitor in a box really save you money by fixing the power factor of appliances? Or will it just end up costing you more? Dave does some measurements to bust the scam wide …

Mailbag. Dave opens his mail and tears down a bunch of random stuff. Forum HERE SPOILERS: Counterfeit copies of Art Of Electronics! Genuine copy is HERE How to detect the counterfeits Other Youtubers: Dexter’s Lab Carl’s Tech Shed Electromechanical vibrator from a chopper amplifier Polygraph machine amplifier teardown Fluke 70 …

Dave uses a microscope to examine the shattered LG Mono-X solar panel. Was it a micrometeorite impact? And what are the odds of a micrometeorite impact on a typical solar power installation in a given year? Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave compares the FFT modes on 7 different oscilloscopes: Rohde & Schwarz HMO1202 Series Tektronix MDO3000 Keysight 3000X Touch Lecroy WaveJet 354 Touch GW Instek GDS-1104B Rigol DS1054Z Rigol DS2000 Which is the best? Which one sucks the most? Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave replaces the shattered LG Mono-X solar panel on his home rooftop solar power system. PV Output Forum HERE Podcast: Download

David tells us how he designed his rPrint 3D printer. A university project he has been working on for the last 9 months. Everything is custom, including the world’s lightest weight direct drive extruder head, Sarrus linkage build plate, linear rail guides, and his awesome bubble enclosure. Not to mention …

Inside the Rohde & Schwarz HMO1202 series HMO1232 300MHz mixed signal oscilloscope. Hands on video with the HMO1002 Forum HERE Factory 3D tour ADC08D1000 PMH6518 PGA ADCMP562 Comparator Papst Fan Atmel SAMA5 ARM Cortext A5 LVDS LCD driver Teardown Photos: Podcast: Download

Dave and David2 battle to get an old Microchip PICkit 3 working with MPLAB X talking to Dave’s new product. A tale of misery, rabbit holes, Murphy, facepalms, and ultimately success. You get a warts and all journey. A good example of how a tool that should have just worked, …

Dave tears down a monster of a mixing console! A Professional 40 channel Yamaha M3000 mixer designed for sound reinforcement and concerts. Forum HERE Podcast: Download

New 2016 Mailbag Bonanza with Sagan helping out. Forum HERE SPOILERS: A Kollsman Instruments MD-1 Automatic Astro inertial navigation system analog computer for a B-52 Stratofortress bomber! Article on the system HERE From The Geek Group Realistic CB Radio teardown and testing with a spectrum analyser. Silicon Labs Sensor Puck …

Dave & Sagan score some more server PC’s from the dumpster. Will they work? Will they be Dual Xeon & Core i7 Processors? Asus P6X58DE Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave reverse engineers the XuanZu X2-U808 Hi-Fi Headphone Amplifier to see if the valves actually do anything. What is the circuit topology? E180F (6J9) pentode valve datasheet Doug Ford’s Microphone design series Playlist Reverse Engineering How-To video Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Franky from the Ebay store 99centHobbies dropped by the lab and we had a quick chat about ebay, selling, shipping, and the Hong Kong electronics scene compared to Shenzhen China. Forum HERE

A 1 hour tour of the Australian Synchrotron. From breadboards to 35MW Kystron RF power amplifiers! Forum HERE Podcast: Download