EEVblog

[@39Kohm]

Thanks for showing my mail Dave! The "Hybrid" circuit was made in the Hybrid clean-room at the college, they made us design circuits using thick film too but they would only let us make the pre-approved crappy function generator.

[@EEVblog]

dasrattengott That's lame, why? they have the facilities?

[@39Kohm]

I think it was a mix between the professors not wanting to do any extra work and the college being cheapskates :)

[@ПозжеУкажу]

Many thanks TEKBOX company for their near field probes and broadband amplifiers the kindly provided to Voronezh State Technical University! Many thanks personally to Michael Mayerhofer!

[@GoldSrc_]

You should stick to 60FPS instead of 50, all monitors and smartphone screens run at 60Hz at least.

[@TheChipmunk2008]

Gordon Freeman 50 is more standard in most of the world (except North America and parts of Japan and south america)

[@GoldSrc_]

***** Not if we are talking about computers, go ahead and set your monitor at 50Hz and tell me how it feels. For the AC power lines sure some countries use 50Hz, but I can almost guarantee you that every computer and smartphone screen runs at at least 60Hz.

[@TheChipmunk2008]

Gordon Freeman My monitor personally is at 72Hz... but I'm just acutely aware of the problem 60fps causes for some european tv sets ;) Personally anything at or above 25fps is fine for me tho (being on a computer with an LCD monitor)

[@GoldSrc_]

***** Oh yes, for TV broadcasts 50Hz may be fine, but Internet content is different. Try setting your monitor at 50Hz, and it would annoy you xD, even moving windows looks horrible at 50Hz .

[@EEVblog]

Gordon Freeman It makes hardly any difference. 50fps is still a huge improvement over 25fps. Anyway, I can't stick with all 60fps, my Canon can only do 50fps, and the 60fps Sony is not well suited to the close up regular blog stuff.

[@picobyte]

Those side connections do work pretty when metering if the meter is on the right side of the circuit.

[@TheCrazyInventor]

Thank you for correcting Holland to The Netherlands, Dave. People getting it wrong really annoys me sometimes. Holland are 2 provinces in our country (we have north Holland and south Holland) whereas "The Netherlands" refer to the whole country. Thank you for pointing that out. :)

[@kentvandervelden]

When using EMC probes with the DSA-815, is an external amplifier critical?

[@NickStallman]

No 2 minute tear down on the EMC probe amplifier?

[@EEVblog]

***** Damn, completely forgot about that!

[@alextrofimov7947]

The Philips meter's construction looks pretty neat to me. Dave it would be actually nice to see more about EMC precompliance testing from you.

[@plhamilt]

Very timely on the TekBox mini review. Have just seen an advert from Emona for that set which I am hoping to get with my new Rigol DSA1030A-TG

[@TheCarpenterUnion]

So why don't you write the dates you recieve the packages on, on the packages as soon as you get them?

[@necessaryevil8615]

My guess would be that 'Holland' means the Netherlands, as the original Philips is not located in the Holland part of the Netherlands. In my personal experience , a lot of Dutch people call the Netherlands 'Holland' too when they speak English, they don't see it as a mistake anymore, but just as an oddness of the English language. In Dutch however, it is less common to call the whole country 'Holland'.

[@Michael_Michaels]

Well today is Friday so... still in time! Thanks Dave!

[@adamadamhoney]

Love me some mailbag, think i have a problem.... Got some things i need to get round to send you too Dave. Thanks for all the goodness you up!

[@SeptimMartin]

I dunno about anyone else, but I reckon it would have been cool to have like a 12 Days of Mailbag in the lead up to the holidays (Bonus points to anyone who got the reference!)

[@EEVblog]

Septim's Productions I didn't think of that!

[@worroSfOretsevraH]

I am unable to find a link to the PICKit2 clone documents. Can anybody help me?

[@williefleete]

you probably needed the 1.5 volt cell for all the ohms ranges hence why it didnt work

[@ElliottVeares]

Good News! My site (Grotto Tree) is finally back up after my web host have now fixed the issue at their end! About time!

