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EEVblog #822 - World's Worst Tablet Computer Teardown

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Dave Jones tears down an Esinomed Infoview medical tablet computer, exposing its incredibly poor hardware design and construction.

WARNING: You cannot un-see the dodginess inside this Esinomed Infoview Medical Tablet Computer! 800MHz AMD Geode NX800LX Nano-ITX Motherboard ftp://ftp.aplica.at/.../NX800LX/.../NX800LX%20startup%20manual.pdf Forum: eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-822-world's-worst-tablet-comp… From the previous Mailbag video here: youtube.com/watch?v=BCRkJquKQiw EEVblog Main Web Site: eevblog.com The 2nd EEVblog Channel: youtube.com/EEVblog2 Support the EEVblog through Patreon! patreon.com/eevblog EEVblog Amazon Store (Dave gets a cut): astore.amazon.com/eevblogstore-20 T-Shirts: teespring.com/stores/eevblog Donations: eevblog.com/donations/ Projects: eevblog.com/projects/ Electronics Info Wiki: eevblog.com/wiki/ 💗 Likecoin – Coins for Likes: likecoin.pro/@eevblog/dil9/hcq3

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3 people recommend this, 1 disputes it

What people say. Engineers share this famous teardown as a hilarious and shocking example of terrible hardware engineering in medical devices.

yoodenvranxon Hacker News • Recommends

On “USB power supply puts 220 Mains power out on USB jack”

…ly very knowledgable. His "boltr" teardown series of electronic power tools is most likely the most thorough you will find on the internet) My third goto channel for electronic stuff is EEVBlog who also does amazing stuff. If you are going to watch one teardown today then please watch his rather famous video about the worlds worst tablet computer: link to this video…
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TeMPOraLon Hacker News • Recommends

On “USB power supply puts 220 Mains power out on USB jack”

> If you are going to watch one teardown today then please watch his rather famous video about the worlds worst tablet computer: link to this video I'm crying out of laughter right now. This is absolutely brilliant. That is, the teardown - the tablet itself is an abomination. Thanks for posting this. This channel is great and seems to have a lot of educational content besides teardowns too.
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yoodenvranxon Hacker News • Recommends

On “USB power supply puts 220 Mains power out on USB jack”

I just copy/paste a comment I made below: > My third goto channel for electronic stuff is EEVBlog who also does amazing stuff. If you are going to watch one teardown today then please watch his rather famous video about the worlds worst tablet computer: link to this video
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stordoffon Hacker News • Recommends

On “USB power supply puts 220 Mains power out on USB jack”

> My third goto channel for electronic stuff is EEVBlog who also does amazing stuff. If you are going to watch one teardown today then please watch his rather famous video about the worlds worst tablet computer: link to this video Oh boy, that thing is a MESS. When he first opened it, I thought it looks like the sort of thing I'd knock together - not pretty, probably mildly unstable, but gets the job done. Then he took a closer look, and it's the sort of thing that wouldn't even be acceptable as a secondary school project, never mind a device to be sold.
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antsaron Hacker News • Disputes

On “The axle count of trains in Switzerland must not be a multiple of 2^8”

> Another field where you see this kind of planning is in medical electronics and software systems. Maybe sometimes... link to this video
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mohnon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Why Juicero’s Press Is So Expensive”

Thanks for the recommendation, I look forward to checking out MikesElectricStuff. I have seen a lot of EEVblog videos, but only a small fraction of his output, prolific guy. I definitely agree, too much grousing at times. Though he did seem to be appropriately outraged in the first one I watched (#822, about a terrible medical tablet PC): link to this video
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