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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?

This is just a test to see if WordPress can (again) auto-post to my Facebook EEVblog page I’ll add this embedded video too as a test:

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

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 …