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Adrian Smith @UC-teLYZizQoOEJiQiu0QTzQ@youtube.com

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Electrical engineer and electronics hobbyist. Runs Adrian's


21:38
Royal Air Force Air Traffic Control Console panels. Teardown and overview. What's inside?
05:16
How to top balance an old unbalanced LiFePo4 battery pack. Capacity less than expected.
11:54
Homemade faulty LiFEPo4 battery pack from EV cells teardown, power cuts, net zero and other crap.
24:34
A look at a British Army Clansman PRC349 radio & teardown (original audio)
25:32
9V / 12V 1A UPS board review & test (make your own DIY UPS for router, camera, solar project)
11:03
What's inside a $2500 Wi-Fi Access Point? Rukus wireless T710S outdoor rugged high security AP
02:08
Large DIY LED Clock kit / project updated version. Powered by Arduino and ATMEGA328P
08:25
GEC-Marconi / Plessey PRS-2026C Harrier GR5 DRU Part 2: Power up Testing and EEPROM Dump
03:05
HIKVision 8 channel CCTV NVR teardown. What's inside?
03:46
Harrier GR5 DRU - update to my last video. Further information found and some assumptions were wrong
15:29
Harrier GR5 Engine Diagnostic Computer (DRU) Teardown. Part of the GEC-Marconi ESD2020 system.
14:49
Cheap CCTV systems are a waste of money and a security risk. Unbranded Chineseium junk in a box.
14:16
Channel update - my health isn't so good... And a 3G Femtocell / booster box teardown.
10:47
Circuit boards from a BAE146 Thrust Modulation System and a Boeing 737 fuel summing unit
10:36
Russian Avionics - ARK-22 Radio Compass Control Box. Taking it apart and seeing what's inside.
26:40
Global NDB 2 Navigation Databank Part 2 - reverse engineering and trying to power it up.
20:42
Global (Sundstrand) NDB-2 aircraft navigation data bank teardown and EPROM dumping.
07:15
Large 6 digit LED display module / PCB for electronics hobbyists. Sponsored by NextPCB.com
07:02
"New" TPIC6B595 chips from China - do these simple tests before using them. Weeding out the duds.
02:26
Programming an ancient 1970's Intel 8751H with TL866 FAIL. DON'T DO THIS!
14:41
How to erase EPROMs reliably using a cheap Amtidy U99 phone sterilizer. It works!
15:52
Military e-waste - Rhode and Schwarz R8401 test set teardown ex RAF / Luftwaffe. Anything useful?
13:15
My Keysight U1233A meter broke after 4 years of light use... Can I fix it?
06:25
E-waste component salvage - EH FMU673Z PLC controller for liquid level measurement. Anything useful?
09:17
Trying to repair a static inverter from an aircraft. 28V DC to 115V AC @ 400Hz
02:38
Oscilloscope CRT Implosion - this was loud! Microphone didn't capture the full scale of the smash.
11:58
Lynx helicopter drift indicator instrument teardown - what's inside? 1970's electronics.
26:26
Tascam Porta 02 Ministudio repair after wrong power adaptor used. Centre negative fail...
21:56
Trying to fix two 1970's oscilloscopes - Scopex 4D10 and 4D10A. No timebase fault.
01:36
Simple TPIC6B595 tester using an Arduino and 1.8" 7 segment display. Easy Sunday afternoon build.
10:22
Dumping EPROMS from a Harrier GR7 engine monitor test set system and others.
09:39
Using salvaged microcontrollers for Arduino projects - programming an ATMEGA8L with a TL866-II
08:10
Military JTIDS / Link-16 secure communications terminal teardown from a Tornado and Lynx. 4K UHD
01:09
Throwing my HP printer out of the window
02:35
Hameg HM303-6 with vertical deflection fault repair (part 2) - it works!
09:29
Overview of HQDFM - a PCB design analysis tool for checking your PCB designs prior to manufacture
11:15
Hameg HM303-6 oscilloscope repair part 1 - no trace fault. Traces deflected off the screen.
25:54
Build a bench power supply using parts from AliExpress and scavenged from scrap. Not a bad result.
02:41
Vintage Incandescent filament 7 segment displays on an Arduino Wamco KW-104S
18:03
Plessey PV1754X Military Radio Control Box Teardown. A well built but hard to service unit.
14:17
Preview of my next project; 2.3" 6 digit display and overview of HQDFM - a PCB design analysis tool.
01:44
How to remove a corporate or Azure account from a second hand laptop (Lenovo)
05:50
Cheap 0.28" panel meters - new version of the DSN-VC288? Review, test and adjusting accuracy.
18:57
Aircraft EFIS display teardown from Nimrod MRA4 (short version) full version in description.
02:08
LM324 Electronic load kit (part 2) quick demo testing a lead acid battery
09:55
Xiaolin LM324 Electronic load kit - assemble into a case and test. From livestream 12th Jan 2024.
10:54
Oddball Military electronics teardown - A radar / radio operator control panel type thing...
15:28
Hiland 28V PSU kit with digital control. An overview and test of an assembled kit. Not bad results.
06:12
Aircraft TCAS instrument teardown [FOLLOW-UP] - Fixed and improved audio.
20:13
Best websites to submit your electronics projects to and a brief overview
03:36
A look at some PCB's from high end networking gear before they go for e-waste. Anything interesting?
00:31
LED's plus high voltage = firecrackers! Several colour LED's blow in slow motion.
11:25
GEC Marconi GRF Control Panel teardown. What's inside? Part of video replay system for RAF Tornado.
11:18
Fuloon / AliExpress/ Amazon 13" LED wall clock review - how does this compare to my DIY clocks?
01:48
DIY large Arduino powered LED wall clock project (part 3 - final assembly)
01:46
Large Arduino LED Clock Update - time set demo. This wasn't shown in the project video.
01:16
A crap clock from eBay that doesn't keep the time - destruction time!
01:39
A digital weigh scale controller for HX711 load cell modules - up to 99.999Kg
17:51
Build a large LED wall clock with 1.8" digits plus 0.8" for seconds. Uses DS3231 RTC for accuracy.
11:36
The different ways of driving LED displays from a microcontroller - pros and cons