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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

What’s inside an almost 20 year old analog mobile phone? Dave tears down a 1993/1994 vintage Motorola Ultra Sleek 9660 “Dynatac” phone and compares it with a Nokia 3310 from 2000 Podcast: Download

The EE Rap Music: C.Had Vocals: C.Had, Ben Brand Sound Bites thanks to Dave Jones of EEVBlog.com Inspired sites: EEVBlog.com, HackNMod.com Lyrics: http://eevblog.com/files/EERapLyrics.txt

Dave got fed up not knowing if his Hakko FX-888 iron was left on or not. So hacked the LED to toggle RED/GREEN, so it’s always on. Toshiyuki Kita link Podcast: Download

http://www.pcbzone.net http://iteadstudio.com/ Many people asked to see the PSU PCB’s from Circuit Labs in New Zealand. Here is an in-depth look, compared with the same board from ITEAD Studios Podcast: Download

PART 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8b4h_UybLE After some Arduino hurdles, Dave troubleshoots his DAC SPI driver code in “real time”, and takes a peek at an issue with the LCD I2C bus. As well as showing off his PSU PCB for the first time. The PCB is from Circuit Labs in New Zealand: …

SIGN UP HERE: http://www.eevblog.com/2012/01/18/ucurrent-request-list/ PART 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXE_dh38HjU A follow up to Dave’s popular PCB Design For Manufacture (DFM) tutorial video. This time he updates his uCurrent PCB for production, including panelisation layout and component reel selection. Lots of the same ground is covered as in part 1, but with a …

Dave has changed a few things in the Rev B schematic of his power supply design. Talk on opamp specifications, I2C I/O expansion and AVR microcontroller pin usability. Download the RevB schematic HERE Podcast: Download

The latest batch of uCurrent’s has sold out again! If you missed out, this time I have a list you can sign up to register to get one: This doesn’t guarantee you anything, but I will base the next batch number on how many sign up to this list, so …

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Dave got a Makerbot Thing-O-Matic 3D printer. A look at what’s inside the box, plus some bonus rants. if it takes this long to un-box, how long will it take to build? Podcast: Download

PART 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I55uLRRvLCU What’s inside the FE-5680A Rubidium frequency standard? Available on ebay for about $50 or so. Podcast: Download

TEARDOWN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRdGsSu5Nec What’s all this Rubidium Frequency stuff anyhow? Dave got an FE-5680A Rubidium frequency standard on ebay. How do they work?, and how does it compare to a regular crystal oscillator, a DTCXO, or an oven stabilised oscillator? Podcast: Download

What’s inside the new Agilent U1733C LCR meter? and how does it differ from the old U1733B Escort design? Podcast: Download