In this episode Shahriar investigates the cause of failure of an E3634A DC Power Supply. The video features a step by step troubleshooting and teardown of the damaged power supply. Various schematics and block diagram of the power supply are presented. Will he be able to fix it?
In this episode Shahriar uses a few components to beyond what there were originally intended for in order to setup an optical link! By using a BlinkM RGB LED, a Color Sensor, and two PIC USB Boards from Sparkfun Electronics, a stand-alone optical link is established. Various theories of operation, including multilevel data transmission, signal constellation and detailed circuit diagrams are also presented. The final result is an 8-PAM, 3-Wavelength optical link with a colorful three-dimensional constellation graph. The code for the transmitter IC, receiver IC and Matlab functions are available to download from here.
