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- Dave has been testing U1272A’s again after learning about a possible EMC issue. Dave had previously tested Fluke 87s with GSM.
- A new open source radio project (FaradayRF) has Chris wondering if there are possible.
- Dave is back to working on his Supercomputer idea (with BOINC).
- A new board might use a Microchip SPI -> Ethernet part, the ENC28J60
- NextThingCo (makers of the CHiP) announced the ChipPro and the GR8 SOM.
- They include a non-NDA datasheet for the AllWinner R8.
- Chris got to see the Chipsetter up close and personal at MFNY.
- The Open Hardware Summit went ok! Interesting discussions about the new license.
- The “Got Milk” campaign was used as PR for drinking more milk
- Taking 11 hours to get a Wifi kettle working
- Chris and Dave may start licensing “DC-Ether™” for products.
- Randall from XKCD discusses design decisions
- Solar roadways installs are a disaster
- You can watch MegaBots discuss their design decisions.
- 3D Robotics seems to be in trouble. It seems like they are pivoting to a “software only” model. We had Chris Anderson on the show back in 2012. Contrast this with bootstrapping a business like MailChimp.
- The reddit thread about SpaceX was actually about “why” we’re trying to colonize mars, not the space race between boeing and them, but is interesting nonetheless.
- Dave has been watching an LHC documentary. It has not destroyed the world (yet), keep an eye on that here.
Thanks to acidpix for the image of the solar panels
Hi Dave & Chris! Can you post the link of the XKCD cartoons o Solar ‘hopefully f….ed’ Roadways? Thanks!
Hi Dave,
are you aware of the Raspberry Pi Compute Module? it might fit your needs.
I’m not sure about the pricepoint…
Just Do It !
I’d be down to use the DC-Ether (TM)
Great discussion. Regarding the C.H.I.P. board, the GR8 datasheet linked unfortunately makes me weep. Did you guys saw the timing diagrams starting at page 28? Where are the timings? 🙂
The Solar Roadways display is unfortunately a far cry from the promises made for years. This is extremely sad given the amount of money already sunk into this startup. I personally hope the city council sees through the fiasco and pulls the plug.
I have been talking for more than 15 years about this frenzy of companies that have to show growth for the sake of growth, and not as a commitment to excellence of your core competency. Altium is a great example, as well as others such as National Semiconductor (when they entered the PC processor business, for example), Motorola/Freescale semiconductor (when they sold their analog business) and others.
Thanks Chris for making all The Amp Hour shows happening!
Other than that I really like the Chipsetter. I would really like to see a lot of small shops popping all over the world that helped people make prototypes.