A Teardown Bonanaza Mailbag! Fran Blanche is HERE Extra teardown HERE Forum HERE SPOILERS: Sinclair ZX Spectrum+ Lightsaber Chinon Genesis II Film Camera Morrow Apollo Aircraft GPS Morrow Apollo LORAN Navigation Receiver 1970’s 300A Navomatic Analog Autopilot Thrane & Thrane GSM Satellite Phone Podcast: Download
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A look inside a dumpster Keysight/Agilent N8762A 600V 8A System DC power supply. Where did the magic smoke escape from? PCB spark gap video HERE Forum HERE Podcast: Download
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Bumper Mailbag. Guest appearance by Sagan Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-813-mailbag/ SPOILERS: Sinclair / Thandar SC110 10MHz portable analog CRT oscilloscope form the 1980’s! Makerbeam by Chartup A mystery device from a Police auction from Rossin Corporation 10MHz TCXO reference clock generator AST3TQ TCXO datasheet Fitbit ripoff teardown CC2541 Bluetooth microcontroller datasheet MMA955L …
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Dave further investigates the Varta 15 minute NiMH batter charger. Mixed signal analysis with the new Keysight 3000T oscilloscope, and current tracing with the TTI iProber 520 positional current probe And some more reverse engineering. Forum HERE Podcast: Download
Read More »A look inside the Varta 15 minute 8A NiMH fast charger. A teardown and look at how it works and the circuit topology. Can Sanyo Eneloops be charged this fast too? Forum HERE Datasheets: Varta-AA-2100mah-56706-datasheet.pdf DTM4410.pdf tl494.pdf Podcast: Download
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What’s inside the Micsig MS310 100MHz 1GS/s isolated dual channel handheld oscilloscope? What mystery ADC does it use? David2 also makes an appearance. Forum HERE Datasheets: 8051 www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/cdcm61002.pdf www.intersil.com/content/dam/Intersil/documents/kad5/kad5510p-50.pdf www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tms320c6748.pdf www.issi.com/WW/pdf/61NLP_NVP12836B_25618A.pdf Podcast: Download
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Mailbag Monday Dave opens his mail, just in time for the Back To The Future 30th anniversary! October 21st 2015 Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-809-mailbag/ SPOILERS: http://www.radiomods.co.nz Back To The Future October 21st 2015 CNC Crafted OUTATIME number plate VIDEO Cheap boost converters ZX Spectrum USB Keyboard conversion kit Tons of retro computers …
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Dave goes through his original 35yo component draws before tossing them out! Forum HERE
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Dave repairs a dumpster Fluke 196 Scopemeter handheld oscilloscope that has a faulty LCD screen. Forum HERE How to repair a faulty hot bar LCD screen flat flex cable connection. Service Manual with full schematics Podcast: Download
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The $30BN+ National Broadband Network (NBN) was supposed to catapult Australia into being a world leader in internet communications. How’s it looking so far for businesses that drive the Australian economy? Dave looks at the roll-out map to see if the NBN is in any business parks in Sydney yet. …
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More Mailbag Items from Lithuania, Israel & Shermer Illinois! Forum HERE SPOILERS: JigMod Kickstarter A Breadboarding prototyping system Lumintop Tool AAA Keychain LED Torch/Flashlight 1992 Sony Video-8 Camcorder Fluke 196 100MHz 1GS/s Scopemeter And a security networking chip teardown Podcast: Download
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Dave takes a look at the new Siglent SDG2122X / SDG2042X Arb Generator and compares it to the Rigol DG4162 and the older Siglent SDG5082. 1.2GS/s arb gen for US$499! Including some performance measurements on the Tektronix MDO3000 spectrum analyser. Thanks to Trio Test & Measure Forum HERE Podcast: Download
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The new Siglent SDG2122X X-Series Arb Function Generator Teardown Now in 4K resolution option. Trio Test & Measure Forum HERE Datasheets: http://www.ti.com/product/am3352 http://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/AD9122-EP.pdf http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/ths3095.pdf https://www.altera.com/content/dam/altera-www/global/en_US/pdfs/literature/ds/en2342qi_09520.pdf http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/opa695.pdf http://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/AD8510_8512_8513.pdf Podcast: Download
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Follow Dave as he tracks down an elusive intermittent thermal fault in a HP1740A analog oscilloscope. Can you figure out the culprit before Dave does? Part 1 HERE Forum HERE Warranty VOID T-Shirt Podcast: Download
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