Dave’s Sony NEX VG30 camera, err, well, it broke… A quick partial teardown and fix. And a quick talk about the cameras Dave uses for the blog. Sony NX80 Sony A6300 Sony RX100 MKIV Forum HERE
Sagan assembles the RC2014 Mini retro Z80 computer kit running Microsft BASIC from 1978. But will it go to plan? Power up, testing and troubleshooting at 23:00 Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1205-rc2014-z80-computer-kit-build/ Sagan’s...
The new Samsung Galaxy Fold a folding OLED smartphone has failed spectacularly in the hands of early reviewers! What went wrong? Also, a rant about the pressures on reviewers from the manufacturers, Dave questions why Marques Brownlee won’t show his fa...
Dave repairs a classic Tektronix 400MHz 2465B oscilloscope that’s been sitting on the mailbag shelf for years. Arguably the greatest analog oscilloscope ever made. BONUS magic smoke escape! Although it was repaired to a functional level,
The previous LCD repair didn’t last very long. Redux time. Installing a new 240×64 LCD module in the PM300 Power Analyser wasn’t exactly a walk in the park.
Surely the world’s only Nobel Laureate electronics hobbyist! Dr Barry Marshall, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize for Medicine visits the EEVblog lab to sniff some vintage gear and discuss his Nobel prize winning discovery and treatment for stomach ulcers...
Are you getting ripped off with Energizer and Duracell D cell NiMH rechargeable batteries? Why is a D cell NiMh the same capacity or lower than the smaller C or even AA cell? Teardown time! Forum HERE
Teardown Tuesday Dave’s Samson C01U USB Microphone got caught up in the flood, let’s take a look inside. Forum HERE
Experimenting with etching your own PCB’s by concentrating existing ferric chloride levels in tap water. How well does it work? Forum HERE