[@winstonsmith478]

Not surprised about the Philips VOM. The only Philips brand anything I've ever owned were consumer electronic devices. In both cases, the remotes were terribly designed in both layout and ergonomics and the on-screen menus were also very poorly designed.

[@ElliottVeares]

Except it is Thursday, never mind. Hope everyone has fun with my Grotto Tree.

[@miloxp]

about to try lol

[@miloxp]

miloxp lol to many people must be trying as website is crashing

[@ElliottVeares]

miloxp Fixed now. Saw awful lot of traffic from one IP, so might of been dos'd

[@how.to.crypto]

***** still not fixed getting a 403 :(

[@ElliottVeares]

I think I am being DDOS'd and will have to fix it tomorrow :( This should not happen and I believe some is doing it on purpose.

[@Spikejwh1]

Ahhh, the old Philips meter I used when I was still on technical school... love it.

[@redtails]

26:44 "Regular humans generally don't use FedEx, it's too expensive" LOL

[@TilmanBaumann]

The new desk arrangement and camera angle works great.

[@MatthewSuffidy]

One time I got a shock or something between two computers and 2 electrical plugs. Later I used my wiring checker for north america, and it said one plug had the hot and neutral reversed.

[@Mr.Laidukas]

Dave, Those EMI near field probes are from the same guy that once sent you 5uH LISN :)

[@TheChipmunk2008]

EEVblog Dave, did I catch the screen printing on that VGA>HDMI unit right and it said '3.5mm stereo audio' despite being 2x Phono (RCA) jacks? Oopsie there by the manuf!

[@turdoly1]

Do the hours and hours of precompliance videos Dave.

[@MrGencyExit64]

Love the 50 FPS. Doesn't give me motion sickness like all the 60 FPS videos on KZbin these days. Thank you for that, PAL!

[@spongebob7285]

I like the analogue meters. Each one is unique.

[@cyrex686]

The fuse wire/spool systemis awesome, why can't everything have that?

[@PeterCCamilleri]

I want to say Thank You! I enjoy ALL your segments, the mail bag most of all! It's like unwrapping gifts! So much fun! Happy Holidays and Seasons Greetings!

[@Michael_Michaels]

No nixies on that Commodore??? Fucking hell, this week is ending tragically!!! But I'll have to say that the bubble display is pretty awesome too.

[@mickel1138]

EEVblog Thanks Dave for being correct on the naming of the Netherlands. And kudos that you even knew Holland is not the Netherlands. Phillips used to be the bees knees in electronics, tho this meter doesn't seem to be a good example of that.

[@kyoudaiken]

Hi Dave, can you please tell me which knife you have got, there? Thanks!

[@OsmosisHD]

@6:06 Finally someone from outside who got it exactly right. "I don't remember which part.." The referral is used for "North Holland" provide PS i believe the device looks like utter crap inside because it was a diy kit Back in the days they sold tube amplifier and solid state kits, i bet it's left overs from that in these kits

[@abpccpba]

Dave those little Styrofoam beads were used to make the first insulated coffee cup.

[@yaghiyahbrenner8902]

noooooo, enough with the analogue meters now... there is enough analogue meters in the world and if Dave goes through all of them hes Kid would probably turn 30 by then :)

[@TheChipmunk2008]

***** NOT enough with the analogue meters, some of us appreciate old school stuff ;)

[@tubical71]

***** *True!* Nowadays you can easily get old-days highly and even most sophisticated analog meters for really nothing....I found a "unigor 6e" for 10 bucks:) My Taylor 100A was for free, although not working, but i found a NOS (!!!) meter movement replacement unit.

[@yaghiyahbrenner8902]

***** nooooo! Teardown Tuesday just featured a beautiful one, now everyone in the world wants to show case theirs. no offence to Analog meters though. :)

[@robertcalkjr.8325]

***** In many cases analog meters are better than DMM's for testing components if they have the X10 Ohms with the 9 volt battery in them giving them 12 volts. A diode for instance, may check good with a DMM, but fail with an VOM because it's breaking down under voltage.

