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The world’s fastest oscilloscope, the Rohde & Schwarz MXO4 teardown! Wow, this is an impressive beast in more ways than one. ADC: https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/slvsdr3c/slvsdr3c.pdf FPGA: https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/amd-xilinx/XCZU7EG-1FBVB900I/7034695 Photos: Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1545-worlds-fastest-oscilloscope-mxo4-teardown/ Hi-res teardown photos: 00:00 – Rohde & Schwarz MXO4 The world’s fastest oscilloscope 00:55 – The handle doesn’t cut the mustard these …

Let’s BUST the new Platio Solar Pavement installation in the Netherlands using thier OWN production data on launch day! LOL PLUS a Solar Roadways UPDATE! If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon 00:00 – Platio Solar Pavement in the Netherlands BUSTED! 02:15 – …

atching up with Steve Sanghi who was Microchip CEO for 31 years, now Executive Chair. Check out his new book, Up and to the Right. How Microchip was built into one of the biggest and most pofitable chip companies in the world. This is copied from The Amp Hour podcast, …

A look at the $30 Fnirsi HS-01 USB PD Portable soldering iron. It is better than the E-Design Miniware TS-80P? https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DFykRxj If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog1543-mailbag-fnirsi-hs-01-usb-portable-soldering-iron/ 00:00 – The $30 Fnirsi HS-01 USB soldering iron 01:20 – The tips. …

Highlights from a decades worth of diving the famous EEVblog dumpster! A compilation video. If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1542-a-decade-of-dumpster-diving/ Podcast: Download

Searching for another blown SMD component. Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/PoiSolutionsLLC/status/1652769442080620549 00:00 – Failed Hantek 2000 handheld oscilloscope 02:08 – PCB location is your best clue 04:21 – Voltage regulator maybe? 06:01 – You gotta ask yourself, do I feel lucky? Well, do you, punk? 07:38 – Dialing in that google foo …

Is an $80 combo oscilloscope/multimeter any good? A look at the Zotech ZT-702S, with street price around US$60 https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DFsZNAV If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1540-the-$80-zotek-zt-702s-osciloscope-multimeter-review/ Podcast: Download

Which microcontroller is better for the new project, the ST ARM STM32L or the Microchip PIC24F. Datasheet power consumption comparisons. All may not be as it appears… Part 3 of the new project series. If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1539-new-project-part-3-stm32l-vs-pic24f/ …

Part 2 in the new project design series, selecting a microcontroller. 32 Bit Timers, Real Time Clocks, and LCD animation. If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1538-new-project-part-2-microcontroller-selection/ 00:00 – Searching for a microcontroller, the requirements 02:12 – 32 bit Timer 04:22 …

Working on a new project, Dave failed at finding an off-the-shelf enclosure, can you find one? https://eevblog.com/wiki/ Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1537-project-enclosure-search-fail/ If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon Podcast: Download

Can we find a decent $50 analog oscilloscope on ebay? What about a decent digital storage oscilloscope for less than half the price of a new Rigol? Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1536-how-to-find-a-$50-oscilloscope-on-ebay/ Podcast: Download

Dick Smith and I judged a display of vintage Tandy, Radio Shack, and Dick Smith kits and other vintage things at the Manly-Warringah Radio Society. 00:00 – Vintage kits on display 02:59 – Roger Hynes’s vintage receiver 05:40 – VK2BT Vintage Dick Smith kits 07:21 – Jim Rowe signal generator …

Is the AI Machine Learning based DeepPCB autorouter better than Dave at routing a simple double sided PCB? Let’s try it! TLDR; It sucks. Humans for the win. If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1535-deeppcb-ai-autorouting-tested!/ Podcast: Download

The Test and Measurement Alliance have announced an effective ban on x1/x10 switchable scope probes with all new oscilloscopes going forward from Q3 2023. Do you agree? Signatories include practically every oscilloscope manufacturer! Keysight, Tektronix, Rohde & Schwarz, Lecroy, GW Instek, Siglent, Rigol, National Instruments, Hantek, Owon, Micsig and PicoScope. …

2023 brings us Solar Freakin’ RAILways! from Swiss start-up Sun-Ways A dumber idea than Solar Roadways? Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1534-solar-freakin-railways!/ If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon 00:00 – Solar Freakin’ RAILways! 00:56 – Yes, Solar Freakin’ Roadways are STILL going! 02:53 – EVERY solar …