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#652 – For a couple weeks there…

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Chris and Dave return after a few guests shows and missed weeks when Chris was out with a new baby in the household. This week we talked about China, chip supply, RISC V, PCB tradeshows, LED factories, and more!

#651 – Learning Computing with Jeff Geerling

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Jeff Geerling of the Jeff Geerling YouTube channel joins Chris to talk about how to explore the wide variety of computing devices, from an ESP32 monitor on your garage, all the way up to a multi-rack server.

#650 – Accessible ASICs with Andreas Olofsson

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Andreas Olofsson is the CEO of ZeroASIC, a company that will build you a custom ASIC using chiplets. He returns to The Amp Hour to talk about what has changed in the chip(let) industry in the last 8 years and how they will lower the cost for quasi custom designs for the masses.

#648 – The RP1 and beyond with the Raspberry Pi Hardware team

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James Adams and Liam Fraser of the Raspberry Pi hardware team once again join Chris to talk about the RP1 custom silicon on the Raspberry Pi 5

#646 – Fan Fanboys

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Chris and Dave discuss selling low volume hardware, old stock of chips, Intel’s weird investments, creating oddball PCBs, scopes without fans, and more!

#645 – Moving Down The Stack with Scott Williams

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Scott Williams returns to The Amp Hour after 6 months to discuss the technical aspects of consulting, including some of the tools he reaches for when building a new product

#644 – Garbage Ninjas

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Dave and Chris discuss fitness trackers and smartwatches, boomboxes, buying off of eBay, design decisions, and contract manufacturing.

#642 – Sad Violins for Superconductors

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Chris and Dave recount modems, handsets, trains, 2n2222 transistors, RISC V, and a complete lack of knowledge of how superconductors work.

#640 – Software Defined Power Supplies with Werner Johansson

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Werner Johansson of Qoitech has been working on controlling power supplies with software for a long time. He joins Chris to talk about building systems that can quickly respond to the world, including a heavy focus on battery characterization.

#639 – Daaaamn We’re Duuuummmb

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Chris and Dave discuss efficiencies of different types of power generation, building with new chips, new test equipment, building with chiplets and feeling very dumb. All that and more!

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