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EEVblog #1240 – Tandy In The 1980’s

Go back in time to 1980 and a look at what consumer electronics and parts were available from Tandy in the UK. 1980’s Tandy Voice Recognition Chip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFth9K_IvwA Dick Smith’s new channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80seR-2BPyk Forum HERE Podcast: Download

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EEVblog #1239 – Mailbag

More Mailbag! Forum HERE SPOILERS: Dodgy Plugpack Teardown & Discussion 9:40 eSATA cage thingo teardown 11:47 Ford Car Stereo teardown 18:34 Back To The Future Delorean Time Circuits https://www.marmosetelectronics.com/time-circuits-clock/time-circuits-clock-the-control-board/ 23:39 E-con Systems USB3 Camera Module: https://www.e-consystems.com/usb-cameras/full-hd-low-light-usb-camera-with-stereo-mic.asp Podcast: Download

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EEVblog #1238 – Vion: The World’s Worst Multimeter!

You think a $2 multimeter is bad? A review of the Kickstarter & Indiegogo Vion bluetooth multimeter that promised the world. Grab your popcorn for a master class in idiotic product design. The world’s worst multimeter. The original thread Forum HERE Podcast: Download

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EEVblog #1235 – DSO Alternate Trigger Trickery

Most modern DSO’s don’t have Alternate Triggering, but Dave shows you how to do it anyway! This allows you to trigger on and view and anaylse two otherwise asynchronous time un-correlated signals on the screen at once. Also a look at Dual Time Base oscilloscopes. Oscilloscope Tutorial Video Playlist Forum …

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EEVblog #1234 – MORE Epic Solar Roadways FAIL!

It just never ends! Two days after I posted my last solar roadways video, details and photos emerge of another two recent epic failures of the new SolaRoad installations in the Netherlands. A trial with buses and trucks results in failures within a week and cancellation of the project. Now …

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EEVblog #1233 – The Demise Of Solar Roadways

The inevitable demise of Solar Roadways in France, China, and the Netherlands. But Solar Freak’n Roadways won’t go down without a fight!, not that it was ever in the ring, apart from starting this whole boondoggle concept. Forum HERE Podcast: Download

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EEVblog #1232 – Add Web Access To Old Instruments!

A look at the KISS-488 GPIB to Ethernet adapter that lets you add a web based user interface, HPGL plotter emulator, and Telnet interface to old instruments with a GPIB interface. And you might even get some extra resolution out of those old instruments too! GPIB Telnet Data logger program …

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EEVblog #1229 – Mailbag

SPOILERS:TomTom XL GPS teardown9:26 Casio RM-9850 graphing Calculator18:15 40th Anniversary of the 6809 and a special demo boardhttps://gitlab.com/dfffffff/gcc68096809 gcc compiler23:14 Japanese Anime and various prototype boardshttps://gerbolyze.jaseg.net32:34 WebFPGA Beginner web based FPGA development system Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanmjacobs/webfpga-rapid-fpga-development-systemRaspberry Pi Zero aluminium case121GW Multimeter holder Podcast: Download

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