EEVblog 1683 – Sun-Ways Solar Freakin RAILways – Part 2

Sun-Ways actually went ahead and installed Solar Freakin’ RAILways in the Swiss village of Buttes at the cost of US$700,000 ! References: http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/climate-change/switzerland-turns-train-tracks-into-solar-power-plants/89227914 http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science/swiss-solar-railway-project-gets-back-on-track/87707181 http://www.startupticker.ch/en/news/sun-ways-opens-world-s-first-rail-ready-track-mounted-solar-power-plant http://www.youtube.com/@sun-ways http://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/09/italian-startup-testing-pv-sleepers-on-railway-line/ http://pvwatts.nrel.gov/pvwatts.php Paper on railway dust: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896971401451X?via%3Dihub http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25461038/ Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1683-sun-ways-solar-freakin-railways-part-2/ Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vItnxhWRqw Podcast: Download

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EEVblog 1680 – Free Energy from the Earth’s Magnetic Field?

New research shows you can extract a tiny voltage and current from a stationary tube in the earth’s magnetic field. Is this real? It is scaleable to be useful? Paper: http://journals.aps.org/prresearch/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.7.013285 IEEE article: http://spectrum.ieee.org/decarbonized-future Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1680-free-energy-from-the-earths-magnetic-field/ Podcast: Download

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EEVblog 1679 – Why Does a Uni-T AWG Cost $5800? – BOM Cost Analysis

Why does the Uni-T UTG9504T abitary function generator cost US$5800? A teardown and detailed BOM cost analysis of how much high end product designs costs, and the margins involved. Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1679-why-does-this-uni-t-awg-cost-$5800-bom-cost-analysis-458562/ 00:00 – Why does this Arbitrary Waveform Generator cost US$5800 ? 02:17 – 2.5x BOM Cost multiplier 03:02 – …

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ElectroBOOM Stalks Sydney

53 minutes single take randomly walking the streets of Sydney with Mehdi from ElectroBOOM. That is all. Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/electroboom-stalks-sydney/ Podcast: Download

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EEVblog 1678 – BEWARE of this Oscilloscope Triggering Issue

Oscilloscope have a pre-arm trigger period that can cause confusion if you aren’t aware of it. And how different scopes operate and indicate this in different ways. Also some potential bugs in the Keysight 3000 and HD3 series scopes. 00:00 – Slow timebases can be problematic for triggering 02:13 – …

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EEVblog 1676 – Lab Timer HACK

Modifying a lab timer to automatically trigger when a fuses blows, for automated fuse testing. Fuses video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG11rVcMOnY Jellybean Transistors: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYdmX8w8xwI Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1676-lab-timer-hack/ Podcast: Download

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EEVblog 1675 – Corporate Enforced WASTE! Ninja Blender REPAIR (Right To Repair)

Our Ninja blender blade failed. For a warranty replacement they wanted us to DESTROY and DISPOSE OF the old perfectly working base unit before sending a new one. Let’s see about that… The first ever EEVBlog video with zero commentary, just memes. My breakfast smoothie: http://www.youtube.com/shorts/-2mf1mqZVQ0 Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1675-ninja-blender-repair-because-why-(right-to-repair)/ Credits: “Our …

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EEVblog 1670 – BM786 Multimeter BATTERY LEAKAGE REPAIR + GIVEAWAY

How can the same sh!t happen to the same guy twice? And a trap for young players with LCD’s. And a giveaway for the young whippersnapper in Australia. Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1670-bm786-multimeter-battery-leakage-repair-giveaway/ 00:00 – How can the same sh!t happen to the same guy twice? 06:27 – Zebra strip elastomeric connector 09:40 …

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