Here is an interview I did on usesthis.com: http://dave.jones.usesthis.com/ It’s about how I do the blog and some of the tools I use, for those interested.
Read More »EEVblog #469 – Cockcroft-Walton Multiplier
A new EEVblog segment, Fundamentals Friday! How to generate high voltage DC with a Cockcroft-Walton Multiplier circuit. a.k.a Cockcroft-Walton / Villard / Greinacher Cascade The Uni-T teardown segment HERE Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #468 – Uni-T UT513 Insulation Resistance Meter Teardown
Teardown Tuesday. Inside the Uni-T UT513 5KV Insulation Resistance meter. And what happens when you apply 5KV across the range switch of a cheap arse multimeter? 10KV Relay datasheet Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #467 – Walktime Rant Crowd Funding Projects
Dave talks about crowd source funding projects on Kickstarter and Indiegogo, and a new forum section to discuss them. Mµ Thermal Imager HERE EMC SafeSleeve HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog Announcement – T-Shirts
555 Timer T-shirt Negative Feedback T-Shirt Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #466 – Dumpster Dive Night Raid
Dave goes night raiding in the dumpster and finds the PC motherlode! Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #465 – LED LCD Panel Teardown
Teardown Tuesday What’s inside a modern LED backlight LCD panel from a 27″ computer monitor? Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »555 Timer T-Shirt
I’ve added my hand drawn 555 timer T-Shirt to Teespring teespring.com/555timer-grey Only US$15! if there is a total order of 100 or more. This is much cheaper than my existing Zazzle store shirts. The campaign runs for 7 days. I was only charged $4.10 for DHL delivery to oz for …
Read More »EEVblog #464 – Mailbag
More mailbag http://ros.org/wiki/Robots/TurtleBot http://hacklace.org/ http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?Prod=ANALOG-DISCOVERY Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »New Negative Feedback T-Shirt Design
I’m looking for a new Negative Feedback T-Shirt design to take into a crowd source campaign to get some cheap shirts. Please vote for the design you like HERE Forum topic for discussion is HERE The designs are not final, they can be tweaked in the last round. This is …
Read More »EEVblog #463 – More Dumpster Diving
This time Dave actually had to climb into the dumpster. Was it worth it? Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #462 – Video Editing PC Assembly
60 minutes of Dave assembling his silent (low noise) Intel i7 3770K video editing computer. If you find that boring, don’t watch. Please DON’T leave uninformed comments about needing a high end video card for editing and rendering. Read THIS first. Coolermaster Silencio 550 case. Asus Z77 motherboard Coolermaster 212 …
Read More »EEVblog #461 – Genrad Decade Resistance Box Teardown
Dave’s Ignite Video is HERE Teardown Tuesday How interesting can a box with switches and resistors be? Not very? How about a multi thousand dollar Genrad 1433 metrology grade decade resistance box? IET’s video HERE Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »EEVblog #460 – Mailbag – Plasma Speaker
Dave’s Mailbag Some nice postcards, a Jamma card for Daves arcade machine, some computer stuff, dummy load kit, a calculator and a PLASMA SPEAKER! Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »Pre-Order an Amp Hour T-Shirt!
You can now pre-order the awesome new Amphour T-Shirt! http://teespring.com/tah-black Super cheap at only $15. Even shipping to Oz is $10.50 via DHL, much cheaper for US of course. You can only get this low price through the crowd sourcing campaign. After it’s done, the shirt will be $25 instead …
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