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TIPA: The World’s Most Efficient Solar Panel raised £293,000 on Indiegogo and Kickstarter, AND also got a UK government innovation grant for £560,000! They claim 3 times the power output of regular solar panels by using mirrors to reflect the light back on the solar cells (TIPA: Total Internal Photonic Absorption). They claim 80% of …

Is a $42 Fluke multimeter any good? The Fluke 101 reviewed. https://tinyurl.com/Fluke101 A thanks from Zotek founder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I7m43RyVWU Pocket Multimeter shootout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCFEonQDkQU Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1574-is-the-$42-fluke-101-multimeter-any-good/ 00:00 – A $42 Fluke? 00:43 – Made in China, and the infamous Fluke 19 01:27 – Fluke 101 vs 106 vs 107 02:00 – Comaprison with ANENG AN8008 03:03 – …

How a Rotary (Angle) Pulse Encoder works. This is entirely different to the normal quadrature phase encoder you have used before. A teardown from the Haefely Trench PESD 1600 ESD Tester. Unboxing & Testing video of 16kV ESD tester: https://www.eevblog.com/2023/10/13/exclusive-haefely-esd-gun-unboxing/ Pointless video about toggle switches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1C0qz8fR_U Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog1573-teardown-how-a-rotary-(angle)-pulse-encoder-works/ 00:00 – This is NOT a regular …

Teardown and Part 1 repair of a Haefely Trench PESD1600 16kV ESD tester. If you can help identify the rotary encoder at 25:52 that would be awesome! Unboxing and testing: https://www.eevblog.com/2023/10/13/exclusive-haefely-esg-gun-unboxing/ Forum thread for the rotary encoder: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/repair/help-finding-rotary-encoder/ Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1572-haefely-16kv-esd-tester-teardown-repair-part-1/

Digital logic circuit simplification using Karnaugh Maps. How to use a visual method to solve boolean algebraic equations and truth tables. Part 5 of the digital logic design tutorial series. Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvOlSehNtuHs2LwEdDwTp3n7mxb-MyBbo Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevacademy-digital-design-series-part-5-karnaugh-maps/ 00:00 – Part 5 of the digital logic design tutorial series 02:15 – Solving a logic truth table algebraically 04:17 – ...

Part 3. Tour of the NASA Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex at Tidbinbilla, with Richard Stephenson https://twitter.com/nascom1 Links: GaN solid state amplifier: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20190028651/downloads/20190028651.pdf Deep Space Network information https://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/monograph/series10/03_Reid_chapt3.pdf https://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/monograph/series10/04_Reid_chapt4.pdf https://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/monograph/series10/05_Reid_chapt5.pdf Air exclusion zone: https://www.avsef.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-03/documents/nsw-act-nat_r430_tidbinilla_increase_in_transmitting_power_0.pdf Maser amplifier: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19940025169/downloads/19940025169.pdf X band uplink: https://ipnpr.jpl.nasa.gov/progress_report/42-87/87O.PDF 34M Beam Waveguide antenna: https://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/monograph/series4/Mono4_Ch6.pdf https://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/monograph/series4/Mono4_Ch7.pdf Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1547-contacting-the-voyager-2-space-probe/ 00:00 – Tour of the NASA ...

Part 2 – PINGing the Voyager 2 space probe. Inside the control room at the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex (CDSCC) while receving the Voyager 2 signal after a 30 hour PING time. A detailed look at the receiver control system screens. Follow Richard Stephenson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nascom1 Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1547-contacting-the-voyager-2-space-probe/

How do you contact the Voyager 2 space probe? PART 1: A detailed explanation by Richard Stephenson from the NASA Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex in Canberra on how the 70m DSS-43 dish at the CDSCC is used to still contact the Voyager 2 probe. You can follow Richard on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nascom1 NOTE: This video ...

Teardown of a professional military grade industrial 4K DLP projector. The build quality and over-engineering is just nuts. This Projection Design F35 WQXGA Projector costs $30k And a look at how Digital Light Processing micromirror devices work under the microscope. Links: https://www.projectorcentral.com/pdf/projector_spec_5408.pdf https://www.projectorcentral.com/pdf/projector_manual_5408.pdf https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/dlp9000.pdf https://www.ti.com/lit/ml/dlpb010e/dlpb010e.pdf https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/from-projectors-to-heads-up-displays-how-dlp-works/ http://www2.optics.rochester.edu/workgroups/cml/opt307/spr05/john/ Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1546-insane-$30k-4k-panoramic-dlp-projector-teardown/

Let’s BUST the new Platio Solar Pavement installation in the Netherlands using thier OWN production data on launch day! LOL PLUS a Solar Roadways UPDATE! If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon 00:00 – Platio Solar Pavement in the Netherlands BUSTED! 02:15 – The launch day unveiling video ...

atching up with Steve Sanghi who was Microchip CEO for 31 years, now Executive Chair. Check out his new book, Up and to the Right. How Microchip was built into one of the biggest and most pofitable chip companies in the world. This is copied from The Amp Hour podcast, as it shuld be of ...

A look at the $30 Fnirsi HS-01 USB PD Portable soldering iron. It is better than the E-Design Miniware TS-80P? https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DFykRxj If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog1543-mailbag-fnirsi-hs-01-usb-portable-soldering-iron/ 00:00 – The $30 Fnirsi HS-01 USB soldering iron 01:20 – The tips. Hakko T12? 02:54 – Sponge ...

Highlights from a decades worth of diving the famous EEVblog dumpster! A compilation video. If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1542-a-decade-of-dumpster-diving/

Searching for another blown SMD component. Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/PoiSolutionsLLC/status/1652769442080620549 00:00 – Failed Hantek 2000 handheld oscilloscope 02:08 – PCB location is your best clue 04:21 – Voltage regulator maybe? 06:01 – You gotta ask yourself, do I feel lucky? Well, do you, punk? 07:38 – Dialing in that google foo 08:20 – Winner Winner Chicken ...

Is an $80 combo oscilloscope/multimeter any good? A look at the Zotech ZT-702S, with street price around US$60 https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DFsZNAV If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1540-the-$80-zotek-zt-702s-osciloscope-multimeter-review/