The Australian Computer Museum Societies’ warehouse has to shut down next week, so Dave goes warehouse diving. If you know of someone willing to donate warehouse space in Sydney, please let me know. UPDATE: Please don’t contact them with offers of small donations space, they need a HUGE space, as in hundreds of square meters. ...

A look at one of the world’s first handheld electronics games, the classic 1978 Parker Brother game Merlin The Electronic Wizard. It just so happens to use the world’s first microcontroller, the 4 bit Texas Instruments TMS1000 Some history and a teardown. Nice history of the Merlin development Forum HERE Using the Merlin PART2

More than an hour of Mailbag! Forum HERE SPOILERS: Sony DVO-1000MD medical device video DVD recorder teardown 8:09 Security ISA card teardown from the 1980’s 18:39 Power Grid the board game! 25:02 USB soldering iron 27:21 TI-nSpire CAS+ calculator PROTOTYPE! 35:28 DIY JBC/Hakko soldering iron controller 41:49 UV LED lamp for PCB exposure 45:10 DIY ...

A step-by-step walk-though of a typical modern low cost 3GHz “All Digital IF” spectrum Analyser design. Forum HERE

How do Casio make a full size velocity sensitive electronic keyboard for US$175? Teardown of the CT-X700 Forum HERE

Why does this 4K BENQ monitor mysteriously switch off on it’s own? Inadvertently re-visiting an old video. The chair strikes back! Forum HERE

A look at the new low cost US$220 Pace ADS200 130W cartridge tip AccuDrive Production Soldering Station Can it beat the higher priced JBC CD-B station? 7:00 The new 130W TD200 soldering iron pencil 9:34 Teardown 14:18 First Turn On 16:10 Temperature accuracy test 18:06 Setup options 20:58 Burn proof lead test 21:42 Soldering ground ...

The $100 low cost custom LCD finally arrives! Will it work as intended? Forum HERE Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYvxgl-9tNM Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10D5jpO45Lo

Teardown on the Omicron Labs Bode 100 Frequency Response Analyser / Vector Network Analyser UPDATE: I completely missed the AD839 multiplier in the receiver can section near the ADC. Forum HERE

Review of the Omicron Labs Bode 100 50MHz Vector Network Analyser / Frequency Response Analyser and some experiments measuring bypass capacitors and characterizing a quartz crystal. Forum HERE