The 6 month test results for the Solar Roadways Solaroad.nl solar bike path project in the Netherlands are in. Dave compared the results to three local rooftop solar system and debunks the recent media reports that the project produces more power than was expected and that the solar roadway are …
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Fundamental Friday Dave explains why some designs have electrolytic capacitors connected in parallel. The answer is more in-depth than you might think. 9 reasons are given and explained, and then some thermal camera fun on the bench. Rubycon capacitor datasheet: http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/1910904.pdf NOTE: Video #741 has been skipped for a reason. …
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Dave unboxes the LitePlacer SMD Pick & Place machine kit. Forum HERE Podcast: Download
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Dave scores an old Philips/ATL HDI3000 Ultrasound machine. Will it boot? User Manual Service Manual
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Dave opens some of the 332 coffee tins full of hardware parts he scored at an ebay auction. What’s inside? Forum HERE World’s biggest component collection video HERE Podcast: Download
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What’s inside a professional digital audio mixer? Dave opens a Yamaha DME32 Digital Mixing Engine with multi-channel 24bit audio ADC and DAC and custom DSP processing. Sony video effects unit teardown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9lZ2-a1P-E User Manual: http://www2.yamaha.co.jp/manual/pdf/pa/english/signal/DME32E.pdf Datasheets: WM8740 OP275 4580 2115 Xilinx CPLD Hires teardown photos: Podcast: Download
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Dave uncovers that has to be one of the world’s biggest and most meticulously sorted collections of vintage electronic components! And all this sold for $405 on ebay! Forum HERE Photos: Podcast: Download
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A quick hack turns a Flir TG165 Thermal camera into the worlds first thermal IR imaging camera watch! Makerbot 3D printer action, and a trap for young players with LCD ribbon cables. FLIR TG165 Thermal Imager Teardown Video Forum HERE Podcast: Download
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Another movie length Mailbag. What have people sent in this week? Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-735-mailbag/ SPOILERS: Why are cheap Ebay LED light bulbs so bad? Dave investigates why some of them are doomed to fail. DaveCAD and thermal camera time. Datasheet for example LED CPM700 Countersurveillance unit from Research Electronics Inc for …
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Meet David2, the first EEVblog employee.
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Dave takes a quick look at the first run Kickstarter developer prototype 360 degree waterproof HD camera from Giroptic It produces real time 360deg 30fps MP4 video with spatial audio 360deg video on youtube is HERE Kickstarter Project http://360.tv/ Forum HERE Podcast: Download
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Mailbag time again. What have people sent in this week? SPOILERS: AUD$5500 transfer standard 10k resistor in a box from Wekomm! Holy Xeon ECC server memory Batman! AC/DC Back To The Future T-Shirt HeartSine Samaritan Pad Heat Defibrillator K band radar system Forrest Mims Radio Shack books Forrest Mims Amp …
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Fundamentals Friday What is Sheet Resistance? Did you know that the resistance of a square copper PCB trace is the same regardless of the size? Dave explains the theory behind this rather counter-intuitive concept called Sheet Resistance, and demonstrates that it is in fact true. What is the ohms per …
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Youtube are offering a new paid subscription service for viewers who want to watch their videos ad-free. The catch for Youtube Partners & Content Producers is that it looks as though this is *compulsory* to join and agree to in order to continue to get monetisation on your videos! Dave …
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Inside the new Keithley DMM7510 7.5 Digit Bench Multimeter What gives this unit it’s superb 14ppm/1year accuracy specification? What construction techniques have they used? How and why are Fluke so heavily involved? What considerations are given to the power supply and isolation aspects? How does it compare with the cheaper …
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