#406 – Nerds In A Corner

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• Dave had another EEVblog Meetup in Sydney
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• It was part of Electronex
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• He did a video with Gav about optics and polarization
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• The important of bringing something to a meetup
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• Talking about post offices
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• Homebrew computer club
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• Lightning talks
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• IMTS
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• Dave and David decided to roll their own modules
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• Power bricks
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• BH Curves
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• Jury duty
  • 0:17
• Portable power supply
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• 5-10W
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• Former guest Gareth was asking on Twitter about a similarly portable power supply
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• Fo3rmer guest Jason Cerundulo has a new device out that helps illuminate the ins and outs of USB C
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• USB PD standard
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• The FUSB302B is a programmable USB Type-C Controller with PD
  • 0:26
• Chris used a board by Ben Hencke (his company is ElectroMage) called the Pixelblaze 2. It’s an ESP8266 based LED controller
  • 0:29
• Ben Krasnow is back at it again with a video about etching PCBs onto plastics
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• PWB
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• Chemicals
  • 0:37
• Dave saw a 3D printed PCB technology at the trade show called NanoDi
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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLcdm6gB6eE
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• Can’t go through a reflow oven
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• Targeting IP protection
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• Chris answered a question on Twitter/Hacker News about milling PCBs: there are still very few cases where it makes sense. Though there are some!
  • 0:43
• ElectronUpdated did a teardown/decap/explanation of ESP32
  • 0:46
• FX260 calculator teardown by electronupdate
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• Former guest David Kronstein made an “Electric Jet” called the Ikarus
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• There are build instructions in case you want to make your own
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• VTOL
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• FlightTest
  • 0:55
• Chris Anderson was on the show many years ago talking about DIY Drones (and what became 3D Robotics).
  • 0:58
• GlobalFoundries stops all 7nm development
  • 0:59