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Just a quick update on an exciting big change coming to the blog… (YES, it was an April fools joke! Sorry, couldn’t resist!) Podcast: Download

The ingenious EEVblog viewers have finally cracked the Rigol DS1052E Oscilloscope. All you need is a serial port cable and you can turn your 50MHz DS1052E into the 100MHz DS1102E. Dave shows you step-by-step how easy it is, and that it does actually work. Rigol caught with their pants down ...

Dave goes on holidays to Hawaii and rants a little bit about a variety of things, yet ultimately manages to tie Sex Toys, big Telescopes, Cable TV, NTSC, UHF Modulation, Renewable Power Generation, and bad product design together in the one blog. Podcast: Download

Another drive-time rant. Dave laments the difference between designing oscilloscopes and selling them. Seek and ye shall find. Podcast: Download

Dave does a teardown of the Princeton Tec EOS headlamp and mods it with a new Cree XPG LED. Throw in a quick reverse engineer of the circuit, gratuitous scope shots, torturing a thermistor, a practical demonstration of why you really do need 5 multimeters on your bench, and as ...