[@TheChipmunk2008]

Robert Calk Jr. Plus the fact Dave gets to smell that old school smell.. I am not sure entirely what it is, I suspect organics from the varnish and the paxolin (fibre reinforced thermoset stuff, not sure what the generic term is!) boards and bobbins, plus olde time flux smell, left to mature 30+ years. It's AWESOME :D

[@JaredReabow]

hey dave why is flux residue for you such an issue when your average user will never see it

[@EEVblog]

klarusboy Yup, what you said.

[@deathventure]

Some of the older flux formulas can also eat away at materials over time.

[@GardeningZ]

The flux residue did not harm to the PCB after so many years. I think it is OK to leave them on.

[@Gin-toki]

It's a sign of attention to detail and quality or the lack thereoff. If they can't even clean the flux residue then who knows what other corners they have cut to make the product even cheaper.

[@friggetyfuck]

That Philips meter looks like it could have been designed by Dieter Rams from Braun, really beautiful design.. hardly "piss poor"!

[@magicwoody]

Congrats. 20 Minutes only for the Probes Set....

[@SargeZone]

i think i see my package in front with the massive amount of brown tape and the blue A prioritaire sticker.

[@michelfeinstein]

EEVblog Sorry Dave, isn't it "Electromagnetic Compatibility" instead of "Electromagnetic Conformity"? at 40:08

[@knalliebar]

Hi Dave... I understand the confusion... but our 'made in holland' does actually mean 'made in the Netherlands'. The Philips factories were actually outside of what you call 'holland'... kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3bCeoiGftN4q8U

[@skandigraun]

Come on... that Philips is the nicest multimeter you ever shown on this channel - and you have shown at least a million. Would measure the hell out of it.

[@batterydudellc961]

Do a quick teardown or EEVblab on that wideband amplifier box! I bet there's some sexy RF voodoo circuitry inside.

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

The tree website is down currently :-( We broked it.

[@Madmax23419]

What wrong with flux on the board? After all those years has done nothing to that board, is not pretty but will no do any harm to the board. Is no cleaning flux, will do no harm to the boards, as you see every time in old electronics does not harm the broads even not after 25 years.

[@MDSilverstar]

In Danish, Netherlands is called Holland :)

[@awefjlx]

Damn Dave didn't think a Aussie would know that about the Netherlands! Nice going

[@EEVblog]

Did I get it right?

[@knalliebar]

EEVblog nope :P

[@budleyca1]

Gray beards...love it!! Bud...

[@robertcalkjr.8325]

Merry Christmas Dave.

[@Psychlist1972]

I love the red glow of those bubble LEDs

[@EEVblog]

Pete Brown They are pretty sweet.

[@RoyHess666]

Oh Dave you could have gone over the probes in a separate video. Basically one third of the video is you talking about these probes and the background which shouldn't belong into a unboxing video like this. Just my 2 cents

[@EEVblog]

Roy Hess Damned if I do, damned if I don't. Was trying to add a little technical bit to the video, because this is, you know, an engineering video blog...

[@RoyHess666]

thanks for the reply, just telling ya what I think, just my opinion :) There's lots of packages waiting for you to open!

[@mogensranneries7517]

It's not the metal housed transistors that are light sensitive - it is the OC transistor where you can scrape off the laquer at the end tip and turn it into a photo transistor. But never mind - that is what makes your channel so funny - all the freewheeling and wrong guessing. Makes electronic engineers laugh (if not banging their heads in the wall)..

[@Ivo--]

Sorry for such a bad example of Dutch engineering Dave! Also Holland is indeed a part of The Netherlands however it's likely that that meter was made in Eindhoven which is NOT in Holland but in another province. Go Figure. ;-)

[@FennecTECH]

Dave i must complain about the 50fps video neather of my PCs are able to do 720p@50fps so im forced down to 480p :C

[@smiba11]

Either your computer is really old or you're not doing it right. First make sure all your drivers are updated (Most important your GPU drivers and Motherboard drivers) and try to use a modern browser like FireFox or Google Chrome. If its still running slow make sure you've closed all background processes and try it again. Still not working? Its time for an upgrade

[@ezecoo]

Smiba's Channel Could be that ***** 's network is shite, like mine, and he thinks it is a computer issue.

