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An update on the Rigol DP832 lab power supply fix. Original video HERE Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave demonstrates how to do some basic in-house EMC Pre-Compliance conducted emissions testing on a DC powered product using an open source hardware Line Impedance Stabilisation Network (LISN) box, and a low cost Rigol DSA815 spectrum analyser http://www.tekbox.net/open-hardware/tboh01-5uh-impedance-stabilisation-network-lisn NOTE: As stated on the product page, this product and technique is …

Sorry, the forum went down overnight. It’s being worked on now by resident penguin gnif… UPDATE: Now fixed. It was some corrupted database tables. Not sure of the cause yet. Hopefully not posts lost. Discuss HERE

Dave tears down and salves some parts from old Panasonic, Telstra, Cisco, Nortel, and Polycom PABX and VOIP phones found in the dumpster. Are there any salvageable parts in them? Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave rants about Youtube’s latest change and the forcing of Google+ upon all Youtube users and content creators who want to interact.

TekBox Digital Solution Open Source Hardware Kit for an EMC conducted emissions compliance Line Impedance Stabilisation Network (LISN) https://www.youtube.com/user/chrmoe Binary Epoch Clock Kit Learning to fly with Eagle V6 book PIC Microcontroller Programming: in 10 captivating lessons PIN Diode Radiation Counter kit PCB kit construction. Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Has anyone received their rulers yet *outside* of Sweden? If so, could you please report in and if possible post a photo or let me know if it has a Swedish post mark on it like this. You can do this via twitter, this blog, Pozible comment, or this forum …

Dave replies to a youtube comment that you can’t learn much practical design stuff from vintage teardown videos. Forum HERE Podcast: Download

What’s inside a vintage Fluke 5450A Resistance Calibrator used in cal labs to calibrate multimeters? Schematic HERE Coto reed relay High Resistance measurement with a relay matrix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs2MfTW4o_Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mavHYV-H6o Forum HERE Podcast: Download

The first mailing house envelope has arrived, in Sweeden of all places, and then Singapore: No Australia on the return address, and they said they would print a barcode but didn’t. Perhaps that delayed the delivery?

Dave tests the myth that plugging a PCB VIA with solder does nothing (or not much) to improve the current handling capability. Is manual wire feed-through any better? Does the industry rule of thumb of 0.5A per VIA have any basis? What is the typical plated VIA/hole thickness? http://saturnpcb.com/pcb_toolkit.htm Previous …

The live drawing of the giveaway for the Fluke CNX3000 Multimeters, Gossen Metrahit World Multimeter, and Chronovu Logic Analyser

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Review, teardown, and testing of the Rhino Tools ZD985 desoldering station on typical through-hole double sided and multi layer PCBs. This is the OEM: http://www.china-zhongdi.com/2013/?p=121 Podcast: Download