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EEVblog #181 – Dead Bug Prototype Soldering
Posted on June 21st, 2011 28 commentsDave show you how to solder a small 3 axis accelerometer LGA surface mount chip “dead bug” style onto a microcontroller prototyping board.
This technique allows you to easily prototype projects using tiny SMD components designed only for reflow soldering. -
EEVblog #180 – Soldering Tutorial Part 1 – Tools
Posted on June 19th, 2011 47 commentsDave takes you through everything you need to know to do good quality soldering.
Part 1 is all about the tools you might need.
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EEVblog #159 – Oscilloscope Trigger Holdoff Tutorial
Posted on March 30th, 2011 24 commentsOne of the more obscure controls on an oscilloscope is the Trigger Holdoff control. A dedicated control on most high end analog oscilloscopes, and a main menu option in modern digital scopes, yet often poorly understood. What does it do and how does it work?
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EEVblog #158 – AVR ISP MK2 + LM317 Regulator Tutorial
Posted on March 25th, 2011 31 commentsWho else but Dave can turn what was supposed to be a simple 2 minute AVR ISP hack video into a 30 minute episode on designing and measuring the performance of an LM317 voltage regulator circuit, with a bonus shootout between the Fluke 87V and the Gossen Metrahit XTRA multimeters?
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EEVblog #140 – Battery Capacity Tutorial
Posted on January 23rd, 2011 23 commentsEver wanted to know what battery capacity is? Dave takes you through everything you need to know about amp-hours, mAh, watt hours, internal or series resistance, temperature effects, battery cutoff voltages, and characteristic curves.
Part 2 coming soon.
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