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OSCAR Open Screen Adapter Kickstarter A documentary video on the origins of Hewlett Packard Treadgaming, gaming while running in a treadmill http://engineersbench.com/ http://masaradio.arkku.net/ Cypress USB 3.0 development kit Visionect – A complete 6″ e-ink display waterproof WiFi enabled tablet development kit BareDuino – worlds smallest Arduino compatible board ERIC Low …

Dave checks out one of his favorite “old” oscilloscopes, the 2000 vintage Agilent 54622D mixed signal oscilloscope with the original megazoom ASIC technology and high resolution CRT display. Megazoom technology presentation. Datasheet Forum HERE Hi-res teardown photos: Podcast: Download

Dave reviews the DIYINHK 1080p USB soldering microscope. A hacked Microsoft Lifecam webcam with optics enabling a large working distance and good depth of field. Also showing off the Tagarno FHD ZIP Full HD 1920×1080 60fps USB 3.0 30x optical zoom vision inspection microscope using Youcam 6 Cheap USB microscope …

Inside the Voltech PM300 3 Phase Power Analyser. The Voltech power analyser division was sold to Tektronix in March 2013: www.voltech.com/News/NEWS3.aspx www.tek.com/voltech-pa-redirect www.voltech.com/ Datasheets: www.westek.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/PM100-PM300.pdf www.analog.com/static/imported-files/data_sheets/AD7575.pdf www.avagotech.com/docs/AV02-0940EN www.ti.com/lit/ds/schs122j/schs122j.pdf Forum HERE High res teardown photos: Podcast: Download

Dave shows how the assemblers will production test the µCurrent PCB panels using his new test jigs. And he will does a trial run on 50 µCurrent PCB’s to determine the average testing time. What will take the longest – PCB testing, or wrapping, or packaging? Soltronico PCB Assembly Forum …

What’s inside Tektronix’s new MDO3000 Mixed Domain Oscilloscope? Dave does a teardown and looks at the circuitry and how they can get such a cheap 3GHz RF spectrum analyser to work. MDO4000 Teardown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9_JxRiuS5A Datasheets: HMC624 Digital RF Attenuator HMC311 InGaP HBT GAIN BLOCK HMC429 VCO Lattice LFE3 FPGA 77725 …

Dave looks at the open source hardware UFactory uARM 4-axis desktop robotic arm kit project available on kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ufactory/uarm-put-a-miniature-industrial-robot-arm-on-your Home This is the first unit produced, and comes with the suction cup head and Arduino Uno board and shield controller. Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave updates the EEVblog lab benches with a continuous 6.3 m roll of dual layer rubber ESD matting from Oritech. And a first glimpse of the Tagarno MAGNUS FHD ZIP USB 3 60fps Full HD Video Microscope And special guest appearance by Sagan Forum HERE Podcast: Download

What effect does your multimeter input impedance have on the circuit you are measuring? Dave shows a practical example of how it can really screw things up if you aren’t watching out for it. NOTE: For those who want to comment on the fact that there are other ways to …

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Dave visits the 2014 CCARC Wyong HAM Radio Field day and sets up a car boot sale. Forum HERE Podcast: Download

UPDATE: The managing director of Element 14 has responded officially in the comments below and has CONFIRMED that it IS a US denied persons list! If your name happens to be fairly common like mine, then you may end up having your orders flagged and put on hold by Element …

I’ll be at the CCARC Wyong field day this Sunday the 23rd Feb. The plan is I’ll be selling my hoard of Tek TDS220 scopes and some maybe other stuff from my car boot in the flea market until maybe lunch time. Then I’ll be wandering around. Drop by and …

What’s inside a classic 1979 vintage Hewlett Packard HP41CV calculator? Should Dave totally destroy it, or respect such a fine machine? Forum HERE More photos of the removed PCB are HERE Podcast: Download

Dave takes you behind the scenes on his Kickstarter campaign to show how easy it is to use the dreaded “Survey” feature to get backers address details. Also an insight into the project stats available and database CSV export functions. This is a video for those curious to know how …