Tag: teardown

In this video, Kerry Wong took apart a 8 to 10 GHz microwave RF isolator and did some measurements. High resolution teardown pictures here. RF Isolator: Teardown and Experiments -...

In this episode Shahriar repairs an Anritsu 37347A 20GHz Two-Port Network Analyzer. The unit does not boot up and as a result its internal state is unknown. The boot fault is traced to a bad RTC module which has a built-in integrated battery. A replacement unit is located which allows...

Brian Dipert @ edn.com has done a teardown on Amazon's dash button and shows the parts inside. How much hardware was Amazon able to squeeze into such a diminutive bill-of-materials budget, or perhaps more accurately, how much are Amazon and its consumable-supplier partners...

Ken Shirriff has done a detailed teardown of the popular 555 timer IC. Let's take a look inside this little chip: Given the popularity of the 555 timer, I thought it would be interesting to find out what’s inside the 555 timer and how it works. While the 555 timer is usually sold...

sodnpoo.com has reverse engineered a cheap smartwatch he found on amazon: I noticed this smart watch on Amazon for the bargain price of £7.51, which was just too cheap to ignore - I didn't expect much but I was quite surprised at how functional it actually was... Anyhow, it was...

Todd Harrison @ toddfun.com did the teardown of the CSI 75W solder station as well as the Hakko 936: The Hakko of course had all analog circuits using operational amplifiers and potentiometers as well as a temperature sensor in the iron tip to signal back to a triac chip controller...

In this episode Shahriar reviews the Keysight EXA Signal Analyzer / Spectrum Analyzer (N9010A). The X-Series Signal Analyzers and Spectrum analyzers from Keysight are compared against each other. The EXA is a general purpose spectrum analyzer with extensive applications. Keysight...

A very close look at the new Raspberry Pi, include a die-dcap of the SOC (system on chip) and looking at what some of the silkscreen text means Raspberry Pi Zero Extreme Teardown -...