Dave's  1000 th video episode count down  -  How to celebrate it ? - Page 1
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author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 03, 2015, 09:20:17 pm
content: 1000th Youtube video episode count down - How to celebrate ?As of today (Nov 3, 2015), Dave has uploaded 992 Youtube videos. 8 to gohttps://www.youtube.com/user/EEVblog/aboutPersonally I will have a beer and give a toast to DaveFor fun look at his #1https://youtu.be/AUwbtG6z6pI?list=PL5Qevr-CpW_yZZjYspehnFc-QRKQMCKHBand No 3 (rap dance and holding up his fingers)I would love to see Dave hold up 1,000 fingers for the 1,000th show and give another rap dance. Maybe fireworks? A cake with 1,000 candles ?What ideas do you have for him for his 1,000 celebration video ? Hope he sees this before the 1,000th Youtube video

author: Ian.M
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 03, 2015, 09:42:52 pm
content: 10x10x10 LED cube?

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 03, 2015, 11:15:29 pm
content: Quote from: wilfred on November 03, 2015, 10:58:51 pmI am going by what Youtube says ie 1000th Youtube video. Dave's numbering system is too wacky to use. So this is not a EEVBlog number but a YT number.

author: crispy_tofu
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 03, 2015, 11:23:13 pm
content: Quote from: ez24 on November 03, 2015, 09:20:17 pm

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 03:19:53 am
content: Quote from: ez24 on November 03, 2015, 09:20:17 pmHad no idea!

author: pickle9000
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 03:48:18 am
content: Retrospective, what's going to happen next, a cake with a thousand candles, and a hamster named Tricky Dick.

author: Galenbo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 08:05:08 am
content: Maybe, with 1000th, 1024th is meant to be gonna celebrated :-)

author: Fungus
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timestamp: November 04, 2015, 10:09:46 am
content: Quote from: Ian.M on November 03, 2015, 09:42:52 pmGet Dave II to solder it...

author: crispy_tofu
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 10:15:25 am
content: Quote from: Fungus on November 04, 2015, 10:09:46 amBut they need to make the pick-and-place machine...

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 10:31:23 am
content: QuoteTear down your favorite multimeter? Explode a 1000 ohm resistor? Discharge a 1000uF cap bank @ high voltage (1000V ideally) into something? 1000 LED blinking at 1000 Hz?

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 12:09:53 pm
content: Quote from: daqq on November 04, 2015, 10:31:23 amI like the blowing up idea, haven't done that in a long time.Good excuse to get a decent high speed camera, the Sony RX100 Mk4

author: SteveyG
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 12:55:14 pm
content: Quote from: crispy_tofu on November 04, 2015, 10:15:25 amThey did - Sagan

author: Ian.M
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 01:52:53 pm
content: With properly designed assembly jugs, and using SMT LEDs soldered between hard brass wires in 10x10 grids with the wire planes separated by the length of the LED, it should go pretty quickly. Treat it as a multiplexed 10x100 display and drive it off a string of 14 TPIC6A595 chips with 10 of the outputs acting as level shifters for the 10 anode drivers. Built on veroboard of course! Control it with whatever MCU board Dave's been mailbagged that is interesting enough to be worth installing the toolchain.

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 02:46:31 pm
content: Quote from: Ian.M on November 04, 2015, 01:52:53 pm"jugs"?Quote from: Ian.M on November 04, 2015, 01:52:53 pmI've only made a 4x4 cube bit it was almost impossible to get 16slightlymisaligned LED legs inserted into veroboard. 10x10? Never going to happen.(I believe they use foam at the bottom of LED cubes for this reason...)

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 02:48:17 pm
content: I think Dave should put 1000 9V batteries in series and connect it to things. You can clip them together like this:

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 03:17:42 pm
content: #1000? Still waiting #666 and #741.

author: Ian.M
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 03:25:44 pm
content: Quote from: Fungus on November 04, 2015, 02:46:31 pmBig jugs are always good. Whenever you can get away with it, stick BRA 0xDD somewhere in your code! However in this case s/jugs/jugs/Quote from: Fungus on November 04, 2015, 02:46:31 pmNo problem - you've got 10 separate vertical 10x10 planes to fit and if built on a jig the spacing will be pretty accurate. Each only has 10 wires to solder to the veroboard at the bottom of the cube.Solder the 10 common anode wires straight across all the planes at the back of the cube, then add 10 vertical wires with a right angle bend at the tip to clear the horizontal wires, staircase fashion to connect them down to the veroboard.100 wires of ribbon cable with the ends fanned out to the individual cathode column pads + 10 heavier wires for the common anodes soldered trackside to go off to the driver board

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 03:41:38 pm
content: Quote from: Ian.M on November 04, 2015, 03:25:44 pmHave you sought professional help?

author: Ian.M
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 03:56:23 pm
content: AAGH!! s/jugs/jigs/Quote from: Fungus on November 04, 2015, 03:41:38 pmYes, but they ran away screaming.

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 04:57:13 pm
content: Quote from: zapta on November 04, 2015, 03:17:42 pmI should have said Number 1000 not #1000 - again this is the 1000th video uploaded to Youtube NOT #1000 per Dave's numbering system. Some of his videos have no numbers and he uses two numbering systems when he does use a number.What gave me the idea was him holding up his fingers in his early videos.

