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Dave installs a new LED lighting system in the EEVblog lab, with 9 x 60W 600mm 5000k ceiling LED panels. A look at hermaphroditic connectors. What kind of lux improvement is there on the bench? Has the colour rendering index (CRI) changed things? They cost how much? A look at …

Dave & David2 replace the bad caps in the old LG 50PF3DF 50″ plasma TV found in the dumpster HERE Will it fix the problems? Also an impromptu tutorial on how to replace bad/leaking/bulging capacitors, and measuring capacitor ESR in-circuit. Plus bonus banter. Teardown HERE PCB Sparkgaps Forum HERE Podcast: …

How secure are electronic locks used on safes? Dave tries a power line analysis attack on a standard La Gard (LG) 3740/3750 Basic electronic digital lock on a CMI home safe. Can you crack an electronic digital safe lock with just a resistor and an oscilloscope? All sorts of safe …

What’s inside the new Pebble Time Smartwatch? Dave does a teardown after taking it through the torture test, and gives it a close up view with the Tagarno microscope. How easy is it to disassemble and replace the battery? How much do the components cost? What is the manufacturing quality …

Dave takes the new Pebble Time Smartwatch through the 2015 Tough Bloke Challenge in Sydney. 8km of mud, water, and obstacles. Will it survive? Unfair test? – Yes Fun? – Hell yes! Teardown VIDEO Unboxing & Review VIDEO Forum HERE Podcast: Download

A big mailbag episode, getting through lots of backlog. P.S. Yes I failed to twig to the cordless ESD strap. Will have to do a video debunking this! Forum HERE SPOILERS: NicaDrone EPM688 OpenGrab Electro Permanent Magnet For UAV/drone payload pickup Fused USB to UART adapter (FTDI-Free) A PCB designed …

Dave unboxes and gives his first impressions review of the new Pebble Time Smartwatch. They raised $20M on Kickstarter for this! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597507018/pebble-time-awesome-smartwatch-no-compromises Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-758-pebble-time-smartwatch-unboxing-review/ Podcast: Download

Another ebay score. Dave tears down a HP4263A LCR Meter. How an LCR Meter works VIDEO Forum HERE 4263A Datasheet 4263A User Manual 4263B service manual X28C64 EEPROM 82C54 Programmable Interval Timer Precision DiFET opamp OPA627 List of Keysight part numbers Podcast: Download

Another Mailbag. Something super cute arrived today!, what is it? Forum HERE SPOILERS: Pleo baby animatronic dinosaur! 5260 Cable simulator teardown Hewlett Packard service manuals Tektronix PAL Vectorscope Siemens motor inverters Fluke One Touch Network Assistant Analyser teardown Podcast: Download

Dave checks out a Fluke/Philips PM2812 System DC Power supply he scored from ebay for 30 bucks. Does it work? Will the bunker hardware tin collection come through? Forum HERE Service Manual HERE Podcast: Download

Dave gives his first impression of Altium’s new FREE PCB design tool for the maker community, Circuit Maker. http://www.circuitmaker.com/ What are the limitations? What do you get? Forum HERE Altium Entry Level PCB Tool Rant HERE Podcast: Download

Unboxing of the new Inventables X-Carve Milling Machine kit. How well will it work for PCB milling? Forum HERE Podcast: Download

What’s inside the original 1979 Sony Walkman TPS-L2? The product that started the personal music revolution. Service manual HERE Forum HERE High Res teardown photos: Podcast: Download

I have a 40 minute video on the recent media claims about the Batteriser, a device that claims up to 800% improvement in battery life with primary Alkaline batteries. Many people have asked for a much shorter explanation of the claims, so here we go, for those who can’t afford …