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Dave & Phil try to calibrate and print something for the first time on their Makerbot Thing-O-Matic. But as Murphy always ensures, it turns into a troubleshooting bonanza, where much hair is lost, but much knowledge gained… Podcast: Download

Teardown photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eevblog/sets/72157629559990345/ Sagan needs his keyboard repaired, or daddy is in the dog house. Gotta tear it down, to fix it… Podcast: Download

http://www.diptrace.com?source=eevblog A 1 hour non-edited video of Dave playing with the DIPtrace PCB package for the first time. This is a not a tutorial, it’s just a random first impression of using the program. Podcast: Download

Part 1 HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRXEc7pB0o0 An unedited hour long video of Dave playing around with the library editor and PCB modules in KiCAD for the first time. Podcast: Download

A continuous 45min screen cast of Dave installing and running KiCAD for the first time, along with his first impressions and rants about things he finds along the way, mainly with the schematic editor portion of the program. How easy and intuitive is it to use the schematic editor for …

Is the Agilent meter alone in slow recovery from mains overloading on the ohms range? Let’s find out… Podcast: Download

What’s in Dave’s Mailbag? Send to: PO Box 7949 Baulkham Hills BC Baulkham Hills NSW 2153 AUSTRALIA Podcast: Download

Dave is tired of hearing comments that ESD work mats affect your measurements. So here’s proof that they don’t. The mat is like this one here: www.oritech.com.au/productDetail.aspx?productID=20512 Podcast: Download

TEARDOWN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsTZuPN7wQQ FIRMWARE BUGS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fC382Tog0k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmGi7BZS5NM PC INTERFACE & DATA LOGGING: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSmiDzbVt_U A review of the Agilent U1272A multimeter. How does it compare with the Fluke 87-V it is aimed at? If you are looking for data logging solutions, visit Measurement Systems. Podcast: Download

Look over Dave’s shoulder as he tries to select a 7 segment LCD and suitable driving microcontroller. Podcast: Download

Element 14 shipped Dave some chips in just “anti-static” packaging, instead of proper “static shielding” bags. So he decided to revisit the anti-static bag myth he mentioned in episode #3, but this time doing some static measurements and actually trying to kill a chip. Podcast: Download

Dave and Phil assemble Makerbot Thing-O-Matic #6887 in x100 time lapse! Podcast: Download

Part 9 is HERE Part 10 of the PSU Design series, and Part 2 of the PCB Layout, this time, editing the changes from REV A to REV B and pushing the changes through to the PCB and doing a revised layout. Time lase is x20 speed. Podcast: Download

For those interested, many hours of LIVE footage of the Makerbot build with myself and Phil, but still only half complete! Video streaming by Ustream Video streaming by Ustream

Dave video captured laying out his power supply PCB in real-time, and in this video speeds that up by 10 times and adds audio commentary over the top explaining his thought processes and techniques whilst layout out the board. Podcast: Download