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Dave attempting to capture the transit of venus amid the clouds and rain. Podcast: Download

Teardown Tuesday A rather obscure consumer device from 1995, a pocket organiser / fax machine. The Handifax 1000. Also known as the Smith Corona Handifax 1000 It’s bodge time! Podcast: Download

Industry Terminology Time. Sound like an expert in no time! – All you need to know about Orders of Magnitude. Podcast: Download

Part 1 of a new design series on developing an isolated USB Lab Power Supply. Convert your USB port into an isolated lab type power supply. This is just the introduction announcing the intention and showing off some old concept prototypes. The design videos will follow as Dave develops them. …

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Teardown Tuesday. What’s inside a Braun electric rechargeable toothbrush? And some basic measurements on wireless power transfer and charging. Chips Used: EM6682 TSM7401 Podcast: Download

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Video stuff in Dave’s Amazon Store Manfrotto Tripod in Dave’s Amazon Store How to easily transform a video camcorder into a very useful and practical soldering microscope. And it disassembles in seconds to let you still use the camcorder as a regular camera! Podcast: Download

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http://www.bkprecision.com/products/dc-electronic-loads.html Featured Chips: AD7708: DAC7631: ADR421: IRFP250N: Teardown Tuesday. What’s inside BK Precision’s 8500 300W 120V/30A DC Electronic Load? It is also known as the Itech 8512. Dave’s DIY Simple Constant Current Dummy Load: Podcast: Download

www.talkingelectronics.com A 5 part interview with Colin Mitchell, the pioneering founder of Talking Electronics magazine, which was immensely popular in the 1980’s in Australia. Podcast: DownloadPodcast (podcast2): DownloadPodcast (podcast3): DownloadPodcast (podcast4): DownloadPodcast (podcast5): Download

And how NOT to blow up your Arduino. Your oscilloscope ground clip lead can be a potential accident waiting to happen. Why? And how do you avoid it? The basics about measuring mains earth referenced equipment with your oscilloscope. Podcast: Download

Spot Sagan in the catchy new Bonds TV commercial! And my hands make an even briefer appearance at the 0:22 mark coming in from the left Bonds actually paid Devo to re-mix their hit song Whip-It for the commercial. Of course, nothing beats Sagan playing with test gear: And some …

Teardown Tuesday What’s inside an Elmo Visual Presenter? More importantly, can it be used as a PCB inspection/soldering tool? Podcast: Download

www.matrixmultimedia.com/eblocks.php www.elektor.com/products/e-blocks.258.lynkx Dave takes a quick look at the E-Blocks learning system from Matrix Multimedia. Available from Elektor. Podcast: Download