Tag Archives: rant

Dave was looking forward to reviewing the new Extech RC200 SMD Tweezer Multimeter, until the damn thing tried to kill him. Now he’s, well, kinda mad!… The Cryrustek ES51928 DMM Chip: www.cyrustek.com.tw/spec/ES51928.pdf Podcast: Download

Drive time rant again. Dave begs beginners not to use PCB autorouters, and questions why the low end EDA CAD packages even bother to have them. Podcast: DownloadPodcast (podcast2): Download

Is the bad design of the IDEAL multimeter tilting bail really that a-typical? Should you expect to be able to poke the buttons on a multimeter while it’s standing up? Dave does some comparisons to find out. Podcast: Download

Bad Product Design 101: How to screw up your product with a simple design oversight. The IDEAL brand 61-342 looked like a nice multimeter until Dave tried to actually use it and discovered an epic product design FAIL! Podcast: Download

Drive time rant. Dave talks about how circuit design and prototyping can often come last in the design process. And talk on the upcoming live EEVblog show. Podcast: DownloadPodcast (podcast2): Download