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A reddit user asks what is the point in learning basic electronics these days when you can do everything with off the shelf modules and boards like Arduinos and the like. They make it super easy to build stuff, so why does anyone need any knowledge of basic electronics any …

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Dave talks about Tektronix’s new unreleased AGO3000 Gravity Compensated Oscilloscope with a high precision TCXO timebase with 2G tip-over gravity compensation. Datasheet Preliminary product launch page Forum HERE

Dave explains what Vacuum Fluorescent Displays (VFD’s) are, how they work, and then hacks an interface and reverse engineers a surplus display from an industrial machine to make it work with an Arduino. UPDATE: Found the datasheet Another page with info on a different model: Forum HERE TI TL4810 VFD …

Radio Shack has gone bust and declared bankruptcy! or Tandy as it is known in Australia. Dave reminisces about the good’ol days Discuss HERE TRS-80 Model 100 teardown TRS-80 Model I teardown Forest Mimms Interview Dick Smith talk