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More Mailbag Forum HERE SPOILERS: Zhiyun Z1-Evolution 3-axis GoPro IMU based handheld image stabiliser gimbal from SkytechInnovation Nagle Industries Glow-Tie, RGB LED Bow-Tie Raspberry Pi Wombat Prototyping board From Kickstarter Casio FX-991EX Calculator with engineering notation display. Hobby Creek Third Hand Tool KVM switch teardown Podcast: Download

A behind the scenes walk-through of the Sydney Powerhouse Museum before the start of the Sydney 2015 Mini Maker Faire Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Interviews with various people at the 2015 Sydney Mini Maker Fair: Eora3D 3D Laser Scanner Breadboard Killer – Low cost prototype PCB’s Diffusion Science Radio Podcast UNSW Create Maker Group with a Robotic camera tracking Pacman system Kerbal space program custom hardware user interface from Robots & Dinosaurs Scale (Chain) …

Highlights tour of the 2015 Sydney Mini Maker Faire at the Powerhouse Museum. Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave checks out some vintage retro Power Mac G5 machines found in the dumpster. Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave shows why reflow soldering in a DIY oven can be tricky business for connectors and other parts, particularly ones designed only for through-hole soldering. Reflowing an existing board (and even new boards) can be fraught with danger. Phoenix Contact Connectors for SMT Production Through Hole Reflow Lead Free Solder …

PLEASE NOTE: The EEVblog website will be going down for at least a few hours on Thursday 20th (Sydney time) for a major upgrade. The site will be locked down from commenting etc Basically it’s a new custom WordPress template and a few associated things. This will make the site …

Dave & David2 have another go at repairing the dumpster dive 46″ Samsung LCD TV. This time a further teardown checking out the LCD panel TAB connections, and then reflowing the T-CON Timing Control board. You know how it ends. If you don’t like the lack of a happy ending, …

Dave finds a nice 46″ Samsung LED backlight LCD TV in the dumpster, will it work? What’s inside? Also I look at using the Inventables waterproof insulating solder sleeves NOTE: I think a wide nozzle heat gun must be used on these. The small one I used didn’t maintain enough …

Another in a series of battery tutorials, Dave explains how to correctly measure the battery cutout voltage of a product. And how to take internal resistance of a battery into account. And also a detailed response to a video from Batteriser claiming Dave is wrong in using a PSU to …

Dave answers a beginner forum question on why the Rigol DS1054Z oscilloscope does not show the intended vertical Volts/Div setting he expects. A trap for young and old players alike. 1X and 10X probes, and auto probe interfaces. The forum question is HERE Other related videos: EEVblog #601 – Why …

Come on a ride as Dave repairs an intermittent Keithley 177 Microvolt DMM, garden paths and all. Service manual & Schematic ADC Datasheet 555 Timer T-Shirt HERE Negative Feedback T-Shirt in the EU through Fabrily Forum HERE Podcast: Download

As the titles says, Negative Feedback T-Shirts are now available in the EU through Fabrily. This should work out cheaper for postage than ordering through Teespring in the US. CLICK HERE to get one.

A look at the Ultra Micron, the world’s smallest digital ionising radiation dosimeter, and it’s Open Source Hardware. Github page is HERE SBM-10 Russian Geiger-Muller Tube DATASHEET Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave opens his mail. A potpourri of items this week. Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-775-mailbag/ SPOILERS: The Ultra Micron world’s smallest digital dosimeter / Geiger counter, and it’s open source! Full teardown video HERE The Stick-Vise PCB Holder Russian nixie tube display The 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Telsa merch Buzz Aldrin’s Mission To …