I’ve had a lot of people ask me to comment on THIS project in Kickstarter. It was supposed to be a rechargeable battery based on Lithium Ion Capacitor technology. Ok, cool, nothing wrong with that, sounds good. A guy has mated a Lithium Ion Capacitor with a small custom regulator …
Read More »Tricky Dicky Makers
Dick Smith Electronics (known colloquially as Tricky Dicks here in Australia), a once (in)famous electronics components retailer, but long since been just a consumer electronics store, have released some excellent videos highlighting three local Sydney makers as part of their Unleash Your Smith advertising campaign shown on Australian TV and …
Read More »EEVblog #644 – How To Design Front Panels On Extruded Enclosures – µSupply Part 14
Dave shows some techniques on how to build and mount usable PCB based front panels user interfaces with LCD displays and push buttons and capacitive touch buttons onto small cheap extruded aluminium enclosures. In particular for the µSupply project. This is Part 14 of that series. The uCalc project gets …
Read More »EEVblog #643 – Mailbag
Mailbag Monday Spoilers: Dual voltage source selection circuit Casio FX-7000G the world’s first graphing scientific calculator, circa 1985. A 1989 vintage analog ohmeter. Teardown of a 450W electronic dimming module. Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #642 – TI Connected Launchpad
Dave checks out the $20 TI EK-TM4C1294XL Tiva C Series TM4C1294 Connected Launchpad Internet of Things. ARM Cortex M4 processor with Ethernet and IoT demo application. How useful is it out of the box? Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #641 – Dumpster Cash Register Teardown
Teardown Tuesday. Dave tears down a cash register found in the dumpster. Does it have any useful parts to salvage? German brand Quorion QMP 3282 Datasheets: 128×64 LCD Altera MAX PLD 80C186 clone RISC/DSP processor PF63141 PF63236 Atmel 8051 MC34164 Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #640 – New Bench Build
Dave builds another bench for the EEVblog lab. Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #639 – IBM L40SX Retro Laptop Teardown
Teardown Tuesday What’s inside a 1991 vintage IBM PS/2 L40SX 80386SX laptop? Datasheets: IIT 3C87 Co-Processor WD76C30 WD76C20 WD76C10 LT1270 8042 PS/2 Controller Intel 8 Macrocell PLD Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »OpenROV – Open Source Underwater Robot – Sydney Maker Faire 2013
Dominic from the OpenROV project shows off their open source underwater robotic vehicle kit. At the Sydney Maker Faire 2013
Read More »Sydney Robot Workshop – R2-D2 – Sydney Maker Faire 2013
The Sydney Robot Workshop show off their screen accurate R2-D2 robot at the Sydney Maker Faire 2013
Read More »EEVblog #638 – Apollo Saturn V LVDC Testing
Dave tests to see if the chips in a 1960’s Apollo LVDC Saturn V Launch Vehicle Digital Computer still work. Fran Blanche LVDC info and videos The Dinosaur Den http://fran-n-bil.com/ Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »Hackaday Prize Interview
I answered some questions for Hackaday Here is the video response:
Read More »EEVblog #637 – Omni Directional Laser Barcode Scanner Teardown
What’s inside one of those omni-directional laser barcode scanner you use at the supermarket, and how does it work? Motorola / Symbol LS9208 Datasheets: Reflective Interrupter Atmel ARM7 Thumb H8S Processor Podcast: Download
Read More »The EEVblog Rap
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Read More »EEVblog #636 – FPGA Demo Boards – DE0 Nano
Dave checks out several FPGA demo boards, and tries out the DE0 Nano and Altera Quartus II software. Forum HERE Podcast: Download
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