Dave finds a 65″ 4K UHD LG LCD TV in the dumpster! Will it work? Bonus teardown included. Forum https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1145-dumpster-diving-4k-tv/

David looks at the pins on the Padauk PMS150 programmer for potential reverse engineering. TLDR; It doesn’t look easy to reverse engineer this protocol, it’s messy with lots of voltage levels, as Padauk said it would be. Just buy the programmer for now! There is also a Flash/EEPROM re-programmable version of the chip, the PFS154C. ...

Check out the amazing increased working distance on the Eakins microscope using a barlow lens to get a larger working area. Bundle: http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/b7ycSav2 Microscope: http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/eN3Ec5a Stand: http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/bHSXalzm C Mount Lens Adapters: http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/cMimkzYc Barlow Lenses: http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/bmS9nWbe Forum HERE

A tour of the shambles that is the EEVblog lab, before the big move. Forum HERE

Using the Padauk programmer to program the 8 pin SO PMS154C micro and flash a LED on a breadboard. Forum HERE

Getting the 3 cent Padauk microcontroller to blink a LED. Or at least the in-circuit emulator blinking a LED with C. UPDATE: LCSC have just said that they will offer a free programming service for a limited time to anyone. Just email them when you place your order. http://www.padauk.com.tw Forum HERE

Well, repair-ish. Fixing the adjustment issue in the Systron Donner oven crystal oscillator. More issues found though. Forum HERE

Teardown Tuesday An early 1970’s Australian made Systron Donner Nixie tube display counter/timer. Forum HERE

Mailbag Monday Forum HERE SPOILERS: https://www.pirlcharger.com/ 12:20 iTron VFD Displays 16:06 Oscilloscope Component Tester Schematics: https://kabinett.homepage.t-online.de/bucket/Octopus/Octopus_SCM.jpg BOM: https://www.dropbox.com/s/he3ef0wfknn19eg/Octopus_BOM.csv In-depth description of the project: https://www.dropbox.com/s/q6114aa1o05ymfq/Description.docx 22:23 Random Chinese Mailbags

Banksy posted an update video showing more of the prank build and the shredding mechanism. But he’s still trolling us! Forum HERE Banky’s Directors Cut video