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author: schmitt trigger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 02:41:52 pm
content: This is my story.Over lunch a few years ago, a group of engineering friends were commenting that Youtube already had a growing channel base of technical and engineering blogs, many of which were actually very informative, well done, and most importantly, fun to watch.We started trading names about our fave ones.One friend of mine, knowing that I was into electronics, told me: "The other day I saw a crazy Aussie guy, which seems to be VERY knowledgeable, and is actually fun to watch.". But he could not remember the channel name.So I literally Googled "Crazy Aussie Electronics Blog"...and found this site.What is your story?

author: Nauris
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 03:09:52 pm
content: It was mentioned in the sci.electronics.design newsgroup when Dave started it, but that was quite some years ago.

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 03:21:42 pm
content: How I find almost every single YouTube channel I've ever subscribed to. The recommended videos section.

author: apis
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 03:34:05 pm
content: I was looking for electronics tutorials on Youtube and found Dave's channel. It was immediately obvious to me that he was a very knowledgeable (and no BS) unlike most other channels.EDIT: I think the first video was the DS1052E for me too.

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 03:45:15 pm
content: Was searching for cheap oscilloscope reviews and found Dave's review of the classic Rigol 1052E. (I got the Instek, however, since it offered twice as much memory.)

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 04:00:54 pm
content: In 2012 or 2013 I was searching for MFM hard drives on Youtube and I came across bank hard drive teardown. EEVblog #395 - World's Most Expensive Hard Drive Teardown. I was bored at first for the long videos (the hard drive was intersting) but I no longer find them boring and I could not understand the accent and certain words I have not heard before but they now have meaning without looking them up.I discovered Fran and Thunderf00t through here and I enjoyed their videos.I makes my miserable boring days worthwhile as I learn something when a video gets released by either of them.I knew of Bigclive some years ago at first of opening up some household meters and a pfc box with some coils and had a current limit on it but I didn't know he was inspired through Aussie50 as he said in his video which I found sad. I came across some of Aussie50's videos about the same time with shorting out and blowing up things and oil filling some television in a container and it was still working.I forgot about Aussie50 along with the rest as I was out working all the time and after I got so bored with local television except with Youtube I found I was learning stuff so I paid to not see he adverts. I didn't think of names back then but what happened in the videos.It is like a lovely little union between the three and it makes it my worthwhile viewing.When I have a questions, most of the time it gets answered or the answer was right behind the thread when I reread it so I end up removing mine sometimes.

author: Neilm
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 04:13:41 pm
content: I found the EEVBlog from a magazine article. It mentioned a video Dave had just released on the input circuit of multi-meters. I think that was about #15. Been watching ever since.

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 04:19:07 pm
content: I just did a search for electronics forums and went through the results one by one.

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 04:43:08 pm
content: Quote from: schmitt trigger on May 31, 2019, 02:41:52 pmThat search still works -- I get the EEVblog Youtube channel as search result #1.

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 04:45:00 pm
content: I was combing through Agilent videos on Youtube and a suggested video popped up with a guy with round eyes and shaky hands, talking nervously and poking the camera with a Agilent multimeter. So I thought let me see what this crazy person is talking about

author: H.O
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 04:47:52 pm
content: In 2012 I was looking for a scope to replace my GWInstek GDS-806C, Google (most likely) popped up with Daves video #1 on the Rigol 1052E (which by that time was ~3 years old (the video that is)). Have been following ever since. Never got the DS1052E though, wanted 4 channels and ended up with the Rigol DS4000 instead.I'm a little bit wiser and lot poorer thanks to EEVBlog :-)

author: Red Squirrel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 05:48:10 pm
content: I don't recall for sure, but I've always had a slight interest in electronics. Not enough to really pursue it but when I was a kid I used to like playing a lot with electrical stuff. I got my first mains shock at like 12.Even then never got THAT deep into it, no microwave oven transformers or anything like that. Probably a good thing. Being a kid it's not like I had access to much. Wire? I used foil paper because that's all I had. My mom probably wondered how she went through foil so much...But anyway fast forward to much later in life and I found Dave's tour of a TV transmitter station, think that was one of my first videos, followed by the teardown of some of that gear he got to bring home. And kinda got hooked since! TBH I have not gotten that far into electronics even though I keep wanting to, but I have done a few small projects and plan to get more serious once I finish my shop which is my goal this summer.

