April Fools

Dave shows you how to use your oscilloscope probe to detect mechanical vibrational modes on your PCB. And shows off the Crysound Acoustic Imaging Camera! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pocket-acoustic-cam/crysound-pocket-acoustic-imaging-camera/ Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1743-mechanical-vibration-detection-with-your-oscilloscope-probe/ Podcast: Download

An experiment to test an interesting effect with fuses. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1677-an-interesting-effect-with-fuses-(experiment)/ Podcast: Download

Physically vibrating your power supply at a sub harmonic of your PSU switching frequency can potentially lower your system noise. A practical demonstration. AlienTek DP100: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DeWCLIN Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1607-psu-switching-noise-reduction-via-vibration/ Linked videos: Tesla AI PSU problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIbQ3nudCA0 Vibration coherence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uus_cpZiqsU Vibration testing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y2L6QLOi-c AlienTek DP100 PSU: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd6LG7iP2GQ Ceramic Cap Piezeoelectric effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2gX-R1k7MM …

The Test and Measurement Alliance have announced an effective ban on x1/x10 switchable scope probes with all new oscilloscopes going forward from Q3 2023. Do you agree? Signatories include practically every oscilloscope manufacturer! Keysight, Tektronix, Rohde & Schwarz, Lecroy, GW Instek, Siglent, Rigol, National Instruments, Hantek, Owon, Micsig and PicoScope. …

How you can use your multimeters capacitance range to measure inductors, using the reciprocal method. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1465-measure-inductors-using-a-multimeter/ Podcast: Download