WiGL have raised almost 5 MILLION dollars on StartEngine. What’s worse than another wireless charging technology startup? – One that doesn’t really have any original technology and simply uses off the shelf RF energy harvesting chips! This one is just embarrassing. And they want to comepete with Energous, WiTricity, Ossia and others, LOL. For a ...

The conclusion of the DC circuit fundmentals tutorial series. How a capacitor and inductor works, parallel and series configurations, exponential rise and decay, time constants, and basic differential calculus. Energy storage in capacitors and inductors and how a collapsing inductor magnetic field can be both a problem and a benefit. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1406-dc-circuit-transients-fundamentals/

A side-by-side teardown of the Focusrite Scarlett Solo and the Rode AI-1 USB audio interface.

The HP9845B 16 bit computer was revolutionary in 1979 and the early 1980’s, find out why. The 9845C colour version of this created the amazing war room images for the movie War Games Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1404-the-amazing-hp-9845b-computer/

Teardown of the new NGA100 100V 2A NGA142/NGA102 Lab Power Supply, and a look at a few issues found. PLUS a GIVEAWAY of two units! https://www.rohde-schwarz.com/hk/products/test-and-measurement/dc-power-supplies/rs-nga100-power-supply-series_63493-959872.html Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1402-rohde-schwarz-nga100-psu-teardown-giveaway/ Forum GIVEAWAY: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/contests/giveaway-rohde-schwarz-nga102-psu/ Schools/Makerspace GIVEAWAY: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/contests/schools-makerspace-giveaway-rohde-schwarz-nga142-psu/

Dave closes out the basic DC circuit series with DC Power, Efficiency, & Maximum Power Transfer Theory tutorial. Includes Ohm’s law refresher. DC Fundamentals Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1401-dc-power-efficiency-maximum-power-transfer-theory/ Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvOlSehNtuHtVLq2MDPIz82BWMIZcuwhK

Dave takes a closer look the micro actuator used in the 6TB Western Digital RED hard drive. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1400-hard-drive-micro-actuators-are-amazing!/

Dave’s Western Digital RED 6TB WD60EFRX NAS hard drive failed. Bugger the warranty, teardown time! Also, SMR vs CMR recording. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1398-western-digital-red-6tb-hard-drive-teardown/

Repair success on the Onkyo TX-SR607 surround sound receiver. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1395-onkyo-repair-success/

An interesting dive down the repair rabbit hole on an Onkyo TX-SR607 surround sound receiver amplifier with a failed vacuum fluorescent display. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1394-onkyo-receiver-repair-part-1/