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- We have a sponsor and a new form of advertising this week. Here are some of the links mentioned:
- Dave may be moving back to his old office park.
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Working in constrained space
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Chris mentioned that in Skunkworks they pushed to declassify some of their work because it was such a hassle.
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The SR71 was actually the RS71 but it was written poorly and they worked to just change the designation.
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Some videos of him teaching:
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Chris had previously confused Dave’s friend Doug Ford (the microphone maker) with Doug Self (an author about audio principles)
- They have lots of events at CERN, including an upcoming one on analog computing.
- Astra is a new low payload, high frequency rocket startup out of the bay area.
- Former guests have worked there, but weren’t able to mention it previously.
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Chris just finished the Elon Musk Biography
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We heard from our listeners about Starlink and were pointed at this fantastic animated video showing how it all will/might work.
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Is it technically a DIP? Since it has staggered pins
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2500V RMS
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Designing for transients
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- Putting a slot can help increase the creepage spec.
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Creepage and clearance changes with altitude
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Task switching
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Chris was on Embedded.fm talking about firmware, it will be out later this week.
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Former guest Ron Quan has a new book out about Troubleshooting. His past books were:
Yay! More Dave!
Now – when will we get more Swag? (Thinks of the note book, drools).
Chris, the Gilbert cell is a key circuit used in analog multipliers. It’s widely used as an RF mixer. Given your interest in exploring RF design, it’s something I recommend you explore. It’s covered in a hands on approach in Experimental Methods in RF Design by Hayward, Campbell, & Larkin (available from the ARRL). And if you can find a copy of Analog Circuit Design; Art, Science, and Personalities ed. by Jim Williams, you’ll find a chapter by Barrie Gilbert that provides a glimpse into his design thoughts.
The Art of Electronics says not to call current “amperage,” but hearing the word from the well-informed engineer in the ad has me wondering. Where do Chris and Dave stand on the amperage issue?
Coming back to the show after one year of abscense I find that it is still good and going strong. It’s always nice chilling with Chris and Dave chatting away 🙂
The sound quality is also very good 👍
Also, superb show notes, as always!