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Today in the dumpster! Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1760-today-in-the-dumpster-(july-12th-2026)/ Podcast: Download

The 10th ACES hardware meetup in Sydney at Engineers Australia. All talks and open mics. https://luma.com/sydney-114f 00:00 – Engineers Australia HQ 03:19 – Intro 05:42 – Cibby Pulikkaseril from Zabidou https://www.zabidou.com/ 14:42 – Matt Crott from MAKO Aero – Prototype to Product https://mako.aero/ 25:28 – Panel discussion with Cibby, Matt …

A Greek Dumpster TV LED Backlight replacement Tragedy Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1758-a-greek-dumpster-tragedy/ 00:00 – Dumpster LG 4K TV backlight phosphor failure 02:34 – LED spectrum measurements 03:48 – Teardown 08:49 – LCD TV layers 09:36 – Come-a-gutsa 11:50 – Through the magic of Ali Express 14:49 – Replacing the LED strips 17:55 …

Sharp GF-7600 Boombox Repair Part 2 Electric Boogaloo Dismantling, cleaning and fixing the dodgy mains switch contact. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1756-57-boombox-bodge-repair/ Podcast: Download

Bodge repairing THE boombox of the 1980’s, the Sharp GF-7600 for a 1980’s party. Podcast: Download

Demo, teardown and reverse engineering of the Tolicore 3720 Femtoammeter and voltage source. https://tolicore.com/products/3720-femtoammeter-voltage-source/ https://tolicore.com/product-documents/3720-Datasheet.pdf Keithley low current measurement handbook: https://www.tek.com/en/documents/product-article/keithley-low-level-measurements-handbook—7th-edition Counting LED photons video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJcMgoJ4DOE 00:00 – Femtoammeter measurement 01:16 – Tolicore 3720 Femtoammeter unboxing 03:39 – Power on and UI 05:18 – 20pA full scale range 10:13 – …

2026 Electronex Show Walkaround Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1754-2026-electronex-show-walkaround/ Podcast: Download

Bart from Cleverscope returns to discuss and show off designing a 2000V isolated oscilloscope, and demonstrates measuring high voltage GaN transistors and Solid State Transformers. https://cleverscope.com/products/CS548 Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1753-designing-a-2000v-isolated-oscilloscope-(cleverscope)/ Podcast: Download

WTF were Texas Instruments thinking changing the design and major specs of the 45+ year old jellybean NE5532 audio opamp WITHOUT changing the part number?! New datasheet: https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/ne5532.pdf Old datasheet: https://www.mouser.com/datasheet/2/405/ne5532a-556776.pdf Change Notification: https://mm.digikey.com/Volume0/opasdata/d220001/medias/docus/5726/PCN20231114002.1.pdf Onsemi datasheet: https://www.onsemi.com/pdf/datasheet/ne5534-d.pdf Forum thread: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/ti-ne5532-audio-opamp-changes/ OPI134: https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/opa4134.pdf 00:00 – TI have changed the classic jellybean …

5 different ways to measure phase angle on your oscilloscope. 00:00 – What is phase angle measurement? 01:48 – Automated measurement 06:38 – Cursor Measurement 12:24 – Graticule measurement 13:55 – Positive or Negztive? A trap for young players 14:50 – Another graticule method using horizontal shift 16:00 – How …

More Mailbag! 00:00 – Linus Tech Tips Screwdrivers! https://www.lttstore.com/collections/ratcheting-screwdrivers https://www.lttstore.com/collections/precision-multi-bit-screwdriver 15:30 – Closer look at the screwdrivers 18:52 – Red Light Skin Therapy device 22:31 – Spectrum measurements 27:19 – EZABoard Arduino Learning Kit https://ezaboard.com/ Videos shot on 16mm film! https://odysee.com/@MatthewMulder:d 35:40 – Vintage Tek Museum CurveBug Curve Tracer Debugging …

Review of the Werewolf VFLEX USB-C power supply cable system. https://werewolf.us/collections/werewolf-products/products/vflex-3-pack-starter-kit Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1749-werewolf-vflex-usb-c-power-supply-adapters/ Podcast: Download

The dumpster really delivered today, with no less than FOUR 4K Retina display iMac’s! Plus a Nikon DSLR camera! Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1748-dumpster-imac-bonanza/ Podcast: Download

Demonstrating the difference between Schottky diodes and PN junction silicon diodes, and how your multimeter can influence your measurement when troubleshooting. Answering an interesting Twitter question. https://x.com/blind_via/status/2052223991839170919 https://www.tti.com/content/ttiinc/en/resources/blog/infographics/schottky-diodes.html https://engineering.purdue.edu/~ee606/downloads/ECE606_f12_Lecture17.pdf Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1746-schottky-vs-pn-diodes-measurement-traps/ 00:00 – Twitter question 01:21 – Recreating the problem 03:08 – Why doesn’t it read zero volts? Let’s try …

A tribute to the 555 timer and Hans Caminzind, which turns 55 years old this year. Released on May the 5th, International 555 Timer Day at 5:55pm with a length of 5:55 And Dave demonstrates blowing out the birthday candle with his 555 Killer One Shot circuit. Use coupon code …