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Marty! This is the big one, the one I’ve been waiting for all my life! Teardown of the classic Data IO Unisite Universal Programmer from the 1980’s, with a typical configuration selling for $35,000 It stayed in production for over 20 years. Forum HERE http://www.dataio.com/Company/About-Data-I-O/40th-Anniversary/1980s http://dataioinfo.dataio.com/support/manuals.asp http://www.paulswan.me/arcade/DataIOUnisite.htm http://matthieu.benoit.free.fr/dataio_unisite_programmer.htm UPDATE: From …

Just the product the world has been waiting for! A $7000 Internet of Things intelligent umbrella with GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, solar power, 360 camera, and an app. Someone liked the idea so much they invested $2M in seed funding. Throw in a bunch of patents and a dodgy Wikipedia page …

WIRED are looking for a new tech journalist, and this triggered something in Dave he just has to rant about. What about skepticism in tech journalism?

An update on the Quick 861DW, and probing its current consumption in comparison to the Atten 858D+ with the TTi I-Prober Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave reviews and tears down the $300 Quick 861DW hot air rework station. How much better is it than the $70 Atten 858D+ ? https://www.rossmanngroup.com/quick861dw Forum HERE Louis Rossmann’s video Podcast: Download

Dave investigates a problem with a recent batch of uCurrents, something that WASN’T supposed to happen! A rare look at a real world combination of design, manufacturing, production testing, and procurement problems. Forum HERE Follow-up fix HERE Podcast: Download

Dave looks at the Digilent Open Scope MZ Review, an $89 open source oscilloscope, logic analyser, and function generator. Forum HERE Podcast: Download

How to design a custom multiplexed LCD display. Dave takes you through what is required to design your own custom LCD display and what consideration you need for manufacturing and choosing an LCD display driver. Part 3 in the LCD Tutorial series. Forum HERE Podcast: Download

How does a PC read an old school analog joystick? It might be more interesting than you think. Or how to make an ADC out of a 555 Timer… IBM PC Jr Technical Reference Manual Tandy 1000 Technical Reference Manual Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Troubleshooting and attempted repair of a HP Envy touch PC found in the dumpster. Forum HERE

Dave looks at the biggest flop in 1980’s personal computers, the IBM PC Jr. Teardown and extensive walk-through of the main motherboard. Part 2 HERE Service Manual HERE Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Trap for young players, beware of crap quality banana plugs! Dave discovered his gold plated rotating spring leaf lantern style contact banana plugs are craptacular! Forum HERE Podcast: Download

In this guest video Mads Barnkob from the Kaizer Power Electronics channel tears down a vintage Sony BVP-7AP Video Camera. The construction might surprise you! Check out Mads’ channel HERE and subscribe!

In this guest video Kerry Wong tears down a vintage HP 8GHz TWT (Traveling-Wave Tube) Microwave Amplifier, and the actual Travelling Wave Tube itself and explains how it works. Service Manual Check out Kerry’s channel HERE

Brian is the one who wrote the ESP8266 Youtube library that I used in the Nixie Tube Sub Counter video series. Here he is showing you all sorts of cool libraries for the ESP8266 module in this guest video. Check out Brian’s channel HERE