Dave reviews the 4th Generation Amazon Kindle Touch Ebook Reader.
See the previous Kindle Non-Touch Review here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0wv6_GSg1A
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vCFUynNFDg
Dave takes a quick look at the spectacularly cheap $20 DPS series CC/CV modules from RD Tech.
How to make a 30V 3A bench power supply with 1mA resolution constant current limiting and multi function display using a junk bin enclosure and a junked plugpack or old computer power supply.
The DPS3003 30V 3A module in particular.
RDtech Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy73jJ5-ZqhPzT7wJ6KTIaw
Aliexpress Store: https://rdtech.aliexpress.com/store/923042
Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1030-$20-diy-bench-power-supply!/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw2AjcczHg4
Another ebay score.
Dave tears down a HP4263A LCR Meter.
How an LCR Meter works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs2MfTW4o_Q
Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-757-hp4263a-lcr-meter-teardown/
4263A Datasheet:
http://www.testequipmenthq.com/datasheets/Agilent-4263A-Datasheet.pdf
4263A User Manual:
http://literature.cdn.keysight.com/litweb/pdf/04263-90001.pdf?id=722686
4263B service manual: http://www.doe.carleton.ca/~nagui/labequip/lcr/4263B_Service%20Manual.pdf
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73AWJSugx3o
Mailbag is back.
With bonus soldering and breadboard action, and Whia vs Swisstools shootout!
The Postcards: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjnZeFE_3Cs
Capacitive touch sense IC's: http://www.azoteq.com/
http://gerrysweeney.com/
http://gerrysweeney.com/seven-decade-programmable-resistor-a-low-cost-solution/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-l2tA8YSR8
Part 7 of Microphone Technology with Doug Ford, former head designer at Rode Microphones.
This video Doug takes you through the design of the Rode NT3 and NT1000 microphone designs.
There is a ton of stuff in here:
Closed loop unity gain JFET and bipolar follow circuits.
Bootstrapping out miller capacitance.
JFET biasing.
How to eliminate expensive high value resistors.
How to add a bridged-T network to add marketing "pizazz" to a microphone.
How to stop oscillation in closed loop systems.
How to test and design closed loop systems for stability.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niZizzHBanA
Dave tears down and attempts repair on a 1989 vintage Acorn Archimedes A3000 Computer, using the very first ARM processor, the Acorn RISC ARM v2
Service manual: http://acorn.chriswhy.co.uk/docs/Acorn/Manuals/Acorn_A3000SM.pdf
Reference Manual: http://acorn.chriswhy.co.uk/docs/Acorn/Manuals/Acorn_A3000TRM.pdf
Schematics: http://acorn.chriswhy.co.uk/docs/Acorn/Manuals/Acorn_A3000TRM_drawings.zip
Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-507-the-first-arm-computer-acorn-archimedes-a3000/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPq7OF3fkcE
I found 283 mains double adpters in the dumpster. What happens if you put them all in series with a 2kW load? I'm glad you asked!
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00:00 - I found 283 double adapters in the dumpster!
00:58 - We goofed it already
02:06 - Cable capaciitance
03:14 - Testing a 2kW load!
05:50 - DaveCalc, power loss per adapter
07:37 - Internal wiring and Teardown
09:56 - What is the resistance?
11:23 - Thermal camera test
14:06 - Ohmic Meditation
Dumpster Find: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37JniTa7uvg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cp28hIMP94
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.
http://www.flir.com/tg165/
FLIR TG165 Thermal Imager Teardown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFFXUc4Bwjs
Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-736-world's-first-ir-thermal-camera-watch/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMFNk9af1qA
Is this FNIRSI-5012H 100MHz bandwidth 500MS/s Handheld pocket oscilloscope any good?
Review + Teardown
http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/Lirr17DW
Mystery of x1 Oscilloscope Probes revealed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiAmER1OJh4
Reverse Engineering forum thread: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/reverse-engineering-fnirsi-5012h/
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