[@FennecTECH]

well the machines are older P4s not everyone has the money to buy a brand new i7

[@FennecTECH]

ive got plenty of bandwidth

[@FennecTECH]

the desktop runs archlinux and has 4gb of ram i use google chrome (not chromium) i use the MATE DE the machines an gateway e4500D with no graphics accelerator installed

[@MauroTamm]

Yeah.. .sucks when people send you too much stuff!!!

[@tomhansen123]

i think we broke Elliott's tree website!

[@ElliottVeares]

Fixed, sorry for the inconvenience.

[@AndrewBitting]

***** Broken again lol

[@ElliottVeares]

andrewbi Sorry, although do try again. Also saw a lot of traffic from a china IP!

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

***** yep down again.

[@tomhansen123]

***** you might want to put a timer per viewer so people cant spam everything at once note: site is down still

[@ceb515rulez]

the site is down again already :/

[@Ccs4646]

Swear to god that that camera was gonna fall over! Lol!

[@StrongOneX]

In Norway they open mailbox stuff with chainsaws. I got video proof!

[@RygartARTB]

"Weird arse pommy plugs" Call them weird but they're not the best socket and plug setup in the world for nothing :D

[@michaelschafferAT]

I had the Philips multimeter in the vocational school.

[@therealpanse]

21:26 I love how they ripped off their Logo. The "C" of Coosis looks like the "O" in Halo: Combat Evolved. No wonder they don't have any pictures of that thing on their website...

[@goyabee3200]

DON'T PLAY THE DISCS, DAVE, TRUST ME.

[@Zamsky39]

Where can I get a knife like this?

[@mendimano]

Its got out of control!!??, You lucky guy.

[@nickclark6001]

Hey I'm from near tintern too! What a small world 😸

[@ShadowBurn680]

EEVblog I really want you to dissect the plausibility of the circet bracelet garbage that over 3,000 people have donated in i want to know how plausible it really is i dont even think it can be done with todays technology

[@AllenSunnyD]

Sorry if you answered this already, but why don't you just make a longer video? your getting backed up on mail every vlog!

[@Brant92M]

Cause people complain and/or don't watch when the videos get too long. Not only that, but the 40 minutes of video we get is actually hours of shooting; there's just not enough time.

[@tubical71]

Brant Martin not true, as everytime there is an new episode out there, i look at the video-length fist, then get me ready for that, if it´s a long one (past 40 minutes duration) i have a "spezi" and some chips next to me....if they are shorter, it´s just plain watching....! *IDoLikeAndPreferTheLongerVideos*

[@Brant92M]

I don't complain, and you might not, but other people do-- Dave has said as much in his videos before.

[@tubical71]

Brant Martin if they do not like it, they can look somewhere else, but Dave need to do something, as he´s covered with mailbags throughout.....;)

[@TheChipmunk2008]

TubiCal I can only agree with this. Just a non-edited stream of conciousness mailbag would help catch up!

[@Ano_ny]

Holland is just another name for the Netherlands! (also philips is really big in holland, they do make anything in Holland, My uncle works there :D) Also I live in Holland

[@ellisp83]

Been watching your feeds now for a few weeks and you have definitely broken the boredom of assignment work for my HND in electrical/electronic engineering hahahha. Keep up the good work!!! You remind me of my uncle who taught me electronics from the age of 10. Same sense of humor and enthusiasm !!! Am gonna raid his workshop an try an find something to send you lol Am a lifelong enthusiast and love what your achieving with your shows and when ive got the time am gonna watch everything you have filmed lol hahah might even buy a bag of popcorn too :). Right bye from your Pomeranian fan in Liverpool. UK ! Its been a hard days night hehe

[@EEVblog]

Scouse VADER Thanks. Good luck catching up on all 700 videos!

[@didikjes]

Lol dave... holland = netherlands, and vise versa. it was always common for philips to use Holland before the 70 e. the were a dutch company, so they used holland instead of the netherlands

[@twocvbloke]

I liked the switch mechanism in the X10 thingy, don't have any use for X10 myself though, but the switch was nice... :D

[@walterharriman]

Hey, 8" floppy disk in the background! I have one mounted on my wall :D

[@kl1nk0r]

Dave, you know your stuff about Holland and the Netherlands there :-D

[@ytxstream]

Fingers Welt is the most awesome stuff hacking site in the world

[@ahobby]

Oh, they're the Bitbucket people

[@202Electrics]

haha... Holland is just the same as The Netherlands.

