EEVblog 1722 – Manufacturing Hardware War STORY

Re-telling of a manufacturing hardware war story talk I gave at a recent hardware meetup in Sydney. https://luma.com/Sydney-hardware-meetup?k=c How a simple manufacturing change cost a company millions of dollars. 00:00 – Sydney Hardware Meetup 01:16 – Seismic Oil Survey Exploration: How to find oil 03:29 – Seismic survey vessels are …

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EEVblog 1721 – RIP Arduino (New T&C Deep Dive)

Qualcomm have bought out Arduino, and several weeks later have altered the Terms & Conditions. Dave does a deep dive of the changes. https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250912221625/https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions/ 00:00 – Qualcomm have acquired Arduino. I’ve got a bad feeling about this… 01:02 – How much did they pay for Arduino? 02:54 – They …

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EEVblog 1720 – Mailbag: USSR Bonanza + Logic Training + $69 Logic Analyzer

More mailbag! 00:00 – Biggest mailbag load EVER. Too much random vintage USSR stuff to list… 26:24 – Logicgat Digital Logic training board. https://logicgat.es/ 31:22 – SLogic16U3 $69 USB3 800MHz Logic Analyser https://wiki.sipeed.com/hardware/en/logic_analyzer/slogic16u3/Introduction.html Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1720-mailbag-ussr-bonanza-logic-training-$69-logic-analyzer/ Podcast: Download

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EEVblog 1719 – 75kWh Home Storage Battery Expansion

Expanding the AERL home storage battery from 25kWh to 75kWh! Also replacing the 5kW Deye hybrid inverter with an 8kW Solis hybrid inverter. And installing a changeover switch to power most of the house from the Backup port in the new inverter. https://www.aerl.com.au/products/life2-battery https://www.thomsonenergy.com.au/ Solis s6-eh1p8k-l-plus-au https://www.solisinverters.au/uploads/files/202506/Solis_Manual_S6-EH1P(3-8)K-L-PLUS_AU_V1,1(20250530).pdf Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1719-75kwh-home-storage-battery-expansion/ 00:00 …

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EEVblog 1717 – Rigol’s INSANE New $999 350MHz Oscilloscope: TEARDOWN

Rigol have released the new MHO900 series mixed signal oscilloscope. For $999 entry level MHO934 you get 4CH 350MHz 12 bit at 4Gs/s, this is insane! Teardown of the special edition 1GHz MHO98 (still only $1399!) https://www.rigol.com/intl/products/oscilloscope/MHO900.html https://www.rigolna.com/products/digital-oscilloscopes/mho900/ In Australia: https://emona.com.au/quick-links/rigol/ 00:00 – Special Limited Edition MHO98 01:07 – DHO900 …

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EEVblog 1716 – University Dumpster Diving – Kikusui Oscilloscope

A viewer went dumpster diving at the University of Technology and found some classics. Teardown and playing with a Kikusui DSS5040 Analog/Digital Storage scope. Plus a classic Australian BWD 603B Mini-Lab Manual: https://www.eevblog.com/files/Kikusui_DSS5040_E.pdf 00:00 – University Dumpster diving time! 02:46 – Kikusui DSS5040 Analog/Digital storage oscilloscope 07:12 – Teardown 10:51 …

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EEVblog 1715 – Euler Precision eSAP-30 3GHz Active Probe REVIEW

Swiss company Euler Precision have a new 3GHz active probe on Crowd Supply, let’s take a look. https://www.crowdsupply.com/euler-precision/esap-30 00:00 – The Euler Precision eSAP-30 Active Probe 01:26 – The problem with passive probes, Capacitance Reactance 03:31 – Unboxing 05:55 – Open Source? 06:46 – It’s all about the probe accessories …

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EEVblog 1714 – Presonus Eris Speaker REPAIR (Capacitor Pop Noise)

Classic intermittent “popping” noise from this Presonus Eris 5 studio monitor speaker. Electrolytic Capacitors are suspect number one. 00:00 – Faulty Presonus Eris 5 speaker. Classic “popping” sound. 03:48 – Teardown 07:16 – Testing for popping again 07:36 – Testing for hiss 08:32 – Rectified voltage testing 09:34 – Woah, …

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EEVblog 1712 – CSIRO Mobile Space Mission Control Centre

A tour inside the brand new CSIRO Mobile Mission Control & Operations Centre, built inside a b-double truck. Dr Mark Dunn gives us a tour of the new fitout. https://research.csiro.au/moc/ Purpose-built, the b-double trailer deploys into a fully operational mission control centre that can accommodate up to 30 mission operators, …

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EEVblog 1710 – Mailbag: Tennismatic, Breadboards, Books & Boost Converters

More mailbag! 00:00 – Tennismatic saw my repair video! 03:23 – Stickers 04:34 – Offerman Industries DC-DC Boost Converter Datasheet: https://www.omnionpower.com/assets/pdfs/windchill/data-sheet/abxs001_ds.pdf https://offerman.industries/products/32-54v-adjustable-output-dc-dc-step-up-boost-converter-8-16v-wide-input-65w-output 05:59 – Bypass Capacitors in Parallel? 07:51 – Sexy clear solder mask 11:25 – Load Testing https://www.covingtoninnovations.com/ https://juniorgeniuskits.com/ 16:35 – Book: Electronic Experiments for Young Learners 21:52 – …

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