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More Mailbag. Forum HERE SPOILERS: “Hole warmer” sex toy! A documentary on “maskers” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/08/secrets-of-the-living-dolls_n_4561580.html?ir=Australia PIC USB development board Schmartboard Schmartpatch Flexible SMD repair patches USB to serial converter Silicon Labs Happy Gecko EPM32 Development Board Podcast: Download

In a world first Dave takes an initial first impressions look at the new Siglent 1000X Series 200MHz entry level oscilloscope. What do you get for US$499? How does it compare to the Rigol DS2000 Series? TrioTest stock them in Australia Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave checked out the Leica DVM6 3D microscope at the Electronex 2015 stand. It’s an $80000 microscope that can do automated 3D surface mapping and measurements of surfaces, down to sub 1 micron. Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave visits Electronex 2015 in Melbourne, Australia’s biggest electronics trade show. Forum HERE Links: Micsig handheld oscilloscopes Visus inspection microscope Vicom Australia Low noise 70GHz 220GS/s oscilloscopes from Tektronix Keithley 4200 Semiconductor Charcterisation System Fine Mark Design PCB Designers Würth Electronics Trilogy Of Magnetics Books Flea System FPGA based Arduino …

14yo Electronics hobbyist Ahmed Mohammed was arrested, handcuffed, and dragged away from his local school in Texas after brining a DIY clock to school so he could show his engineering skills to his teachers. They thought it was a hoax bomb and called the cops. Unfortunately for the idiot grown-ups …

After repairing the melted connectors on the processor board, will the dumpster dive Samsung LCD TV work? A quick follow-up video to this disaster HERE Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave takes a quick look at the Rohde & Schwarz HMO1002 Oscilloscope at their booth at the Electronex show. A small, light, fanless, entry level 50MHz mixed signal oscilloscope. Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave unboxes and takes a first look at the 500MHz Teledyne Lecroy Wavejet Touch 543 / Iwatsu 5600 series oscilloscope. And various comparisons with the Keysight 3000X, Tektronix MDO3000, GW Instek, and Rigol 4000 Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-792-lecroy-wavejet-touch-354-oscilloscope-review/ Podcast: Download

Dave scored a Fluke 45 on ebay, the world’s first dual display multimeter Does it work? What’s inside? Teardown photos: Service Manual HERE HD6303 Processor HERE Podcast: Download

Dave and other video bloggers have been getting paid-for targeted dislike thumbs down on their Batteriser related videos. Also, nasty accusations from the Batteriser fan page. How your Youtube channel and videos can be easily ruined by a disgruntled person with some money to spend. Paid Likes, Paid Dislikes, and …

Take a look inside the 500MHz 4 channel Teledyne Lecroy WaveJet Touch 354 oscilloscope. a.k.a An Iwatsu DS-5600, made in Japan http://cdn.teledynelecroy.com/files/pdf/wavejet-touch-fact-sheet.pdf https://www.iti.iwatsu.co.jp/en/products/ds/ds5600/ds5600_top_e.html Datasheets: Ti ADC08D1000 1GS/s ADC LMH6518 Variable Gain Amplifier 4 bank Synchronous DRAM Renesas SuperH Processor Lattice ECP2 FPGA Lattice Mach XO CPLD Teardown Photos: Podcast: Download

Dave shows why power supplies are no different to batteries when determining cutoff voltage, busting the claim of Batteriser using their own monkey experiment. It shows the incorrect method used by Batteriser to come to their false conclusion. Discharge testing of alkaline batteries is performed, and correct probing of the …

Dave compares Dailymotion to Youtube to see if it’s worth uploading his videos there. How does the CPM compare? Can you make money uploading to Dailymotion? How many views does Youtube get compared to Dailymotion?

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Vintage retro teardown of an original Apple IIC Schematics Technical Reference Manual Forum HERE Podcast: Download