[@bepowerification]

I know your comment is 2 years old now but in case people are watching this in 2017 - like me: you are wrong. Holland is not the same as The Netherlands.

[@johnbrinkman9574]

today is my Bfs B-day!!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎈🎈🎈🎈🎂🎈🎂🎈🎂🎈

[@aerohk]

Oh Philips...

[@Tangobaldy]

Yay at last. Been waiting for this video.

[@E01F]

Hey Dave, you definitely need to check out fingers-welt.de/. Its Christian Finger's page and he has got all kinds of fun stuff on there. The Forum is also worth a look, I think. He's kind of well known in Germany, to us "nerds" at least.

[@Megabean]

You should do a big "mega Maibag"

[@Browningate]

Geesh, 43 minutes.

[@heatherc1492]

Haha, awesome. "That’s not a knife… THAT’s a knife."

[@robertcalkjr.8325]

It will probably be illegal for Aussies to have soon.

[@NaokisRC]

21:15. I see Halo logo font being used on that O!

[@johnbrinkman9574]

thumbs up!

[@redtails]

14:14 PIC and atmel are working together!!!

[@nielswitberg5377]

Holland isn't an other region. it's just a other name for the netherlands. But nice video anyway :D

[@CookingWithCows]

It's not monday though :D

[@KirkOfBellevue]

that was a weird commercial for a car

[@hubzcaps]

Love u man...u rock..happy holidays..take it apart !

[@ABaumstumpf]

Why is nearly all VGA-stuff so low-end? 1360*768 is not much... cause of my dad we did have an Viewsonic P225f - gorgeous 2048 x 1536 via VGA. Granted, you do need a real good cable, but that is not really problem. The hate VGA gets nowadays is strange. Yes, HDMI has its advantages, but for quite some time it didn't have the bandwidth of a good VGA-cable.

[@tubical71]

It´s just time, and technology movement in general.....VGA is pure analog stuff, while HDMI is all digial. Hence no double conversation anymore. But if you (me too) have some VGA source and sink equipment you need always some interfaces...

[@EEVblog]

ABaumstumpf VGA is analog, that makes it tricky to transmit and decode reliably to get an absolutely perfect picture every time.

[@ABaumstumpf]

EEVblog Yeah, i now - and i wouldn't switch from HDMI/Display-port back to VGA. But it was by far not as bad as many people think it was. You need good cables, the connectors need to be clean etc. But it was by no means worse than the early HDMI.

[@devnull9559]

Great video as always Dave

[@dellagd]

1:45 Get you mind out of the Gutter, Dave

[@Cybeonix]

My thoughts were something completely different. Since Dave isn't too fond of religion, I figured he was referring to giving christians the finger :)

[@robertcalkjr.8325]

Cybeonix Is it supposed to hurt my feelings or something? ( I'm a Christian) Maybe he believes he came from an ape? lol BTW, all of the icons of evolution have been debunked...

[@Cybeonix]

Robert Calk Jr. First of all, if it hurts your feelings, your faith can't be that strong. Otherwise it shouldn't mean a damn thing what other people say. Secondly, yes, we came from a common ape ancestor whether that makes you feel bad or otherwise. And third, I don't know of a single thing that debunks evolution. It has been independently verified by many areas of discovery from archaeology to genetic research. Running around claiming that something has been debunked does not make it so. I'm sure that Dave appreciates all of his viewers, but I know for a fact he has as much tolerance as I do for religious nonsense.

[@robertcalkjr.8325]

Cybeonix Everything has been debunked; Haeckel's embryos, Miller-Urey Experiment, Darwin's Tree of Life, Archaeopteryx, Peppered Moths, Darwin's Finches, and everything else those lying demons proclaim. It's not my fault you believe text books and don't do any real study... And I asked a question - I didn't make a statement that my feelings were hurt because they are not.You should start with some reading comprehension. Just because Dave knows electronics doesn't make him the worlds authority on the existence of God. Personally, I think atheists are either liars or the most ignorant people on earth besides Satanists, but I don't come on here and laugh at him and make stupid remarks about it. I can't stand most of the idiots that "claim" to believe in God either, but that doesn't mean all Christians are idiots. Anyway, the 2 witnesses of God will be here soon, and then you will no longer have an excuse to be atheists or anything other than Christians. Revelation 11 explains what they will do and how you will know who they are. And don't believe the stupid "Left Behind" movies. They are a joke just like most "so called" Christians.

