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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

Bumper mailbag! Send stuff to: EEVblog Mailbag PO Box 7949 Norwest NSW 2153 AUSTRALIA 00:00 – Mailbag 00:18 – Barry Marshall, Nobel Prize Winner returns a faulty 121GW 🙁 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPLA69a5OOU 02:54 – Nobel Prize Chocolates 03:53 – Faulty 121GW 09:04 – TI SR-51 calculator from 1974 http://www.datamath.org/Sci/WEDGE/sr-51.htm 19:55 – TI …

Tesla unveiled to much fanfare, a DIESEL electric train to carry workers to and from their Berlin Gigafactory. LOL! Dave runs the numbers on whether or not they could have used a Battery Electric Train (BEMU) instead of diesel electric. And could they have powered it from the solar panels …

More mailbag! DIY Open Source Ploopy Headphones: https://ploopy.co/headphones/ EEtackle Probe Holder: https://www.eetackle.com/ Intertooth Wireless Bluetooth Networking Console : https://intertooth.com/ 00:00 – Mailbag 00:24 – Ploopy DIY Open Source Headphones 13:32 – EEtackle Probe Holder 18:18 – Intertooth Wireless Bluetooth Networking Console Podcast: Download

A Tesla Megapack 2.0 battery is on fire at the 100MWh Genex battery storage facility at Bouldercombe in Queensland. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-27/tesla-battery-fire-at-queensland-renewable-energy-project/102905302 https://wattclarity.com.au/articles/2023/09/27sept-bouldercombe-bess-fire/ https://www.afr.com/companies/energy/fire-at-genex-power-battery-project-in-qld-a-rare-occurrence-20230927-p5e7ym https://cleantechnica.com/2022/05/13/heres-what-tesla-learned-from-last-years-megapack-fire-in-australia/ https://genexpower.com.au/renew-economy-genex-eyes-trebling-of-revenue-says-new-battery-already-sopping-up-negative-prices/ Victoria Big Battery Fire Investigation Report: https://victorianbigbattery.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/VBB-Fire-Independent-Report-of-Technical-Findings.pdf Podcast: Download

Does the $1200 IONA Tech StatIQ wireless ESD monitor band actually work? or is it just BS? And if so, how does it work? IONA Tech video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Uzo5qL4JM Wiresless ESD strap BUSTED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvgW5iWXbts ESD Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk5F3rQNUkU ESD Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvOlSehNtuHsKCtJJ_rlRP5qE7lN-1EMX Mud Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAahT8_P-_E DIY Field Mill project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTncxhQp9z0 Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1567-wireless-esd-monitor-the-iona-statiq-band-tested/ 00:00 …

Has the new Rigol DHO800 and DHO900 oscilloscope changed the game in low end scopes? Starts at $299 with 12bit ADC, HDMI, VESA mount, and USB-C power. Teardown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQF4UzLPpr0 Fan upgrade test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoyaHOqp9gI DIY Battery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbBq1AVIQAc Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/rigols-new-dho800-oscilloscope-unbox-teardown/ 00:00 – History of game changing Rigol Oscilloscopes 03:27 – All the …

A tour of one of the electronics teaching labs and the makerspace at arguably the best electronics engineering university in Australia, UNSW. With Associate Professor Torsten Lehmann. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/university-of-nsw-electronics-lab-makerspace-tour/ 00:00 – A tour of the UNSW electronic lab with Torsten Lehmann 02:57 – Why they chose the R&S RTB2000 oscilloscope …

A very interesting repair of an Agilent/Keysight U1273AX OLED display multimeter. It had two distinct unrelated faults. Ian Scott Johnston on The Amp Hour: https://theamphour.com/643-calibration-repair-with-ian-johnston/ Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1564-agilentkeysight-u1273ax-multimeter-repair/ 00:00 – Faulty Agilent / Keysight U1273AX OLED display multimeter 01:36 – Battery leakage, OF COURSE! 04:26 – Bottom of PCB 05:47 – …

Teardown of the new $389 12bit Rigol DHO800 oscilloscope! Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1563-new-$389-12bit-rigol-dho800-scope-teardown/ EXCLUSIVE Unboxing and first impressions video: https://www.eevblog.com/2023/09/01/website-exclusive-rigol-hdo800-oscilloscope-unboxing/ HDO1000 Teardown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEpkVa_ysaw HDO4000 Teardown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1Jl0rMRGSg Teardown photos: 00:00 – Rigol’s NEW $389 DHO800 12 bit Oscilloscope! 02:43 – USB-C Powered 03:19 – Teardown of the Small Sparrow, and the DHO900 06:39 …

The Rigol DHO800 might very well be a revolution in the entry level oscilloscope market. 12bit, touch screen, HDMI, VESA mount, USB-C powered starting from from US$329 This is NUTS! And it’s super cute. Are 8 bit scopes DEAD?

Teardown of THE 1980’s Boombox / Ghetto Blaster, the iconic Sharp GF-7600 That boombox from the iconic scene with John Cusak in Say Anything playing Peter Gabriel’s In Your Eyes Unboxing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=381wHMamsYQ Sony Walkman teardown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0B4CWfYE8I Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1562-the-1980s-boombox-teardown-sharp-gf-7600/ TEARDOWN PHOTOS: Podcast: Download

Part 21 of the uSupply USB power supply design. An update on where the project got to and why. A look at the working unit, PCB and schematic. Design series Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE37A0E6F75C37452 Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1561-usupply-usb-power-supply-part-20/ Podcast: Download

Tech Tip: How to use you Arbitrary Waveform Generator as a High Resolution DC Voltage Source! Siglent teardown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijb_SzJ9Fs0 Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1560-tip-use-your-arb-gen-as-a-high-resolution-dc-voltage-source!/ Podcast: Download