EEVblog #850 – French Wattway Solar Roadways BUSTED

This time it’s France and their governments ludicrous plan to install 1000km of Solar Roadways from French road building giant Colas Wattway. Dave breaks down yet again why this is pie-in-the-sky folly. Forum HERE Also an update on the 12 months test results of the SolaRoad.nl project in the Netherlands. …

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EEVblog #848 – Home Energy Savers BUSTED!

Dave debunks the home energy saver you can buy on ebay for a few dollars. Can a capacitor in a box really save you money by fixing the power factor of appliances? Or will it just end up costing you more? Dave does some measurements to bust the scam wide …

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EEVblog #847 – Mailbag

Mailbag. Dave opens his mail and tears down a bunch of random stuff. Forum HERE SPOILERS: Counterfeit copies of Art Of Electronics! Genuine copy is HERE How to detect the counterfeits Other Youtubers: Dexter’s Lab Carl’s Tech Shed Electromechanical vibrator from a chopper amplifier Polygraph machine amplifier teardown Fluke 70 …

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EEVblog #845 – Oscilloscope FFT Comparison

Dave compares the FFT modes on 7 different oscilloscopes: Rohde & Schwarz HMO1202 Series Tektronix MDO3000 Keysight 3000X Touch Lecroy WaveJet 354 Touch GW Instek GDS-1104B Rigol DS1054Z Rigol DS2000 Which is the best? Which one sucks the most? Forum HERE Podcast: Download

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EEVblog #843 – David’s rPrint 3D Printer Design

David tells us how he designed his rPrint 3D printer. A university project he has been working on for the last 9 months. Everything is custom, including the world’s lightest weight direct drive extruder head, Sarrus linkage build plate, linear rail guides, and his awesome bubble enclosure. Not to mention …

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EEVblog #841 – Microchip MPLAB X PICkit 3 Woes

Dave and David2 battle to get an old Microchip PICkit 3 working with MPLAB X talking to Dave’s new product. A tale of misery, rabbit holes, Murphy, facepalms, and ultimately success. You get a warts and all journey. A good example of how a tool that should have just worked, …

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EEVblog #839 – Mailbag

New 2016 Mailbag Bonanza with Sagan helping out. Forum HERE SPOILERS: A Kollsman Instruments MD-1 Automatic Astro inertial navigation system analog computer for a B-52 Stratofortress bomber! Article on the system HERE From The Geek Group Realistic CB Radio teardown and testing with a spectrum analyser. Silicon Labs Sensor Puck …

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