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How easy are FPGA’s to hook up and use use compared to traditional microcontrollers? A brief explanation of why FPGA are a lot more complicated to setup and get working that microcontrollers. A short video linking to several other FGPA videos. NOTE: This is very old footage that was meant …

Teardown Tuesday. 3 classic analog multimeters: Metrawatt Unigor A43 Triplett 630NA Simpson 260 XLP Forum HERE Podcast: Download

The Ben Heck Show Speak’N’DaveJones Don’t forget the Hack-A-Day Prize Go to Space! Tektronix MDO3000 swag Indiegogo Campaign Very Serious USB Button Metrawatt Analog Multimeter Unigor A43 Geppetto Electronics Hydra J1772 Electric Vehicle Charging Station Kevex 2003 Scanning Electron Microscope Preamplifier & Pulse Processor 4D System uLCD Showview Video Recorder …

Dave debunks the Solar Roadways project that generated over $2.1M on Indiegogo, as well as almost another million dollars in US government funding. In this video Dave does the solar generation calculations to see if this system is viable from an energy generation viewpoint, and also how much power the …

I’m sick of the old WordPress comment system. It’s hopeless, and there is now way too much spam. So I have just installed the Disqus plugin that will hopefully be much better. You’ll be able to log into the comment using any existing social media account you have, and it …

How to repair a Soniq L32V12A 32″ HD LCD TV Dave fixes this one in the nick of time, just before his mum was going to ask” where is my TV?!” Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave troubleshoots a Soniq L32V12A 32″ HD LCD TV Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Part 7 of Microphone Technology with Doug Ford, former head designer at Rode Microphones. This video Doug takes you through the design of the Rode NT3 and NT1000 microphone designs. There is a ton of stuff in here: Closed loop unity gain JFET and bipolar follow circuits. Bootstrapping out miller …

What’s inside a 1975 vintage Tektronix 213 portable oscilloscope/DMM combo? Warranty VOID if NOT Removed T-Shirt Forum HERE Spec sheet Brochure Datasheets: Trigger Chip Decade Counter Chip High Res photos: Podcast: Download

What booty awaits another night time dumpster dive raid on the garbage room? Dave scores a HP Laserjet 3700 colour printer and an ASUS P7P55D-E LX USB 3.0 motherboard with Intel i7-870 processor. Podcast: Download

Dave explains, shows, and measures a potentially big trap with using high value ceramic capacitors. If your 10uF capacitor really 10uF in your circuit? Those humble X7R caps you think are a “stable” dielectric? think again… Class II and above ceramic capacitors can vary their capacitance drastically with DC bias …

Dave tears down Sony’s first digital camera that used removable media, a 3.5″ floppy drive! The 640×480 resolution 0.3Mpixel 1997 vintage Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 Original photos form the camera are HERE Datasheets: MB88146AP UPD72069 Floppy-Disk Controller AD9801 CCD image sensor processor MB90089 OSD SH7032 32 Bit Microcontroller: MB3785A Switching Regulator …

EEVblog2 2nd Youtube Channel: And Engineers Guide To Solving Problems BOOK https://www.youtube.com/user/trombonista92 A really crappy line tracer circuit patent Geppetto Electronics LCDuino RGB backpack TmpUSB temporary USB drive: PIC Development Boards https://www.youtube.com/user/BoomBrush Sony Mavica 3.5″ Floppy Drive Digital Camera X-Core 16 Core 1000MIPS Analog Slice Kit: Podcast: Download

Want to see through a visually opaque material? it’s easy with a thermal imaging camera and a bit of physics. Dave also follows up on the cling wrap ESD issue with some measurements and alternatives. Previous video – How To See Through Objects With A Thermal Camera Anti-static bag myth …

Dave shows you a handy tip on how to see *through* your product using a Flir thermal imaging camera with the cover *on*. Thus being able to maintain the correct airflow, whilst at the same time being able to view the thermal map as if the cover was off! Forum …