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Finally there will be a Sydney Maker Faire in November! There will be a public meeting this coming Saturday 10th Aug at the Powerhouse Museum to talk about the in’s and out’s. I’ll be there. I’ll probably give a talk or something at the show too, got any ideas on …

Dave goes back to the future and takes a 1985 vintage Sinclair C5 electric “car” for a spin, one of only a handful in the country. This was Sir Clive Sinclair’s vision for personal transport. Schematic and service manual Micro Men movie The Sinclair Story Delorean & C5 video Podcast: …

An unedited 5 hour live show on Ustream for the 500th Episode Dave answering live viewer questions in the chat room for a full 5 hours (don’t expect anything else!) Sorry, the video capture of the live chat comments didn’t work properly.

What is the JTAG interface and Boundary Scanning, how does it work, and what is it useful for? Forum HERE XJTAG Unit Podcast: Download

Dave shows you how it’s not that hard to find that mythical $50 analog oscilloscope on ebay. At least in the US and UK. Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Inside the Siglent SDG 5000 series SDG5082 80MHz Arbitrary Function Generator. Same as the SDG5122 and SDG5162 Forum Photos Datasheets: PLD TCXO USB SRAM DAC VCO Driver Isolator Podcast: Download

What is an FPGA, and how does it compare to a microcontroller? A basic introduction to what Field Programmable Gate Arrays are and how they work, and the advantages and disadvantages. FPGA Stuff in Dave’s Amazon store Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave answers some question from his 5 hour live show about getting help with editing video for the blog, a co-host, slow Youtube uploads, and big productions like the Ben Heck show. FYI, the latest Kodak camera teardown was 6.1GB of raw video data.

Inside the worlds first Digital SLR camera with rear LCD and inbuilt JPEG processing, the 1998 vintage Kodak DCS315, based on the Nikon Pronea 6i film SLR camera body. This was before Canon and Nikon had released their own DSLR camera technology, when Kodak ruled the digital camera world! History …

USB Serial Module: http://jim.sh/ftx/ DSRB-88 Geiger Counter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B815uBi9wSw Induction Coin Shinker: http://thegeekgroup.org/stomper DE0-Nano FPGA Development Board: http://de0-nano.terasic.com Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave makes a DIY camera dolly system that mounts under his work bench. It’s not complete yet, it possibly needs a 2nd rail platform, angled brackets, and better tripod mount, but otherwise works fairly well for a quick trial. Forum HERE Podcast: Download

It’s full. Please stop sending stuff for the time being!

Another live show to celebrate the 500th episode (or rear enough). This Saturday 13 July 8am Sydney time. WORLD TIME LINK To participate in the chat, visit the IRC or USTREAM channel or the LIVE Show tab above on the EEVblog site.

What was technology like inside a 1994 Motorola MicroTAC 7200 International GSM mobile phone? Motorola Brick Teardown The sales brochure! Forum HERE Podcast: Download

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