2023 brings us Solar Freakin’ RAILways! from Swiss start-up Sun-Ways A dumber idea than Solar Roadways? Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1534-solar-freakin-railways!/ If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon 00:00 – Solar Freakin’ RAILways! 00:56 – Yes, Solar Freakin’ Roadways are STILL going! 02:53 – EVERY solar roadways startup has failed, epicly. …

How to estimate the battery life of a product. In this example, the BM786 multimeter. How to measure battery current accurately, avoiding Burden voltage, and looking at battery datasheets characteristic curves. The difference between alkaline and lithium primary batteries. If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/eevblog Forum: …

WiGL have raised another $2.8M on StartEngine for their mobile phone charging wireless power grift, in addition to the $5M they raised a year ago. And yep, it’s STILL using off the shelf technology, but this time with a new partner PowerCast! https://www.startengine.com/offering/wigl Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1532-another-$2-8m-wigl-wireless-power-grift/ Busted article by Caleb Naysmith The 5 biggest StartEngine successes …

Can ChatGPT generate all the code for my Macgyver Project? Does ChatGPT understand what 7 segment displays and shift registers are, and can it integrate that knowledge with Arduino programming? Let’s find out! This is Part 3 of the Magyver project. If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon …

The most amazing feature of the new Siglent SDS2000X HD 12 Bit Oscilloscope was surprising! Teardown time. If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/eevblog Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1530-siglent-sds2000x-hd-12-bit-oscilloscope-teardown/

Unboxing, first impression, and some experiments with the new Rohde & Schwarz MXO4 12bit oscilloscope. Is the new MXO-EP ASIC faster than the Keysight Megazoom IV ASIC? If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon https://www.rohde-schwarz.com/us/products/test-and-measurement/oscilloscopes/rs-mxo-4-oscilloscope_63493-1164992.html Brochure: https://scdn.rohde-schwarz.com/ur/pws/dl_downloads/dl_common_library/dl_brochures_and_datasheets/pdf_1/MXO_4_bro_en_3609-8473-12_v0402.pdf

A wheelie bin full of medical devices found in the dumpster! If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1528-i-found-a-bin-full-of-dumpster-medical-devices!/

This Ebay Toshiba T1000LE vintage DOS In ROM laptop repair turned out looking promising until, well, it didn’t… Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1527-toshiba-t1000le-dos-vintage-laptop-repair-hell/ 00:00 – THE laptop that cointed the term Notebook, the Toshiba T1000 series 05:46 – It obsoleted the Tandy 100 and Tandy 200 07:00 – Powering up 10:16 – Opening up had a few issues …

I found 283 mains double adpters in the dumpster. What happens if you put them all in series with a 2kW load? I’m glad you asked! If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/eevblog 00:00 – I found 283 double adapters in the dumpster! 00:58 – We goofed …

If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/eevblog 00:00 – Comissioned component artwork https://www.bad-dog-designs.co.uk/ 01:48 – 1.3GHz DIY FET probe https://hackaday.io/project/184924-diy-13-ghz-fet-probe https://github.com/makerprobe/FETProbe_tiny 07:53 – The uSupply makes an apperance! 09:14 – Ron Demcko sends in some goodies 14:23 – Mysterious Patent 19:10 – USB Power Injector Crowd Supply …