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EEVblog #70 – Turn your Rigol DS1052E Oscilloscope into a 100MHz DS1102E (Hack)
Posted on March 31st, 2010 71 commentsThe ingenious EEVblog viewers have finally cracked the Rigol DS1052E Oscilloscope. All you need is a serial port cable and you can turn your 50MHz DS1052E into the 100MHz DS1102E.
Dave shows you step-by-step how easy it is, and that it does actually work.Rigol caught with their pants down AGAIN!
NOTE: There have been a couple of reports of units failing when this mod is attempted. The cause is unknown at this stage, but the exact sequence of serial commands keys appears to be IMPORTANT. You CAN’T hit backspace or ENTER etc, follow the instructions precisely, key-by-key. The vast majority have had success though.
As with all hacks, do this mod at your own risk.UPDATE: This mod no longer works with firmware 2.04 and above. You have to downgrade the firmware first. See the UPDATE VIDEO.
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EEVblog #69 – Sex Toys, Telescopes, Cable TV, UHF Modulation, Renewable Energy, & Silly Shower Taps
Posted on March 30th, 2010 47 commentsDave goes on holidays to Hawaii and rants a little bit about a variety of things, yet ultimately manages to tie Sex Toys, big Telescopes, Cable TV, NTSC, UHF Modulation, Renewable Power Generation, and bad product design together in the one blog.
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EEVblog #68 – I should be Selling Oscilloscopes
Posted on March 16th, 2010 43 commentsAnother drive-time rant. Dave laments the difference between designing oscilloscopes and selling them. Seek and ye shall find.
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EEVblog #67 – Hacking the Princeton Tec EOS LED Headlamp with a Cree XPG
Posted on March 10th, 2010 42 commentsDave does a teardown of the Princeton Tec EOS headlamp and mods it with a new Cree XPG LED.
Throw in a quick reverse engineer of the circuit, gratuitous scope shots, torturing a thermistor, a practical demonstration of why you really do need 5 multimeters on your bench, and as usual Dave finds no problems filling up 25 minutes.
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EEVblog #66 – Death & Destruction of a Fluke Multimeter
Posted on March 7th, 2010 43 commentsDave goes on a several hundred km adventure in order to completely destroy the Fluke 28-II multimeter. Short of blowing it up with explosives, will he succeed, or will it live to measure another day?
