How to find and inspect hidden serial UART terminal ports inside equipment. Dave finds the uBoot Windows CE UART part in the new Keysight 1000 X-Series oscilloscope and uses the info to find some of the product mode configuration pins. A hardware hack shows that changing product configuration modes in hardware is possible. Forum HERE

Teardown of the new Keysight InfiniiVision 1000 X-Series Oscilloscope leased TODAY! Forum HERE Teardown Photos:

Which produces the better PCB layout, a human or a computer? By popular request, a walkthough to see what the Altium Situs Autorouter can do on the Nixie tube PCB layout. Does it beat Dave’s human layout? How useful are autorouters? Forum HERE

Part 4 of the Nixie tube display project. In this tutorial Dave walks you through a complete PCB design from begin to end, with a ton of hints and tips throughout that can be applied to any PCB layout package. Forum HERE How to lay out a PCB VIDEO

Dave looks at the Japanese Hioki DT4256 Multimeter and 3280 clamp meter Forum HERE

Dave tests the AD8436 True RMS converter chips inside the 121GW multimeter to see if it works well below it’s voltage rail specification. Bonus thermal testing in the chamber. Forum HERE

Bristol University have a neat new “zero power sensing” chip that takes energy harvested signals and switches an open drain output, the UB20M Voltage Detector. But the marketing has gone too far when they demo a TV that supposedly has zero standby power. Dave busts this smoke and mirrors demo. Forum HERE Datasheet HERE

Mailbag time. WARNING, Contains Nerd Nudity Forum HERE SPOILERS: Lab Gruppen C SERIES 88:4 Power Amplifier Module ECG Electrocardiogram Module PAP2 Portable Gaming Console Tearddown Nikon D300 Pentaprism $2 Casio FX-82MS calculator ripoff 1980’s Princess Handy TV Teardown Turf, WTF? Vaisala RS80 Radiosonde Teardown with some RF magic. Oscilloscope shootout, Tektronix MDO3000 vs Keysight MSOX-3000 ...

Dave plays with a little known EDA package from Japan. This is NOT a review, it’s just Dave mucking around. Forum HERE

How did you do video editing in the 1990’s? With an $80k Panasonic WJ-MX1200 NLE video editing box, that’s how. Dave takes a look inside. Forum HERE Hires Teardown Photos: