Marty! This is the big one, the one I’ve been waiting for all my life! Teardown of the classic Data IO Unisite Universal Programmer from the 1980’s, with a typical configuration selling for $35,000 It stayed in production for over 20 years. Forum HERE http://www.dataio.com/Company/About-Data-I-O/40th-Anniversary/1980s http://dataioinfo.dataio.com/support/manuals.asp http://www.paulswan.me/arcade/DataIOUnisite.htm http://matthieu.benoit.free.fr/dataio_unisite_programmer.htm UPDATE: From one of the original designers!

Repairing the Data IO universal programmer. Will it be a happy ending? https://theamphour.com/the-amp-hour-99-impavid-ideopraxist-insider/ Forum HERE

Dave reviews and tears down the $300 Quick 861DW hot air rework station. How much better is it than the $70 Atten 858D+ ? https://www.rossmanngroup.com/quick861dw Forum HERE Louis Rossmann’s video

Dave looks at the Digilent Open Scope MZ Review, an $89 open source oscilloscope, logic analyser, and function generator. Forum HERE

How does a PC read an old school analog joystick? It might be more interesting than you think. Or how to make an ADC out of a 555 Timer… IBM PC Jr Technical Reference Manual Tandy 1000 Technical Reference Manual Forum HERE

Dave looks at the biggest flop in 1980’s personal computers, the IBM PC Jr. Teardown and extensive walk-through of the main motherboard. Part 2 HERE Service Manual HERE Forum HERE

Trap for young players, beware of crap quality banana plugs! Dave discovered his gold plated rotating spring leaf lantern style contact banana plugs are craptacular! Forum HERE

Solar Freak’n Roadways is the LOL that keeps on giving! Watch the webcam LIVE Forum HERE

Last mailbag for 2017! Forum HERE SPOILERS: 0:00 Isolated Serial UART Kickstarter 4:19 TCXO Oven crystal oscillator teardown 17:07 uRad Environmental Monitor Products https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/air-quality-monitoring-network?secret_perk_token=70df5873#/ EEVblog Office Live Data: https://www.uradmonitor.com/?open=820000BE 20:37 Visual VU meter: http://sch-remote.com/ 23:25 Random LCD PCB thingo 25:32 Interesting construction industrial controller teardown 30:32 Open Source Servo Motor Controler https://odriverobotics.com/ 38:29 How an ...

Dave finally puts an end to the idea of Solar Roadways. We have the test results of the world’s biggest solar roadways project, the 1km long 336kW Colas Wattway project in Tourouvre France. Stand in awe at how impractical and expensive it is!, and SPOILER, how it won’t usher in a new era of renewable ...