I watched this great video: Faulty Peak DCA55 Component Tester – I was shocked! | Can I Fix It? They had an excellent result from Peak Electronic Design Limited when they sought support for the DCA55.
One day, when I am rich, I plan to get the full set of measurement devices manufactured by Peak Electronics.
Today I heard about the Jumperless V5 over on Hackaday: Jumperless Breadboard V5 Readies For Launch. Looking forward to hearing more about that when it launches in a few days…
I found this old series of videos from OpenTechLab which starts here: [001] Sigrok and Logic Analyzers.
There is more about sigrok over here:
In Build – gusmanb’s 24 Channel 100MHz Logic Analyser from Happy Little Diodes I learned about this Logic Analyzer project. I would like to try building one of these for myself one day too.
I’m reading Practical IoT Hacking: The Definitive Guide to Attacking the Internet of Things and it mentioned some equipment I’m interested in:
Check out this Hyper 7 R4 keyboard. I’m definitely putting this on my wishlist.
It doesn’t seem to have Cherry MX Speed Silvers as an option but ChatGPT says that Cherry Red are similar.
At AU$1,323 I will need to save my pennies!
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In this video I tell you about the SWAG (Stuff We All Get) I collected this year at ElectroneX.
I had the very good fortune to meet Dave Jones of EEVblog fame. He was nice enough to take a photo and mention my channel on X.
And as if things couldn’t get any better I then went on to meet Nicholas Vinen of Silicon Chip fame. For the record, the very first thing I ever said to Nicholas Vinen was: “is that a spectrum analyzer?” :P
I mention that the channel’s logo a version of the Hacker Emblem. There’s more info on the show’s website.
My business cards were designed by DAC Design and printed by ClickMedia.
My business card holder is this one: Business Card Holder, 1 Pcs Build in 40 Card Slot PU Leather Business Card Wallet for Credit Card, Business Cards, Men, Women (Black).
The companies who gave me SWAG that I mention in this video are:
I mention my One PCB to Ruler Them All from Adafruit which is part of my costume.
The cheap wire cutters I mention are these ones: Aokin1PC 170 Universal Pliers DIY Electronic Diagonal Side Cutting Nippers Wire Cable Cutter 3D Printer Parts Hand Tools.
As I suspected J.Burrows is a stationary brand. Must have stolen someone’s pen! Whoops! :P
You can read more about Pogo pins. I’ve never used them myself. Looking at them I’m not sure how you would mount them to a board. Lot’s of things to learn!
You can find more info about the probe tweezers I mention in the video over here: Yum Cha Probe Tweezers.
My cheapo multimeters are these ones: DT830B Digital Multimeter. My slightly less cheapo multimeter is this one: DigiTech QM1323 Multimeter. The multimeters I am saving my pennies for are these ones:
Check out the line of Peak test instruments. When I’m rich I am gonna get the full set!
My capacitor testers (and discharger) I mentioned are these ones:
You can find more about my Maxitronix Xin1 Kits. I am making videos as I work my way through them.
You can find the STM micros I showed you over here:
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Let’s go shopping!
This looks like it’s gonna be seriously excellent!
As mentioned on EEVblog 1619 – Mailbag: Featuring Don McKenzie the ADUSBCIM USB CABLE CHECKER 2. Gonna put that one on my shopping list.
Today I learned about Embedded Systems with ARM Cortex-M Microcontrollers in Assembly Language and C (Fourth Edition) by Yifeng Zhu while watching Lecture 9: Interrupts on YouTube. The full list of associated lectures are here: Short Lectures.