OT: The Australian Mandatory Internet Filter Folly

(Sorry for the off-topic rant, normally I wouldn’t post it here, but I know some of my regulars will be interested. This is an Australian specific social commentary, so those who are just after electronics, you won’t find any in this post, sorry)

Dave cuts lose on the idiots behind Australia’s proposed Mandatory Internet Filter, and calls everyone to arms to stop this madness before it’s too late.

For more information, see:
http://www.nocleanfeed.com
http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/SaveTheNet&id=892
http://www.efa.org.au/category/censorship/mandatory-isp-filtering/
(PDF Fact Sheet) https://www.getup.org.au/files/campaigns/conroys_greatfirewall_factsheet.pdf
(PDF Fact Sheet) http://www.efa.org.au/mandatory-internet-filtering-fact-sheets/
http://stephenconroy.com.au/
And THIS video is hilarious!

And a politician finally backs down!

Thanks to Miwers for the image!

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EEVblog #53 – Mr Murphy and Microchip PIC Silicon Bugs

Dave tangles with Murphy’s Law and Microchip silicon bugs with his latest PIC project.

The PIC24FJ256 errata

And that Jim’s Mowing Franchise looks pretty tempting.

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Useful Resistor Calculation Tool

Who needs a resistor calculation tool?
Well, if you’ve ever tried to make up an odd-ball series or parallel resistor values to a desired accuracy from various E series ranges then you’ll know how annoying it can be, especially if you have to to do it over and over.
I wrote a tool once that did this, but was fairly limited.
I’ve been searching for a long time for a similar tool and I finally found one that worked just the way I wanted it to. It’s called Resistor CAD 2.0 by Terry Harris from Vader Systems.

Vader Systems doesn’t seem to be around any more, and the program was free, but now seems almost impossible to find. So I’ve put it on my server to share this really useful tool.

Download it HERE

There is also a similar online one HERE, but it’s fairly limited.

Article – uCurrent Precision Current Adapter for Multimeters

Due to countless requests, I’ve finally got off my butt and made my uCurrent project article available for download.
Download the full PDF article HERE

EEVblog #52 – Panasonic Plasma TV’s Suck

Dave cuts loose on his Panasonic Plasma TV set that failed, yet still manages to give it the thumbs up.

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