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A rubber coated Mailbag SPOILERS: 00:00 – Introduction 00:30 – Guest Lab RealTimeKodi https://twitter.com/RealTimeKodi 02:24 – Metrotech Model 480 Pipe & Cable Locator teardown, with interesting latex rubber conformal coating! 14:36 – KOTTO Soldering Fume Extractor https://amzn.to/32TlzKm 21:44 – William’s Lab 24:06 – Dr. Livingston’s Human Anatomy jigsaw puzzle set https://amzn.to/2ExXGic 27:11 – OPOLAR Cordless ...

Dave finally bought a fully electric car! A 2020 Hyundai IONIQ Electric Elite. A discussion about buying an electric car in Australia, comparison to the Nissan LEAF and others, and picking up the car. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1337-i-bought-an-electric-car/

Destructive teardown o nthe Miniware DT71 LCR meter Tweezers Plus a lab move update. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1336-dt71-lcr-tweezer-destructive-teardown-lab-update/

Review of the new $70 Miniware DT71 LCR Tweezers, is it any good? https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dT6koqT Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1335-miniware-$70-dt71-lcr-tweezer-review/ TLDR; It’s not very accurate, doesn’t have much resolution, limited ranges, accuracy issues between Auto and Manual modes, can’t be used while charging, lose the custom charge lead and you are screwed, tilt head detection has a bit of ...

Mystery dumpster teardown time! With the most amazing mechanical mains power switch you’ll ever see! 00:00 – Playing Around 10:00 – Teardown 14:00 – OMG that power switch! 20:40 – PCB Lesson for noobs Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1334-mystery-dumpster-teardown/

Dave debunks the marketing claims of self-charging Nano Diamond Batteries in the first 10 minutes using their own material. The rest of the video is cream on top. NDB Inc supposedly have a nuclear nano diamond self-charging battery that will revolutionise the energy industry and power electric vehicle and mobile phones. TLDR; it’s no better ...

Review of the BattLab One open source battery life estimator tool from Bluebird Labs. A tool that allow you to measure the current and power consumption of your product in active and sleep modes and do “what if” analysis on estimating product battery life. https://bluebird-labs.com/ https://www.tindie.com/stores/bbird/ Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1331-battlab-one-review/

Mailbag with new guest lab backdrops! Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1330-mailbag/ SPOILERS: 00:00 – Inside fellow Youtuber Ian Johnston’s Lab! https://www.ianjohnston.com/ 03:16 – Err, Nothing… 04:49 – Google Nest Mini Teardown, ripoff Airpods teardown, Bose speakers.12:14 – Sinclair C5 Brochure 18:08 – Inside Yunus KURBAN’s Ecay Geophysical Solutions Lab https://www.ecay.com.tr/ 20:39 – IBM bank magnetic card reader teardown, ...

A demonstration of near-field magnetic interference and how to shield it. Near-field vs far-field EMC explained. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1329-magnetic-field-shielding-demonstrated/

Part 3 of designing a better uCurrent series. Measuring the noise and consumption of the OPA189 compared to the MAX4239 using a dynamic signal analyser and an oscilloscope. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1328-ucurrent-op189-measurements/