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What happens when you feed a frequency counter clock up it’s own clacker? Agilent 53131A Schematics HERE Podcast: Download

What’s inside the ICP/IEI industrial rack mount computer Dave got from auction? Does it boot? Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download

Here is my talk from the 10th Ignite Sydney conference. Huge thanks to Hunting with Pixels for the filming and video editing. I’ll probably do another text blog post on this in due course talking about what went into, and the not-so-polished rehearsal video!

A follow-up on another method to calibration adjust the Agilent 53131A frequency counter against the Stanford Research PRS10 rubidium standard. The oscillator drift video is HERE Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download

Dave uses his CSIRO National Measurement Institute rubidium frequency standard to calibrate and adjust his Agilent 53131A frequency counter. With bonus teardowns. 53131A schematics are HERE http://www.thinksrs.com/products/PRS10.htm Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download

Dave shows off the gear he scored at an auction. Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download

Teardown Tuesday Inside a JVC comsumer camcorder What design and systems engineering awaits? Podcast: Download

Another in my series of text blog posts: In the last week or so I’ve been putting together the spec for a new desktop video editing PC, and I’ve learned a fair bit about what’s (supposedly) really needed for a video editing PC. Here is the story: I currently do …

Dave cracks out the whiteboard and side cutters to explain two lesser known facts about x1 oscilloscope probes: – Why the bandwidth is much lower in x1 mode than x10 mode – Why oscilloscope probe cables aren’t like ordinary coax cables Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download

Inside the Stanford Research SR430 Multi Channel Scaler Photon Counter Unboxing video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfp0QnQujvs Datasheets: http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/ugrad/389/muon/SR430m.pdf http://www.elektronik.ropla.eu/pdf/stock/hit/hd63484.pdf http://cds.linear.com/docs/en/datasheet/100737fbs.pdf http://www.analog.com/static/imported-files/data_sheets/AD96685_96687.pdf http://www.onsemi.com/pub_link/Collateral/MC10H107-D.PDF http://www.datasheetcatalog.org/datasheet/SGSThomsonMicroelectronics/mXqzrvy.pdf http://www.physics.brocku.ca/~edik/gpib/TMS9914.pdf http://www.freescale.com/files/microcontrollers/doc/data_sheet/MC146818.pdf http://www.analog.com/static/imported-files/data_sheets/AD586.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emitter-coupled_logic Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download

How much has oscilloscope technology developed in the last 5 years? Dave compares the baseline $800 entry level scope from 5 years ago, the Rigol DS1052E / DS1102E, to the current $800 benchmark, the DS2072. Demos of intensity graduated display, waveform update speed, LXI Ethernet interface control and waterfall plots, …

Dave unboxes a random bit of gear from ebay. What is it? Spoiler HERE Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download

Collaboration my arse! Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download

Inside the Absopulse Variable Frequency Converter http://www.absopulse.com/pdf/sine%20wave/fc%20-%20vfc/VFC%20500.pdf Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download

Dave programs a PIC 24F chip on his uCalc with the new official AVR Dragon firmware. Part of the new Microchip-Atmel tool collaboration agreement. Also, news on the new PICkit 4 which will have official support all Atmel parts. Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download