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#472 – Keyzermas Vacation

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Hip hip hooray for Keyzermas Vacation!

  • Jeff has been attending a lot of events in 2019
    • CES
    • DesignCon
    • IEEE EMC in New Orleans
    • Chaos Camp
    • Teardown
    • Superconference
  • Jeff is no longer at Valve, since February of 2019.
  • He’s been spending his time learning Solidworks and updating his Altium knowledge/license.
  • Why Solidworks vs Fusion?
  • The new normal of using different tools within companies, especially with groups inside of companies acting like startups
  • David is moving on to greener pastures, so Dave will be doing software for the uSupply. This was the genesis behind the install video of tools.
  • Sci.py is over 1 GB
  • Chris was asking on twitter what people are looking to learn. What about you?
  • “Jeff’s Makin Widgets”
  • Everyone should have a 3D printer
  • Wants to work on flex and rigid flex
  • Losing skills once leaving the big companies
  • What is this thing subreddit
  • SMA and 3.5 mm connectors
  • EMC far field vs near field
  • Up close is a magnetic field (H field)
  • It doesn’t become EMC until a certain distance from the board
  • Based on the wavelength of the frequency
  • CISPA
  • “The antenna is just a piece of bent metal”
  • Antenna we discussed
  • EMC crash cart in Henry Ott’s book
  • At the symposium Jeff was at a session on low cost tools
  • EMC society in Seattle
  • Dave has been inside Australia’s largest chamber_
  • Using firmware to reduce EMC issues
  • Minimum pieces of flair
  • If you design it not to emit, you are not going to be susceptible
  • Keeping loops tight
  • Qi charging
  • Jeff working on cars
  • Metal casting
  • Bob Simpson on The Amp Hour talking about converting his BMW
  • Sinclair C5
  • Tom Lee
  • 2019 was the year of long lead time for components
  • How long will through hole components stick around?
  • Find Jeff on various parts of the internet:
    • Twitter
    • Mightyohm.com
    • Instagram
    • See all of Jeff’s appearances on The Amp Hour on our special category for him on the website!

Comments

  1. la23ng says

    December 23, 2019 at 5:01 pm

    Please install the Podlove subscribe button when you get around to it.

  2. homelessinsacramento says

    December 27, 2019 at 12:19 pm

    probably out of context.

    https://psychiccontrol.blogspot.com/2019/12/3d-printed-guns.html

    the projector is here.

    github.com/logical

    build it or I’m telling the chinese.

  3. Hedley says

    December 27, 2019 at 10:44 pm

    https://www.ahsystems.com/catalog/SAS-540.php

    Have antennas in the range Dave is looking for. Thanks for link to ott book .

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