Teardown Tuesday
Dave’s Samson C01U USB Microphone got caught up in the flood, let’s take a look inside.

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from EEVblog https://www.eevblog.com/2019/04/14/eevblog-1199-samson-c01u-usb-microphone-teardown/

April 4th 2009 Dave started the EEVBlog

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from EEVblog https://www.eevblog.com/2019/04/14/eevblog-1198-10-years-on-youtube/

Experimenting with etching your own PCB’s by concentrating existing ferric chloride levels in tap water. How well does it work?

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from EEVblog https://www.eevblog.com/2019/04/14/eevblog-1197-diy-pcb-etching-with-water/

Designing your own custom heat sink is cheaper and easier than you might think.
At look at why you might want to design your own heat sink, the costs, the advantages and disadvantages, design considerations for surface mount PCB’s, air convection, and mechanical DRC, and die-cast vs machining.

SMD thermal design video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ygnAv6koSQ

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from EEVblog https://www.eevblog.com/2019/04/14/eevblog-1196-custom-heat-sink-design/

Mrs EEVblog broke the headphone socket on Dave’s Sony TV. Soldering iron time.

from EEVblog https://www.eevblog.com/2019/04/14/eevblog-1195-sony-4k-60-lcd-tv-audio-repair/

Dave uncovered the first edition of Australian Electronics Monthly magazine from July 1985, by Roger Harrison, and featuring a classic David Tilbrook MOSFET amplifier design, vintage computer, vintage analog scopes and more.

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from EEVblog https://www.eevblog.com/2019/04/14/eevblog-1194-1985-electronics/

More on the Gigatron 4 layer PCB for EMC compliance testing. Swapping the inner and outer plane layers, experimenting with KiCAD and investigating several issues with the tool.
Talk on gerber generation, PCB checklists, PCB design for manufacture, PCB stackup, and uploading to JLCPCB for 4 layer manufacture.

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from EEVblog https://www.eevblog.com/2019/04/14/eevblog-1193-kicad-pcb-4-layer-swapping-stackup/

For the fifth straight year, Vision Systems Design held its Innovators Awards program, which celebrates the disparate and innovative technologies, products, and systems found in machine vision and imaging.

from Factory Automation https://www.vision-systems.com/articles/2019/04/vision-systems-design-announces-2019-innovators-awards.html

The Genie Nano 2.4 MPixel M1950 and C1950 model cameras, monochrome and color respectively, are equipped with Sony Pregius IMX392 1/2" CMOS image sensors and GigE interfaces. The cameras feature full frame electronic global shutter and, according to the manufacturer, high-speed image capture without smear or distortion and data transfers that exceed the GigE limit.

from Factory Automation https://www.vision-systems.com/articles/2019/04/teledyne-dalsa-releases-new-genie-nano-models-with-cmos-sensors.html

The DC-1200 fanless computer from Cincoze is equipped with an Intel Pentium N4200 quad-core processor up to 2.5 GHz. It includes two full-size mini-PCIe slots which support WiFi, Bluetooth, and 3G/LTE communication modules, with dual front-accessible SIM card slots.

from Factory Automation https://www.vision-systems.com/articles/2019/04/new-fanless-computer-from-cincoze-designed-for-industrial-iot-applications.html