This time around dave takes you though the basic theory of thermal design and how heatsink calculations work. Jones is an australian electronic design engineer and video blogger. Photocopier teardown from eevblog bay area circuits. Eevblog youtube kodi open source home theater software. Im really enjoying my new eevblog brymen bm235 digital multimeter. The product is named as circuit maker and provides most of the features the expensive altium design suite provides. Dave naturally has his top 5 tips for altium to ensure that they dont screw up this opportunity. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover david s. These are worth watching for anyone with questions about soldering tools and technique.
Eagle pcb software changing to subscription based services. For some designers, the pcb design will be a natural and easy extension of the design process. Im a huge fan of dave jones and his eevblog website and youtube channels, and followed the development of this meter with a lot of interest and anticipation. Check out the software today and start using it for free with just one time signup. The technology in these machines has really changed over the last ten years. At the same time, we elected to do a parody of dave set back in 1978. Eevblog one of the earliest and most successful youtube channels where dave jones does teardowns, tutorials and more. Electronics thermal heatsink design bay area circuits. David jones electronics engineering video blog eevblog. The projects created using circuitmaker may include certain open source software or hardware designs originated from third parties that is subject to the gnu general public license gpl, gnu librarylesser general public license lgpl and different andor additional licenses, disclaimers, and notices. Kicad limited mechanical or industrial engineering. While theres definitely room for better software, the most frustrating thing about the pcb cad ecosystem right now is a lack of interoperability between file formats for schematic, layout, and gerbers, and b lack of publicly accessible components. David jones jazz musician 18881956, american jazz saxophonist david thomas jones 19452012, english actor and singer, probably best known as davy jones of the monkees. David robert haywood jones 19472016, english musician and actor, known professionally as david bowie.
Electronics engineering radio show and podcast the amp hour. David jones writer, creator of the television series fireman sam. Dave, who is an electrical engineer, was very interested in simstack and our work turning cockpits into simulators. Switch mode voltage regulators and the varying current draw of mcus and rf chips require the determination of the current draw over time to calculate the total power. A continuous 45min screen cast of dave installing and running kicad for the first time, along with his first impressions and rants about things he finds along the way, mainly with the schematic. At work, our software is altium designer and i had completed some earlier projects in kicad which has no translation to altium. Eevblog is creating electronics engineering videos patreon. This is the original version with the letters in the gear teeth. I have written this from the point of view of a hobbyist, especially a poor one.
Dai jones born 1943, welsh television presenter and radio broadcaster. S schematic p pcb f firmware andor software m mechanical cad files d design documentation b bill of materials c license used allows for commercial use suggested use for nonoriginal tool source files e. Dave worked at altium before spinning up the eevblog, so this really is his old stomping. David jones is raising funds for eevblog 121gw multimeter on kickstarter. Converting gerber to pcb in altium as far as i know, a gerber cant be converted back to a pcb because it is a production format and not a design format. He is the founder and host of eevblog electronics engineering video blog, a blog and youtube channel targeting electronics engineers, hobbyists, hackers, and makers. Those changes arent as common but that transformative nature can be really. Micah scott video logs of reverse engineering and repurposing consumer electronics hardware in creative ways. Over at eevblog, dave jones has just published a teardown of the brand new siglent sds1104xe 4channel dso. Dave jones, the multitalented proprietor of eevblog. Dave worked at altium before spinning up the eevblog, so this really is his old stomping grounds. The eevblog is the worlds largest and most popular youtube engineering channel with over 450,000 subscribers, and hosts one of the most popular engineering community forums the eevblog forum linked above.
Theres a thread over at the eevblog, goto page 8 and youll see dave. Circuitmaker is electronic design automation software for printed circuit board designs targeted at the hobby, hacker, and maker community. Its at least worth updating the firmware for, thats for sure. This project is set up to provide all documentation, design and data validation required for the badgerloop pod v pcbs. This time out i wanted to show you this teardown of a photocopier.
The eevblog is the worlds largest and most popular youtube engineering channel with over 450,000 subscribers, and hosts one of the most popular engineering community forums the eevblog forum linked above the eevblog is hosted by david l. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover davids connections and jobs at similar companies. Before becoming a fulltime blogger, jones worked on fpga boards for the eda company altium. Dave jones of the eevblog, gives you a full rundown on the beta version. Jones is good and gives detail information on pcb design and process. David annwn jones born 1953, anglowelsh poet, critic and teacher. Eevblog 121gw multimeter by david jones kickstarter. As an anecdote, i believe dave jones of the eevblog used to work at altium. In this supersized lecture length episode, dave foolishly attempts to explain how to design an example product the ucurrent from start to finish. Extech ex330 autoranging mini multimeter with ncv and type k temperature. See altium s ignore pad to pad clearances within a.
