Dave’s lab aircon control panel has been dodgy for years, time to finally fix it! A simple fault with rather interesting and complicated set of a symptoms based on a (poor?) design decision. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1360-repair-aircon-control-panel/

Dave shows you his new compact portable video blogging kit that provides a complete vlogging solution in a tiny grab’n’go case! With 4 different audio solutions, lighting, power & charging solution, and a versatile handle and frame system, along with a tripod in an incredibly compact case. Bill of Materials: Sony ZV1 camera: https://amzn.to/3ptEjbG Pelican ...

Collaboration with CPU Galaxy! The $250,000 IBM ceramic hybrid TCM processor module is X-RAYED! BONUS x-ray of a classic DIP chip! Technical PDF: https://eevblog.com/files/ibm-system390-air-cooled-alumina-thermal-conduction-module.pdf Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1358-$250-000-ibm-processor-x-rayed/

Dumpster Santa delivered a nice Coolermaster Mini-ITX with Gigabyte GS-H97N motherboard and an Intel Core i5 inside. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1357-dumpster-diving-santa-pc/

If you thought Solar Rowadways was done and dusted in 2020, you were WRONG! French road company Colas Wattway have found a new sucker to try their already epically failed Wattway solar panels, this time in Georgia in the United States as part of a government funded initiative through Curiosity Labs and The Ray in ...

Teradown of the new $399 Siglent SDS_1104X-U Four Channel oscilloscope. A cheaper alternative to the SDS1104X-E And what’s all this magnetic shielding stuff anyhow? Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1355-new-siglent-sds1104x-u-$399-4ch-oscilloscope-teardown/

Dave breaths life into the old Compaq Portable from 1984. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1354-compaq-portable-repair-part-1/

Eagle eyed viewers spotted a short between two pins on a TQFP chip in the previous teardown video. This isn’t a dodgy assembly issue, it’s a deliberate design short, Dave explains how and why. Solder masks and snap grids. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1353-why-are-these-pins-shorted/

Teardown of a Made in Australia MicroAir T2000 aircraft transponder. http://microair.com.au/products/26/T2000SFL-Transponder-Rev8- Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1352-aircraft-transponder-teardown!/

Mailbag time! Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1351-mailbag/ Mailbag bench images to: [email protected] SPOILERS: 00:00 – GPS Tracker Battery Leak 06:47 – Guest RF Lab – Chuck Kummer W7CLK 09:46 – Marklin HO scale railway turnout point 19:29 – GVDA GD118B Pocket Multimeter review https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_Ab3RNe 39:10 – GVDA GD116A AC Voltage Detection Stick review https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_AD7szi 43:41 – E-design Tweezer ...