Dave makes a DIY camera dolly system that mounts under his work bench. It’s not complete yet, it possibly needs a 2nd rail platform, angled brackets, and better tripod mount, but otherwise works fairly well for a quick trial. Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »The Mailbag Shelf is Full
It’s full. Please stop sending stuff for the time being!
Read More »500th LIVE Show
Another live show to celebrate the 500th episode (or rear enough). This Saturday 13 July 8am Sydney time. WORLD TIME LINK To participate in the chat, visit the IRC or USTREAM channel or the LIVE Show tab above on the EEVblog site.
Read More »EEVBlog #492 – Vintage Motorola MicroTAC Mobile Phone Teardown
What was technology like inside a 1994 Motorola MicroTAC 7200 International GSM mobile phone? Motorola Brick Teardown The sales brochure! Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »Please switch to my Youtube RSS Feed for Video
For those who follow my video blog via the RSS Feed and suitable RSS reader/player or whatever, please switch to my Youtube RSS feed here: http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/EEVblog/uploads You’ll get a much higher quality 1280×720 version, super fast and more reliable download speed. I am considering dropping generation and hosting of the …
Read More »Podcast & Torrent File Problems
Just an update to let you know I am aware of the issues with the podcast file access and bitlove torrent feed. Bitlove have investigated and responded. Turns out that my web host Hostmonster have been blocking Bitlove for some time, that’s why they have been unable to get recent …
Read More »EEVblog #491 – Nintendo 64 Game Console Teardown
What’s inside a 1997 vintage Nintendo 64 gaming console? Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »Solar Power System Update
For those following along with the solar power system. Today was the highest peak production day so far peaking at 2.5KW. Pretty good for a nominal 3kW system in the middle of winter at a non-ideal angle and not peak time of the day. Recent weather has been awful, but …
Read More »EEVblog #490 – Peak Detector Circuit
Fundamentals Friday. Designing and measuring basic and precision opamp peak detector circuits. Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #489 – Agilent 34461A Multimeter Review
Who else but Dave can take an hour and a half to review a multimeter! Agilent’s new 34461A/34460A 6.5 digit bench multimeter. A replacement for the venerable 34401A Quick links: Startup Labels Ratio ProbeHold Continuity Probes Statistics Overshoot Overload Diode Current Trend Plot Histogram Res Standard Bargraph Cal Check Cal …
Read More »EEVblog #488 – Dumpster Dive Parts Salvage
Does basic office equipment have any salvageable parts? Dave dumpster dives to find out. Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #487 – Tekway DST1102B Oscilloscope Review
A first impressions video of the Tekway DST1102B oscilloscope. Also the DST1062B and DST1202B Same as the Hantek DSO5062B, DSO5102B, DSO5202B and the Voltcraft DSO-3062C, DSO-1062D Forum HERE The BIG Hantek/Tekway hack thread Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #486 – Does Current Flow Through A Capacitor?
Dave proves he has no fear by opening this can of electronic worms by posing the question – “Does Current Flow Through A Capacitor?” The answer may surprise you, or drive you into a physics induced rage… Vent your rage HERE Turns out you can measure the displacement current: http://personal.rhul.ac.uk/uhap/027/PH2420/PH2420_files/displacement.pdf …
Read More »EEVblog #485 – Agilent TrueVolt 34461A Multimeter Teardown
Inside the new Agilent TrueVolt 34461A 6.5digit bench multimeter. A replacement for the venerable 34401A. Forum HERE Photos HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog web hosting
I get many people ask were and how I host eevblog.com and the forum. The answer is HostGator at www.hostgator.com I use one of HostGators dedicated servers to host the wordpress website and forum. It’s an Intel Xeon E3-1220LV2 running at 2.3GHz, with 8GB of DDR3 RAM, 500 GB RAID-1 …
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