eevBLAB 111 - The TMA Banning x1/x10 Switchable Probes?
The Test and Measurement Alliance have announced an effective ban on x1/x10 switchable scope probes with all new oscilloscopes going forward from Q3 2023. Do you agree? Signatories include practically every oscilloscope manufacturer! Keysight, Tektronix, Rohde & Schwarz, Lecroy, GW Instek, Siglent, Rigol, National Instruments, Hantek, Owon, Micsig and PicoScope.
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The Portable Kinetic Molecular Heater is an obvious SCAM.
We shouldn't have to look at why, but let's do it anyway.
Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1585-scam!-portable-kinetic-molecular-heater-busted/
00:00 - Portable Kinetic Molecular Heater
01:06 - Yep, it's a scam
03:06 - A look at the ridiculous website claims
06:31 - It can heat your entire home and melt the snow on your roof!
07:27 - Running the numbers on the Latent Heat equation.
12:05 - The BS comes in many flavours
15:14 - Teardown of the actual Portable Kinetic Molecular Heater
17:52 - Thermal camera test
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Solar Freakin' Roofs!
How viable is Tesla's Solar Roof concept?
What did Elon Musk not mention at the product launch?
How efficient are they?
How much energy is required to manufacture them?
https://www.tesla.com/solar
Energy required for existing roof construction: http://buildforliving.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/BR-Roof-Tiles-For-Living.pdf
International Energy Agency on Efficiency: http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/tracking_emissions.pdf
US Government on PV Energy Payback: http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy05osti/37322.pdf
List of solar single companies that have gone bust: https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/A-Note-to-Elon-Musk-And-The-Brothers-Rive-on-The-Integrated-Solar-Roof
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Retro teardown of the 1987 Cambridge Z88 notebook computer from Clive Sinclair
Running the OZ operating system, Pipedream application, and BBC BASIC
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Dave gives his first impression of Altium's new FREE PCB design tool for the maker community, Circuit Maker.
What are the limitations?
What do you get?
http://www.circuitmaker.com/
Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-754-altium-circuit-maker-first-impressions/
Altium Entry Level PCB Tool Rant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GjBFQgVWv0
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An explanation of near-field vs far-field in relation to EMC compliance testing.
H-field magnetic probes vs e-field electric probes.
Explanation extraction from video #1176
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Jonathan Oxer from Freetronics talks about the Ardusat project and shows his Arduino based cluster board for running Arduino sketches in space at the Melbourne Connected Community Hackerspace
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http://www.freetronics.com/pages/ardusat-the-arduino-satellite
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Dave checks out some vintage retro Power Mac G5 machines found in the dumpster.
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