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 05:11:18 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on November 04, 2015, 12:09:53 pmReally celebrate and get this high speed camera, free shipping :http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=1063304&gclid=Cj0KEQiA0-GxBRDWsePx0pPtp4sBEiQACuTLNmo7p_PJi9Eh6gFzyRAd72jzDGgWn31N9RV3PXmSJi8aAgYm8P8HAQ&is=REG&A=details&Q=It would bring your videos to a new high level and your bank account to a new low.If you are serious about blowing things up, I suggest you start a new post asking for ideas on what to blow up. Some members have imaginative brains (not PIC).

author: Ian.M
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 05:26:25 pm
content: Quote from: Fungus on November 04, 2015, 02:48:17 pmThat's a bit pricey. Might be useful for high CAT multimeter testing though!What about something simpler and more ergonomic? A 1000V DC BOFH style cattle prod. Take 336 CR2032 cells and stack them in a 21mm ID plastic tube. Easiest to tape them in 1" tall stacks of 8 so they don't flip as you slide them in. It will be just over 1m long. (336 cells so we dont end up under-voltage)http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-300pcs-Lot-CR2032-3V-Alkaline-Cell-Battery-Button-Battery-Coin-Battery-For-Watches/937032129.html

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 05:40:18 pm
content: Quote from: Ian.M on November 04, 2015, 05:26:25 pmDo you use this around your house for control ?

author: Ian.M
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 05:42:57 pm
content: Quote from: ez24 on November 04, 2015, 05:40:18 pmNo, because however much I prod it, the house never budges.

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 05:43:59 pm
content: Quote from: Ian.M on November 04, 2015, 05:26:25 pmI guess 1000 of them is quite a lot...but it would be soooo worth it.Here's a video with 'only' 78:

author: Ian.M
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 06:02:00 pm
content: I've never had more than 1.6KV of batteries in series on my bench, and that was a *LONG* time ago. It was 18 date expired Mil. surplus BDA-602 90V HT batteries wired in series in a wooden tray.If you are stacking modern metal or foil jacket PP3 batteries for high voltage, for %DEITY%'s sake put some insulating tape down one side of each one before connecting them then insulate each string to suit the total voltage. The cell to case insulation can't be trusted at those voltages

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 06:48:34 pm
content: Quote from: Ian.M on November 04, 2015, 06:02:00 pmYou mean stacking them in layers? That would be a bad idea.In a straight string though? Should be perfectly OK so long as your bench/floor is 100% non-conducting.

author: Ian.M
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 06:56:47 pm
content: It depends: If the PP3's got clear heatshrink over the metal jacket, no problem, but if its only screenprinted ink and maybe a coat of lacquer you are risking a lot of trouble. You can easily have hundreds of volts between strings and insulating separators are essential.My tray of BDA-602 batteries were arranged in three strings of 6, with hot wax impregnated wooden slats between the strings.Edit: corrected description of tray.

author: wreeve
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 09:06:32 pm
content: is there a world record for series connected pp3s....or indeed a practical limit?

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 09:31:46 pm
content: This is starting to get off topic regarding batteries.I would like to see Dave do a summary of the previous 999 videos and things that have happened since he started. For example he did not like the PICkit 3 but that was 5 years ago, maybe things have changed and maybe he likes it now?Another example he gave a good review of the Tek 2225 but got rid of it - why?Another suggestion - he could ask for questions and then talk about them in the 1000th video. But regardless I think it should be special. How about a drunken Dave - might be funnyEdit - correction

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 09:46:12 pm
content: Quote from: Ian.M on November 04, 2015, 05:26:25 pmActually had that idea for #666 except for 2016'sI still have the plastic tube

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 09:46:56 pm
content: Quote from: ez24 on November 04, 2015, 09:31:46 pmI've still got it.

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2015, 11:25:32 pm
content: Quote from: wreeve on November 04, 2015, 09:06:32 pmNot yet....(What's the short circuit current on a PP9? Gotta be well over an amp, I reckon - plenty for a good plasma effect!)

author: Svuppe
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2015, 11:01:31 am
content: Quote from: SteveyG on November 04, 2015, 12:55:14 pmIsn't he more like a pick-and-MISplace machine?

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2015, 11:17:16 am
content: Where was episode 1 actually filmed. Was it a hotel room or something, could be remembering wrong.Should film 1000 in the same location.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 05, 2015, 11:57:52 am
content: Quote from: Psi on November 05, 2015, 11:17:16 amExactly where I sit now, in my study at home.

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2015, 04:38:50 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on November 04, 2015, 09:46:56 pmMy mistake - I thought you said you got rid of it in the comments for that video

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2015, 04:39:56 pm
content: Suggestion - history of what has happened since the 1 st video----------------------------------Another suggestion - A $1,000 lab setup. I think you would get a lot of views on this. Follow Nuts and Bolts rules (they have a $200 contest going on):- no used (Please !)- no eBay- no Amazon from Chinese sellersie legit sales only that someone could buy today from legit sellers or better yet to your Amazon store (you have one right ?). I am sure many would support you this way.You could make it only items that Techequipment sells (or you) and I guess you have already done a review on most items if not all and you could cut and paste in some stuff from those videos.You might be able to get Techequipment to go along with you somehow.Leave out small tools like pliers, tweezers, etc. You can include a link to the post on this kinda stuff and concentrate on the big stuff.Then when you get to a 2,000 video do one on a $2,000 lab and so forth. Can't wait until the 1,000,000 th videothanks

author: iampoor
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2015, 06:14:22 pm
content: How about everyone who views it gets a free multi-meter?I think that would 1-up Oprah nicely.