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- Welcome to the Luddite Hour, where Chris and Dave discuss the merits of Embossing Tape
- Steve Sanghi was on the show last week, Chris disagreed with some of his points about paying for tools
- Chris talking himself out of a job?
- Ken Tindell wrote about a CAN hacking device that unlocks cars through the headlights. He will be our guest next week!
- Vincent Himpe is on the job market. He was our longest running guest at 3 hours.
- Hiring engineers means paying for their optimization
- Once chips start to standardize that optimization, it gets commoditized
- VU Meter LED bars: LM3914 / LM3915
- Person detection with TinyML: The Person Sensor
- AM Radio: MK484
- CNLohr using the CH32V003 and Nixie tubes. He will be a future guest! Charles also started the CH32V003fun library.
- Former guest Eric Schlaepfer on a podcast with former guests Ben Jordon and Bil Herd
- Flipper Zero on YouTube
- HS01 review view
- The Pine-cil soldering iron
- Projects
- Dave reviewed a escooter on eevblog2
- Thingy91 / buzzer video
Dave is right about charging for the software, and I think Dr. Sanghi’s decision is more than generous. Microchip doesn’t paywall any functionality, just a nice-to-have, while too many microprocessor makers and other companies are becoming “lock happy.” Heck, even the car thieves are willing to pay for their software because they recognize the value – though I wonder if it’s also because the purchase price includes updates.
A lifetime ago I worked for a software company that used to give free Ada compilers to university CS programs, but the salespeople found that some schools they visited hadn’t even taken off the shrink wrap. If it just showed up for free then it had no value.
You should get TL Lim from Pine64 as a guest on TheAmpHour.