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The Portable Kinetic Molecular Heater is an obvious SCAM. We shouldn’t have to look at why, but let’s do it anyway. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1585-scam!-portable-kinetic-molecular-heater-busted/ 00:00 – Portable Kinetic Molecular Heater 01:06 – Yep, it’s a scam 03:06 – A look at the ridiculous website claims 06:31 – It can heat your …

The US Department of Transport have authorised a $250M grant program to fund Wireless EV charging roads. A look at the pilot program in Detroit Michigan with the startup company Electreon: https://electreon.com/ 00:00 – Wireless EV road charging in Detroit 01:15 – $250M funding from the US Department of Transport! …

A practical demonstration on how to use advanced oscillocope trigger features to trigger on an unsynchronised infrequent runt/glitch pulse. Includes Pulse/Glitch, Runt, Interval, Zone triggering, and infinite persistence display, and waveform update speed demonstrated and explained. Using the Rohde & Schwarz MXO4, Siglent SDS2154X HD, Keysight 3000T, Tektronix Series 2, …

A look at the FNIRSI DPOX180H 180MHz Handheld Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope for $123. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005564788266.html https://eevblog.store/products/eevblog-bm036-ac-dc-clamp-meter Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1582-fnirsi-dpox180h-180mhz-dpo-for-$123/ Podcast: Download

Elon Musk just announced that the Tesla Roadster is now open source! Do we get schematics? Let’s have a look… https://service.tesla.com/roadster Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Cw3GVXl44 Podcast: Download

More Mailbag! 00:00 – Mailbag Monday time 01:42 – T-88C Analog Multimeter https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DEojyDp 07:26 – Teardown 12:11 – PCB proto boards from Jon Newcomb http://www.jnewcomb.com/ https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/jon_newcomb 19:02 – 1990 Tandy Catalog from Ant Cross https://www.youtube.com/@ANTandTEC 28:04 – Alcatel S12 Line Test Card Podcast: Download

The Nuclear Diamond Battery that made a huge marketing splash back in Aug 2020 and raised $1.2M in funding, NDB Inc and it’s founder Nima Golsharifi is now being sued by the SEC for fraud. No product ever existed, no testing was ever done, and they had no customers. Oopsie! …

A multimeter without any screws? A 1990’s vintage Metrix MX44 multimeter torn down, tested and calibration adjusted. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1578-the-screwless-multimeter-metrix-mx44-teardown-calibration/ Podcast: Download

Kathy Joseph from Kathy Loves Physics joins me on The Amp Hour to discuss history and physics and we end up discussing the intricate history of the development of the Cathode Ray Tube. Read Kathy’s Book The Lightning Tamers: https://tinyurl.com/TheLightningTamers https://www.youtube.com/@KathyLovesPhysics Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1577-history-of-cathode-ray-tubes-with-kathy-joseph/ Podcast: Download

Easy repair and teardown of the rather obscure Tektronix DMM916 Multimeter. Ebay auction: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/225848873343 Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1576-tektronix-dmm916-multimeter-teardown-(easy)-repair/ Podcast: Download

TIPA: The World’s Most Efficient Solar Panel raised £293,000 on Indiegogo and Kickstarter, AND also got a UK government innovation grant for £560,000! They claim 3 times the power output of regular solar panels by using mirrors to reflect the light back on the solar cells (TIPA: Total Internal Photonic …

Is a $42 Fluke multimeter any good? The Fluke 101 reviewed. https://tinyurl.com/Fluke101 A thanks from Zotek founder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I7m43RyVWU Pocket Multimeter shootout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCFEonQDkQU Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1574-is-the-$42-fluke-101-multimeter-any-good/ 00:00 – A $42 Fluke? 00:43 – Made in China, and the infamous Fluke 19 01:27 – Fluke 101 vs 106 vs 107 02:00 – Comaprison …

How a Rotary (Angle) Pulse Encoder works. This is entirely different to the normal quadrature phase encoder you have used before. A teardown from the Haefely Trench PESD 1600 ESD Tester. Unboxing & Testing video of 16kV ESD tester: https://www.eevblog.com/2023/10/13/exclusive-haefely-esd-gun-unboxing/ Pointless video about toggle switches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1C0qz8fR_U Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog1573-teardown-how-a-rotary-(angle)-pulse-encoder-works/ 00:00 – …

Teardown and Part 1 repair of a Haefely Trench PESD1600 16kV ESD tester. If you can help identify the rotary encoder at 25:52 that would be awesome! Unboxing and testing: https://www.eevblog.com/2023/10/13/exclusive-haefely-esg-gun-unboxing/ Forum thread for the rotary encoder: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/repair/help-finding-rotary-encoder/ Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1572-haefely-16kv-esd-tester-teardown-repair-part-1/ Podcast: Download

EXCLUSIVE video: Haefely ESD Gun Unboxing