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EEVblog #616 – How Microphone Phantom Powering Works

Doug Ford, former head designer at Rode Microphones explains 48V phantom powering of microphones and how it works. There is a ton of stuff here: Electrostatic and electromagnetic noise, differential amplifiers, common mode noise, transformer magnetisation current, JFET differential driver circuits, balanced impedances, phase splitters, miller capacitance and how it …

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EEVblog #614 Part 2 – Cebit Australia 2014 Walkaround

Dave walks around Cebit Australia 2014 at Homebush Bay in Sydney. Show highlights footage HERE If you don’t like shaky hand held walking footage, motion blur, or camera image stabilisation, don’t watch it, no complaints. I do not have a steadycam, and I don’t want advice on a steadycam, and …

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EEVblog #614 – Cebit 2014 Highlights

Dave attended the Cebit 2014 event in Sydney at Homebush Olympic Park. Here are some highlights. The EX¹ the worlds first PCB printer. It prints silver conductive ink onto FR4, paper, mylar, or many other types of substrate. GoFar, a wireless car monitoring startup. The University of Newcastle Robotics group …

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