EEVblog #1154 – Surprising 4K Dumpster TV Fault
A surprising fault in the 4K LG Dumpster TV. Using the block diagram and schematic to track down the likely culprit and reflowing the BGA’s in an attempt to fix the fault. Forum HERE
EEVblog #1153 – 1970’s Programmable Calculator Teardown
Let’s do some programming, early 1970’s style with a teardown of the Canon Canola SX-100 Programmable Calculator Forum HERE
EEVblog #1152 – 240V-120V = Magic Smoke!
Dave’s 120V Weller WE1010 released the magic smoke when plugged into 240V… PEBKAC for sure, but a potentially dangerous design flaw too? Forum HERE
EEVblog #1151 – Dumpster Dive Yamaha Receiver
Dave finds a sweet Yamaha RX-V579 surround sound receiver with all the bell and whistles in the dumpster! Forum HERE Update video:
EEVblog #1150 – Electrostatic Speaker Teardown
How do Electrostatic loadspeakers work? Teardown of the BenQ Trevolo S Electrostatic bluetooth speaker. Forum HERE
EEVblog #1149 – How An Electrostatic Whiteboard Works
How an electrostatic adhesion Coulomb Force whiteboard works. Plus teardown and measurement. https://amzn.to/2DQNXRX http://justick.com Forum HERE
EEVblog #1148 – Mailbag
Mailbag Monday Yes, I know the lighting and sound isn’t great yet in the new lab, working on it. Forum HERE SPOILERS: Awesome recreations of the Byte front covers https://www.galacticstudios.org/byte-magazine-cover/ http://www.vintagefreeware.
EEVblog #1146 – New Rigol MSO5000 Oscilloscope
World Exclusive! A teardown and quick look at the new lower cost mid-range 70-350MHz Phoenix chipset based Rigol MSO5000 mixed signal oscilloscope, to be release on the 13th Nov. Stating at US$909. How does it compare to the 7000 series scope just rele...
EEVBlog #1145 – Dumpster Diving 4K TV!
Dave finds a 65″ 4K UHD LG LCD TV in the dumpster! Will it work? Bonus teardown included. Forum https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1145-dumpster-diving-4k-tv/
EEVblog #1144 – Padauk Programmer Reverse Engineering
David looks at the pins on the Padauk PMS150 programmer for potential reverse engineering. TLDR; It doesn’t look easy to reverse engineer this protocol, it’s messy with lots of voltage levels, as Padauk said it would be.