author: bsfeechannel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 05:58:59 pm
content: Quote from: H.O on May 31, 2019, 04:47:52 pmI want a T shirt with that.I was looking for information on cheap digital scopes. I ended up buying the Rigol DS1054E because of him.

author: schmitt trigger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 06:06:33 pm
content: My favorite videos are where Dave performs a teardown.I can relate to Dave's love of teardowns, because as a kid, I would open up electronics equipment to see what was inside.I actually follow a variation Of Dave's dictum: I open it up and then power the unit while disassembled to see how it works.But Dave goes significantly further. He explains in great detail the reasons how come this or that particular component was chosen for a particular circuit section. That insight is literally priceless, there are instances where, for instance, one requires a premium opamp. And Dave makes very educated guesses about the design considerations involved.And of course, his wisecracks: "this transformer must have been wound by nude Swiss virgins".

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 06:20:27 pm
content: ...on a remote island.

author: markus-k
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 06:20:39 pm
content: Couldn't get my head around how opamps work, found Daves fundamental fridays video. That's what got me to the EEVblog and way deeper into electronics. Even made it part of my job since that point.

author: boffin
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 06:36:11 pm
content: Actually I found it because I was trying to point out what a stupid idea solar roadways were, and came across a video called "Solar Roadways are Bullshit"

author: steve30
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 06:51:12 pm
content: Around 2011 ish I was looking for reviews/information on multimeters. I found Dave's videos, and after a while, got used to his voice.

author: Tom45
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 07:07:39 pm
content: Quote from: ebastler on May 31, 2019, 04:43:08 pmIn fairness to Dave, "Sane Aussie Electronics Blog" also has Dave's site as the number 1 hit.

author: MosherIV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 09:21:37 pm
content: I was looking at multimeter reviews and recommendations.I then found Dave's video blowing up multimeters.That got me hooked, both on his channel and multimeters

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 10:00:22 pm
content: I think I was researching those cheap toy scopes when I found Dave's "buy a vintage analog scope" video so I bought a low end DSO

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 11:42:10 pm
content: Quote from: Neilm on May 31, 2019, 04:13:41 pmDo you remember what magazine it was? I can't remember how I heard about the EEVblog but it was around the same time. I didn't find it via YT. So it could have been in a magazine. Or maybe I was reading aus.electronics. I just squeak into the first page of the memberlist so no one told me about it that much I know.

author: windsmurf
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2019, 12:41:35 am
content: Quote from: MosherIV on May 31, 2019, 09:21:37 pmSame with me...

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 01, 2019, 01:52:43 am
content: What accent?I can't remember the specific entry point - but it was from my own surfing. No magazine articles or friend's recommendation.... and I signed up 4.5 years ago...? My how time flies when you're having fun.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2019, 02:00:51 am
content: Got pointed here in 2013 by Asian contacts and lurked for a few days then joined to be part of the fun.Member hendorog that I met at an EEVblog members Auckland Xmas drinks a few years back has become a good friend and we joined on the same day !Spooky !

author: bitseeker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2019, 02:59:34 am
content: It was one of Dave's DMM or scope videos. I no longer remember exactly.

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2019, 03:06:02 am
content: I don't remember.

author: Electro Detective
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2019, 04:17:28 am
content: Quote from: H.O on May 31, 2019, 04:47:52 pmLOL, ain't that the truth, DJ should make a killing flogging T-Shirts sporting thatMy Story: I was tube surfing for opinions on the latest Macslow OS a few years ago, was it Mavericks?whatever..when an EEVblog preview window appeared about an expensive old school IBM hard driveaka same deal as MrMobodies comment above > "EEVblog #395 - World's Most Expensive Hard Drive Teardown."It was a good video and DJ knows how to glue techie punters attention,and by sheer chance/luck he and another tuber Martin Lorton were doing awesome reviews on Fluke multimeters of which I had an interest in.Just what I prefer to see and hear > full on info, the good, bad and ugly, and no BSThen came the Teardowns, Mailbags, Dumpster Diving, Multimeter Abuse..I lurked at the EEVblog forum for a while, especially since a lot of tech web Searches led to here anyway,and then one day to EEVeryones misfortune, I signed up

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2019, 08:31:18 am
content: Quote from: Brumby on June 01, 2019, 01:52:43 amAny accent I don't often hear and this case it was Australian. The speed and sounding of the words sounded a bit foreign to me and some words made no sense at the time, I kept on seeking back to re hear it. I was using the subtitles a couple of years ago but don't need that anymore. I didn't discover the board back then I was just browsing Youtube for things which kept my nights occupied.As I recall in that bank hard video at the time the pointing and opening up the drive in that bank video was fantastic.I did hear something in the tone.Honesty and willingness to show everything and much more.

