EEVblog #1354 – Compaq Portable Repair – Part 2
Dave breaths life into the old Compaq Portable from 1984. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1354-compaq-portable-repair-part-1/
EEVblog #1353 – WHY Are These Pins Shorted?
Eagle eyed viewers spotted a short between two pins on a TQFP chip in the previous teardown video. This isn’t a dodgy assembly issue, it’s a deliberate design short, Dave explains how and why. Solder masks and snap grids. Forum: https://www.eevblog.
EEVblog #1352 – Aircraft Transponder TEARDOWN!
Teardown of a Made in Australia MicroAir T2000 aircraft transponder. http://microair.com.au/products/26/T2000SFL-Transponder-Rev8- Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1352-aircraft-transponder-teardown!/
EEVblog #1351 – Mailbag
Mailbag time! Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1351-mailbag/ Mailbag bench images to: eevblog+mailbag@gmail.com SPOILERS: 00:00 – GPS Tracker Battery Leak 06:47 – Guest RF Lab – Chuck Kummer W7CLK 09:46 – Marklin HO scale railway turno...
EEVblog #1350 – Fake Energizer Batteries?
Were the Made in USA Energizer Max Plus AAA batteries in the previous leaking battery video FAKE? Dave found an identical genuine one and inspects and tears them down. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1350-fake-energizer-batteries/msg3...
EEVblog #1349 – Energizer Battery Leakage – MADE IN USA!
Dave caught a rare sight, an alkaline battery leakage in the potassium hydroxide liquid form before it had time to crystalise. This time in a Made in USA Energizer Max Plus AAA alkaline battery. Forum: https://www.eevblog.
EEVblog #1348 – World’s First IBM Compatible PC – The Compaq Portable
A look at and teardown of the world’s first IBM PC compatible PC, the Compaq Portable. Also some meter and oscilloscope part 1 repair action… Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1348-worlds-first-ibm-compatible-pc-the-compaq-portable/
EEVblog #1347 – SMD Thermal Jumpers could be GAME CHANGING!
New SMD Thermal Jumper parts could radically change your PCB thermal designs! https://www.vishay.com/docs/60157/thjp.pdf https://atceramics.com/userFiles/uploads/pdfs/Q-BRIDGE.pdf Forum: https://www.eevblog.
EEVblog #1346 – How An Infrared Optical Touch Screen Works
Dave tears down and investigates a Dell infrared IR optical touch screen monitor found in the dumpster. Infrared touch screen are not often used in consumer computer monitor applications compared to resistive and capacitive touch screen technologies.
EEVblog #1345 – HP DV7 Laptop Repair
Dave fixes a thermal issue with his old video editing laptop, a HP Pavilion dv7 Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1345-hp-dv7-laptop-repair/