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What is this mystery bit of Sony equipment? It’s probably not what you think… A look at an obscure bit of niche industry gear. Actual teardown starts at 10:00 Forum HERE
What’s inside a DIP crystal oscillator module? A 2 minute teardown turns into 17 minutes, because, well, it’s Dave. Includes a revisit of the bypass capacitor video. Oscillator chip datasheet Forum HERE
The NTSB today released the report into the fatal Uber Autonomous car accident. TLDR; The RADAR, LIDAR, and cameras DID detect and classify pedestrian bicycle correctly. The system DID determine that emergency braking was required. But Uber disabled the systems emergency braking feature in autonomous mode. Uber also disabled Volvo’s inbuilt pedestrian safety detection system. ...
An unbelievable fault in Dave’s Alesis M1 Active 520USB powered studio monitor speaker. Can you discover the culprit before Dave does? This was supposed to be a boring trivial repair of a power LED, but it turned into something much more interesting. Forum HERE Teardown VIDEO
Dave looks at the 5 year data on his 3kW home solar power system. What was the payback period? And will adding a Tesla Powerwall 2 lithium ion battery energy storage solution be worthwhile? PVoutput data HERE Forum HERE Installation VIDEO Previous Update HERE
An in-depth practical visualisation of how bypass capacitors work at both high and low frequencies. Bulk decoupling capacitors vs bypass capacitors. Capacitor placement and types are tested and the results examined. How package inductance can have a large effect. Loop area and what is means, it’s impact on EMC emissions, and how currents flow in ...
Some quick extra tests on the 6 of the 14 pocket multimeters from Part 1 Which meter *won’t* survive testing? Forum HERE
14 pocket multimeters from $8 to $65 are torn down and compared for feature set and build quality. Ranging in price from $8 to $65, which one is the best in each price category? Part 2 coming tomorrow. Timestamps: 6:07 XB866 Wun Hung Lo 9:42 ANENG AN8203 15:47 $10 Shootout Summary 16:14 Uni-T UT10A 19:12 ...
What does the UL type approval compliance logo on consumer products mean? What about TUV, ETL, GS, CCC and other marks? Dave breaks down safety standards and compliance marks. Forum HERE
Pomona Precision Probes Mike’s Proto PCB Vincent Himpe’s website Surface Mount Technology Book Panasonic TV Schematic Forum Topic HERE