author: Mickster
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2019, 12:39:20 pm
content: EEVBlog #39 video - PICkit3 review.Nothing more to say.....

author: Illusionist
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2019, 07:06:57 pm
content: I recently started to get back into electronics (as a hobby) after a long hiatus. When I found that my old Tek 2211 scope was nearing it's use-by date, I looked for a replacement. DuckDuckGo led me here, to the Siglent threads.I'm obsessed with accuracy and precision, and love of test gear, so I've visited here every day since.

author: shakalnokturn
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2019, 09:09:21 am
content: I had watched several of Dave's videos over the first years he went online.Much later another French member "Vince" involuntarily decided me to sign-up to the forum.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2019, 09:13:54 am
content: Quote from: shakalnokturn on June 02, 2019, 09:09:21 amAh so you know Vince ?He works for Airbus doesn’t he ?We had some fun in the Repair board fixing his Tek scopes.

author: soldar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2019, 12:50:17 pm
content: How did I find EEVBLOG? I found it to be OK. Costs nothing and it's worth the price.

author: schmitt trigger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2019, 09:33:33 pm
content: soldar;"find" meaning how you arrived to this web page, not "find" meaning what do you think of the site.Como llegaste a esta pagina web?

author: soldar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2019, 10:03:08 pm
content: I am betting everybody else got the joke but it seems it just flew right over your head. Did you hear that whooooshing sound? That was my joke going right over your head and falling in the Pacific.

author: joeqsmith
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2019, 10:20:47 pm
content: A friend of mine showed me one of his videos. I think it was the Extech death wish tweezers or one of the handheld shootouts. I was laughing my ass off. Dave is quite the comedian and I found those videos very entertaining. A few of us started group watching them. Anymore I watch EEVBLOG II more than the main channel. The last two I caught off the main channel were the high speed slot cars and the one with Dr Barry Marshall.I blame my handheld DMM addictions on him!

author: typematrix
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2019, 10:38:53 pm
content: Somebody recommended him on a forum in my country"EEVBLOG is a video blog run by an Australian electronic engineer. He has interesting tutorials, product teardowns and general rants".

author: Electro Detective
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2019, 11:18:46 pm
content: Not to be a grammar nasty, but OP schmitt trigger may want to consider re-wording this post to something like:"How did you findoutabout EEVblog?"and avoid any misunderstandingsand diode flickingas seen above'find' served straight up may mean anythingfind (discover)find (opinion)find (lost)fined (penalty)

author: soldar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2019, 11:58:32 pm
content: Your Honor, we the jury find the defendant not guilty.

author: bloguetronica
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 03, 2019, 03:07:04 am
content: Quote from: Mickster on June 01, 2019, 12:39:20 pmThat memorable video. I knew EEV Blog before that, at a time when Electronics was not a common subject on YouTube (at least, not as today). Anyway, going a bit off-topic, at the time I though that the PicIt 3 (misspelling intentional) wasn't so bad. I changed my opinion after using mine a dozen of times. It is a piece of raw sewage, basically. It opened in half, and now the connector doesn't work sometimes. The USB cable might be handy, though, although it is a mini-USB instead of a micro one. Not everything is lost!Kind regards, Samuel Lourenço

author: extide
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 03, 2019, 05:12:23 am
content: I ran into his vids from the suggested videos I believe, but what made me stay was the production quality. Dave not only was good at explaining things and had great enthusiasm for what he does but he also knows how to get the most out of the camera. So many blogs at the time had people who didn't know how to properly focus a camera on something and constantly blurry videos with crappy sound and that drove me nuts.

author: schmitt trigger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 04, 2019, 08:57:48 pm
content: Quote from: Electro Detective on June 02, 2019, 11:18:46 pmIn my defense, your honor, English is not my mother tongue.My mistake had previously been pointed at me by Soldar.

author: soldar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 04, 2019, 09:54:46 pm
content: I find the title of the thread is perfectly correct for the intended meaning.

author: dnwheeler
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 11, 2019, 09:28:29 pm
content: Quote from: Electro Detective on June 02, 2019, 11:18:46 pmThe subject reminded me of this exchange in the move "A Hard Day's Night":Reporter (to John Lennon): "How did you find America?"John Lennon: "Turn left at Greenland."