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  • EEVblog 1496 – Winning Mailbag

    Meet 13yo Josh, the winner of the Jaycar $5 scope, and designer of Framework laptop boards! https://lectronz.com/products/uart-expansion-card His Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/i2clabs More boards: https://imgur.com/a/SPRrFV7 Youtube: 00:00 – Meet Josh 03:22 – Mettler Toledo high volatge generator 04:41 – New electric field NASA space suits https://sservi.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/farrell_spacesuit_pdf.pdf 05:37 – Teardown: OMG it’s full …

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    EEVblog 1495 – Quaze Wireless Power (AGAIN!) but for GAMING!

    Yes, wireless power is BACK! And this time they are targetting gaming rigs. Quaze want to power gaming rigs up to 500W with 15MHz resonant RF wireless desktop power. Let’s take a look! How much is marketing hype? Place your bets now… https://www.quazetech.com/ Youtube: Odysee: Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTwzKBM7ybw Focus Demo …

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    EEVblog 1494 – FIVE ways to open a CHEAP SAFE!

    FIVE different easy methods to crack into a cheap Sandleford safe found in the dumpster, WITHOUT using physical force. Including a bonus 6th method that doesn’t work on this one. Don’t buy cheap hardware store safes, they are garbage! Also advice on what to look for in a good quality …

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    EEVblog 1493 – MacGyver Project – Part 2

    Powering up the Banshee ultrasonic leak detector LED display to see how the display is multiplexed turned out to be very interesting! With special guest debugger, Sagan, who invents a new industry term “free range data”. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1493-the-macgyver-project-part-2/ Youtube: Odysee: Podcast: Download

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    EEVblog 1492 – $5 Oscilloscope Repaired! + Oz GIVEAWAY

    The $5 Hantek oscilloscope is repaired, and I’m giving it away to a youngster in Australia. If you want the scope, enter here: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/contests/giveaway-(oz-only)-hantek-oscilloscope/ Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1492-$5-oscilloscope-repaired-oz-giveaway/ Youtube: Odysee: Podcast: Download

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    EEVblog 1491 – The MacGyver Project – Part 1

    Part 1 reverse engineering the interface on the LED display of the Banshee Ultrasonic gas leak detector to make a MacGyver type countdown timer THING (for demonetisation purposes). This will be a choose your own adventure project, I don’t have anything planned, so let me know what you want to …

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    EEVblog 1489 – Mystery Teardown!

    Teardown of a bizarre looking Banshee 343 Ultrasonic Gas Leak Detector Thumbs up this video and pinned comment if you want to see a countdown timer refit project! Datasheet: https://www.instrumart.com/assets/Net-Safety-Banshee343-datasheet.pdf Manual: https://www.instrumart.com/assets/Net-Safety-Banshee343-manual.pdf Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1489-mystery-teardown/ Youtube: Odysee:

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    EEVblog 1487 – Do Solar Micro Inverters Take Power at Night?

    How much power do Enphase and other solar micro inverters draw at night time when switched off? It’s actually a very interesting question involving real and apparent/reactive power, the system topology, and whether your storage battery is on-grid or off-grid, and also its efficiency curve. Let’s measure it, do some …

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    EEVblog 1485 – PedalCell CadenceX Bike Generator LOL FAIL!

    The failed PedalCell CadenceX Bike Generator from the previous mailbag video is tested, torn down, analysed, hilrariously laughed at, and dodgily repaired. https://pedalcell.com/ 00:00 – Failed Pedalcell generator – getting the pinout 02:00 – The PCB 02:40 – Oscilloscope rotation test 03:45 – Dremel speed Captain! 04:22 – Generator teardown …

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    EEVblog 1483 – Holy Mailbag Bomb Batman!

    Bumper Mailbag! Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1483-holy-mailbag-bomb-batman/ SPOILERS: 00:00 – Contact Harald Covid Bluetooth Tracing 04:24 – Kaba Mas X09 High Security Electronic Tumbler Lock Teardown 16:53 – Failed PedalCell CadenceX Bike USB Power Generator 18:00 – Odysee vs Patreon for supporting creators 19:06 – PedalCell CadenceX Teardown 26:54 – TikStation Breadboard USB …

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