Part 2 of the power-up counter project, investigating the Sharp Memory LCD & custom LCD’s + microcontroller (MSP430 + ST ARM + Microchip) low power design with supercaps, SMD ceramic batteries, and coin cells. Forum HERE

Looking for a segmented e-ink / e-paper display solution for a power up display counter module project. Forum HERE

Go back in time to 1980 and a look at what consumer electronics and parts were available from Tandy in the UK. 1980’s Tandy Voice Recognition Chip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFth9K_IvwA Dick Smith’s new channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80seR-2BPyk Forum HERE

More Mailbag! Forum HERE SPOILERS: Dodgy Plugpack Teardown & Discussion 9:40 eSATA cage thingo teardown 11:47 Ford Car Stereo teardown 18:34 Back To The Future Delorean Time Circuits https://www.marmosetelectronics.com/time-circuits-clock/time-circuits-clock-the-control-board/ 23:39 E-con Systems USB3 Camera Module: https://www.e-consystems.com/usb-cameras/full-hd-low-light-usb-camera-with-stereo-mic.asp

You think a $2 multimeter is bad? A review of the Kickstarter & Indiegogo Vion bluetooth multimeter that promised the world. Grab your popcorn for a master class in idiotic product design. The world’s worst multimeter. The original thread Forum HERE

Old school, they don’t make’em like this any more. Teardown of the HP 3785A Jitter Generator & Receiver with beautiful HP bubble LED displays. Forum HERE

You never go full Brusaw! Germany has it’s own Solar Freakn’ Roadways trial, guess the results… Forum HERE

Most modern DSO’s don’t have Alternate Triggering, but Dave shows you how to do it anyway! This allows you to trigger on and view and anaylse two otherwise asynchronous time un-correlated signals on the screen at once. Also a look at Dual Time Base oscilloscopes. Oscilloscope Tutorial Video Playlist Forum HERE

It just never ends! Two days after I posted my last solar roadways video, details and photos emerge of another two recent epic failures of the new SolaRoad installations in the Netherlands. A trial with buses and trucks results in failures within a week and cancellation of the project. Now the company wants to focus ...

The inevitable demise of Solar Roadways in France, China, and the Netherlands. But Solar Freak’n Roadways won’t go down without a fight!, not that it was ever in the ring, apart from starting this whole boondoggle concept. Forum HERE