He selected 12 videos to release one at a time each day he was gone. The eevblog sparkgap generator the amp hour electronics. See altium system requirements for more information. Dave jones drummer active since 1983, drummer with agnostic front. Unit ut61e acdc modern digital auto ranging multimeters data hold. According to jones, he began publishing electronic design project plans in electronics diy magazines like electronics australia in the 1980s. Even if they literally released altium designer for free i dont think it would take over. Hackaday prize judge dave has some great educational videos on his eevblog.
I just got an email yesterday from charles at trio test. He is the founder and host of eevblog electronics engineering video blog. Sign up for your own profile on github, the best place to host code, manage projects, and build software alongside 40 million developers. Dave gives his first impression of altiums new free pcb design tool for. Dave gives his first impression of altium s new free pcb design tool for the maker community, circuit maker. I follow eevblog quite closely and dave jones has excellent insight into altium as well as most things related to electronics engineering. The board has two layers and their dimensions are approximately 80mm x 51mm. At the end of november, we had a visit from dave jones who runs the very successful eevblog on youtube. He does a great job of breakdown a wide variety of electronic devices in his weekly show. Jan 12, 2018 the first board is related to opencurrent, an open source version of ucurrent developed by dave jones of the eevblog. Circuitmaker is available as freeware, and the hardware designed with it may be used for commercial and noncommercial purposes without limitations. Dave jones is the only person i can think of, and i think he has. Jones, an electronics design engineer based in sydney australia. Jun 20, 2015 dave jones of the eevblog, gives you a full rundown on the beta version.
I have heard very good things about altium, but its expensive, very expensive at least for me because i just graduated college. See who you know at eevblog, leverage your professional network, and get hired. Subscription is less explaining, less justification meetings, and it is how netflix and spotify etc. For those who dont know eevblog is a website and forum run by dave jones, an australian electronics engineer.
Well here we have dave jones again with one of his teardown tuesdays. A subreddit dedicated to news, articles and general discussions related to electronic systems and circuits. The schematic is the logical representation of the circuit. Ive been creating electronics engineering youtube videos since april 2009, with over 0 episodic engineering videos with hundreds more on my 2nd and other channels. Sep 17, 2014 i work with pcb design tools a lot cadence, altium, eagle, you name it. Electroboom youtube channel that debunks and explains ee topics with a lot of comedy thrown in. Its 4000 square meters 43,000 square feet, and exactly 3950 square meters larger than his.
A gerber file contains only one of the many layers of a pcb, an no information on nets, components or electrical connectivity at all. Altium gives away the farm with new circuit maker software. The most important thing to ensure is that your internal power planes do not come to the edge of the board and short to the edge plating. Dave jones shows us just how bad audio equipment can get with his white van speaker scam teardown youtube link. Dave looks at the shockingly energy wasteful design of mains powered smoke alarms. Myself, not being in a position to pay the 10k altium designer price tag, i. Eevblog youtube an offthecuff video blog about electronics engineering, for engineers, hobbyists, enthusiasts, hackers and makers. A free online environment where users can create, edit, and share electrical schematics, or convert between popular file formats like eagle, altium, and orcad. In recent years, several of his project articles appeared in silicon chip.
How can bad and cheap product design kill the environment by requiring vastly more energy generation, delivery and pf correction infrastructure. The eevblog features simstack on youtube simulator solutions. I work with pcb design tools a lot cadence, altium, eagle, you name it. Pcb layout techniques element14 pcb services forum. Originally designed and sold by dave jones on the eevblog, this derivative has several enhancements specifically for measuring varying currents on todays low power devices.
Oct 11, 2015 dave takes a look at the new siglent sdg2122x sdg2042x arb generator and compares it to the rigol dg4162 and the older siglent sdg5082. Dave spent several hours filming the simulator project and then some more time interviewing rod. Dave jones of eevblog was going on a walkabout and offered to show guest videos. Ive been creating electronics engineering youtube videos since april 2009, with over 0 episodic engineering videos. The board on the radio product that i work on has its edges plated so that it makes contact with the metallised housing and screens. Dave jones of the eevblog has a great soldering tutorial as part of his video blog series. View david jones profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Hi, all of my formal training in pcb layout has tended to be on how to use the tools protelaultim, which is an excellent place to start. The product comes from the top player in the pcb and cad design softwares, altium. Dave finally found some high cri, 5000k, low glare led ceiling panels. Dave also participates in a weekly podcast called the amp hour.
Jones page 3 of 25 3 introduction youve designed your circuit, perhaps even bread boarded a working prototype, and now its time to turn it into a nice printed circuit board pcb design. Common parts library for prototyping the common parts library for prototyping is a collection of electronic components, tools and equipment for prototyping new connected products. Here is another great video from dave jones of eevblog. Jun 15, 2015 dave gives his first impression of altium s new free pcb design tool for the maker community, circuit maker. Sign up for your own profile on github, the best place to host code, manage projects, and build software alongside 50 million developers. Dave gives his first impression of altiums new free pcb design tool for the.
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