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Dave answer a question from the forum: “How does a hobbyist go about getting a product designed?” Forum DISCUSSION

How did you do video editing in the 1990’s? With an $80k Panasonic WJ-MX1200 NLE video editing box, that’s how. Dave takes a look inside. Forum HERE Hires Teardown Photos: Podcast: Download

Dave plays with a little known EDA package from Japan. This is NOT a review, it’s just Dave mucking around. Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Mystery Teardown Time Podcast: Download

Repair of the CPM700 Counter Surveillance Monitor (Bug Detector) Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Mailbag is back for 2017 Forum HERE SPOILERS: Educational kits from TronClub Electro-permanent magnet for UAV’s and drones from NicaDrone Cisco VOIP phone teardown 1980’s GE Cordeless phone teardown Open source USB charger STM32 Development board Max Chan is for HIRE Podcast: Download

The Batteriser / Batteroo AAA sleeve tested in a toy train passive load and the results analysed! Does the Batteriser finally live up to the claims of increased performance in passive loads? or is it a complete turkey? More videos to come… Full train test footage in a single take …

How to hack a calculator into a test system event counter. Previous video on contact debouncing and using a universal counter HERE Forum HERE Podcast: Download

How do you debounce a clapping monkey? Probes The Monkey makes his return. All about contact debouncing, setting up a universal counter as an event counter, and other issues that can arise on a seemingly simple test setup. Forum HERE Podcast: Download

A mystery Mailbag teardown item! Forum HERE Podcast: Download

XMAS Mailbag T-Shirts HERE Forum HERE SPOILERS: Tritium powered nuclear battery from NurdRage Blackberry Playbook Tablet Teardown Sony Video & Audio Editing System 1990’s style www.youtube.com/user/lexonacid TinyLabs 125KHz RFID keyfob cloning device from TinyLabs 0603 Resistor Kit TinyGrill Telematics Gateway (Dodge Charger 2011) Teardown Cicso GLC-SX-MM Multi-Mode fibre optic module …

Dave shows you how to setup, measure and generate an Efficiency vs Load Current characteristic curve for a DC-DC converter, just like you see in the datasheets. Several traps for young players are discussed, along with plotting Logarithmic axis charts in a spreadsheet. Electronic Load Kit BM235 Multimeter: http://amzn.to/2hJp78T Rigol …

How does a Countersurveillance Monitor (a.k.a Bug Detector) works to sweep a room for bugs? Teardown of the Research Electronics CPM-700 Also a look at the NSA “LoudAuto” radar retro-reflector spy bug, and some cold war ear Soviet embassy espionage. NSA Spy Devices Brochure Talking Electronics FM Bugs Forum HERE …

What’s inside the world’s first portable microcomputer? The Osborne 1 from Osborne Computer Corporation torn down. An Adam Osborne and Lee Felsenstein design. ROM Dumps HERE and HERE Field Service Manual Technical Manual Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave shows you how you can set up an electronics lab for only a few hundred bucks. Multimeter, oscilloscope, power supply, function generator, soldering station, solder, wire, tools, microscope and magnifier, and components. The previous video HERE Forum HERE Links: UT136B Multimeter OWON VDS1022I USB Oscilloscope YiHUA 936 Soldering Station …