EEVblog #424 - $3M Agilent Portable Calibration Lab Tour

A tour of Agilent Australia's new VOSCAL (Volume On-Site Calibration) portable NATA accredited calibration lab in a customised expandable shipping container, with Metrologist Peter Daly
The gear alone inside is worth a cool $3M.

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[foxyrollouts]

I definitely need all of this for my next arduino project

[EEVblog]

Yeah, Peter was awesome. Spent the best part of a day and half showing me around and talking shop. Should have just had a helmet cam and left it running...

[nhprm]

I would watch as many videos as it took to explain what all of these tools do to a lay person. I am fascinated by your world.

[danielepatane]

As Hewlett & Packard Fan and collector I would watch this video for hours

[UnivegaSuperSport]

It's Dave's sense of humor and fun and his willingness to tell it like it is that keeps his channel top hitting. Based on the content they've enjoyed in the past, It's reasonable to assume subscribers wouldn't be bored to tears with this offering.

[cheese]

The top calibrator is either a Fluke 5520A or a Fluke 5522A. They look identical, and are almost identical is specs. The bottom calibrator is a Datron/Wavetek (now Fluke) 4808.

[AnatoFIN]

Doh, no teardown! :D
Thx Agilent and Dave

[EEVblog]

I took the opportunity to shoot a whole bunch of footage while I was down there visiting them in Melbourne. For those who don't like it, tough :-P

[fixthetempo]

27:51 touched the instrument "a 50G network analyzer". But its a E4448A 50 GHz spectrum Analyzer

[TonyButchT]

You beat up on Peter pretty good lately...Three cheers for Peter!!!
Cant thank you enough for this interesting, informative adventure!

[alperenalperen]

calibrate the calibrator's calibrator's calibrator.

[dalriada]

Interesting stuff, but complicated to follow when you aren't familiar with calibration procedures. This is a subject that would benefit from a few DaveCAD drawings!

[andyb]

Thanks Dave & Agilent, really really interesting

[stepanf]

When they actually move the container somewhere, do not all the vibrations and jolts during shipping cause all the calibration stuff in there to have to be recalibrated???

[drpsht]

what's that "oops" at 31:45 all about? Were we not supposed to see that? :D

[falxonPSN]

Skip to 26:00 to actually see the toys.

[luisherrera]

Holly molly, this video is pure gold, good old days before Keysight shows up.

[EEVblog]

Yes, youtube have very advanced auto-detection algorithms for copyright audio material. Each video is scanned for this when it is uploaded. They take it very seriously. I would not be able to monetise the video if I had someone else's material in it.

[greywolf]

LOL. Good to see Pete on UT !    Just saw him last week on site !!!

[bitrot]

Can we see the Rigol portable calibration lab next? Oh, wait...