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#504 – This Is Just A Tribute

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  • We were four minutes into an episode when we realized we weren’t recording. So this show is just a tribute.
  • Chris just launched the Contextual Electronics Podcast! There are already three episodes released, and another three recorded!
    • Sophy Wong
    • Stephen Hawes
    • Erik Larson
  • Chris uses Streamyard for recording video. We use Zencastr for The Amp Hour.
  • Cameras continue to improve…but don’t have much effect on Dave and Chris
  • Eurocircuits has a great DfM tool because there’s no human in the loop for checking your files
  • We wish that was the case for sales engineers as well…it’s better when you don’t need to talk to humans!
  • Chris has been dealing with gerber problems. Dave ended up making a video about this after this episode was recorded.
  • Gerber “aperture” is like an etch-a-sketch where light goes through a certain diameter hole to expose the pattern.
  • Dave has a new video about someone who created a similar design at the same time. We have discussed this once or twice before on the show.
  • “Technology transfer” when an employee goes from one company to another and a design concept follows them.
  • Intel sending work to TSMC. They also got rid of their lead engineer.
  • ARM is up for sale again. Apple suppliers are talking about purchasing, as are Nvidia.
  • Softbank has had some real duds lately, notably WeWork.
  • Arrow isn’t buying IEEE GlobalSpec. They do own EETimes though.
  • Google is offering training courses that may lead to hiring for them. It will be as low as $300 and administered through Coursera.
  • Scott Galloway talks about how education and training will change on the Prof G show.
  • Brad Feld was on the Tim Ferriss podcast.
  • Shahriar did a great troubleshooting video last week, showing how to diagnose different RF sections.
  • The Ultimate Electronics online textbook has links out to 100+ simulations to showcase concepts.
  • Chris has been reading some new books lately:
    • The Baroque Cycle (fiction), a trilogy by Neal Stephenson
    • Hands-On RTOS with Microcontrollers
    • Ultralearning
    • Range
  • Dave has never watched…The Office??

Comments

  1. Murphy Braswell says

    August 12, 2020 at 4:28 pm

    If you want to get a Murphy on the show. I’m here. Haha

  2. ANTALIFE says

    August 13, 2020 at 2:53 am

    i5 2500k master race

  3. ANTALIFE says

    August 13, 2020 at 3:02 am

    FAB3000 (paid) or DFMnow (free) is another good package to view/check your PCB outputs

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