[@andrei-lucianserb1771]

Robert Calk Jr. James 4:6 "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." I'm a Christian, but I never found anything wrong about evolution. What's wrong with coming from an ape? The Bible never said we didn't came from apes. And the Bible is a spiritual book not a history or science book. This has always been an ego thing. Just like people believed they are the center of the universe and everything revolved around them. You can't really think you came from dust. A God that created man from dust in a magical way, is less powerful than a God that set in motion an automated system that in the end produced everything that you see, starting from the Big Bang. It is our duty as human beings to discover what this wonderful universe is like, how it was made, and how it functions, and I think it should be considered a sin to spread lies about something simply because it makes humans seem a little less important in the whole scheme of things. Plus, even the Pope recognized that the Big Bang is true, and that it doesn't collide with the teachings of the Bible. And you can't point me to the Book of Genesis, because as I said earlier, the Bible is defiantly NOT a science book (thinking that all of the science of the universe fits in a moderately sized book is a very ridiculous thing to believe), and second, the Bible was written for all the people, even the ones thousands of years ago, who didn't have any scientific knowledge at all, so of course it doesn't say anything about the Big Bang, or evolution. It is our own duty as humans to discover the world, and to gain knowledge. And all the Christians that I know, know the Big Bang and evolution are true, because they are proven scientifically to be. The only "Christians" that don't believe are the ones that are extremists, or that have low education. And think about it. The churches have admitted they were wrong many times. Remember how the Earth was flat, in the center of the universe and surrounded by spheres, and how the Sun orbited the Earth. Yeah, those were all things the churches of the time said were true, and whoever didn't believe that, was considered a sinner. And they were proven wrong, and they admitted it. God wants science and smart people, not blind followers of churches. Churches are run by people, and people can be corrupt. Never put your entire faith in priests. Remember, the ones that shouted for Christ to be crucified were priests. Not saying that all priests are corrupt, but there are certainly many that are, and that are money hungry. So please stop being so egotistical, and admit that your ego is the only thing keeping you from believing in evolution or the big bang. Don't admit to me, or to the internet. Admit it to yourself, and correct yourself. There is nothing wrong with evolving from an ancestor ape. They are also creations of God, and I consider it a sin to be ashamed to come from a creation of God. Stop being so proud, and accept what the eyes see, and what the evidence says. And love the world the way God created it, not the way you want it to be. When you find all the fossils, and all the genetic resemblance, and even the fact that we look IDENTICAL to modern apes, and you still don't believe it, then you are trying very hard to live in a virtual world, a world not created by God, a world that caters to your ego and pride, a false world that is against God's creation. Instead of searching for answers that please your ego, just pray and learn from the wise people of the world and accept their answers, no mater how humble they make you feel. Don't listen to religious fundamentalists that only want you to praise them, instead of God.

[@cogsinister100]

I love the mailbag.

[@VTOLAircraftMad]

as a non Australian viewer, your use of the word 'squizz' makes me very uncomfortable :P

[@douro20]

HCMC=Ho Chi Minh City

[@JimnyVR5]

"Christian Finger, hat der was mit fingers-welt.de zu tun" dacht ich mir ... Paket auf ... Fingers Welt! :D

[@hingeslevers]

Holland = The Netherlands

[@hingeslevers]

It's still being used interchangeably

[@tianharvan]

But what Dave said there are stil north and south Holland the provinties ,like queensland in australia .I think thats what said .

[@SmiloDTech]

Christian Finger lol

[@robertcalkjr.8325]

lmao! Yeah, that hurt my feelings so bad I looked for a dark corner to cry in....NOT!

[@SmiloDTech]

Robert Calk Jr. LOL