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#592 – Product Design with Simone Giertz

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Simone Giertz returns to The Amp Hour 5.5 years later to discuss all of the things that she has built, things she wants to build in the future, and how she is moving those product designs into the marketplace.

#590 – Finding Hardware Flaws with Laura Abbott

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Laura Abbott of Oxide Computer joins Chris to talk about a vulnerability she found in the firmware update mechanism on the LPC55S69, as well as other topics relating to firmware and hardware security.

#588 – Siloed Engineering with Leigh Brady

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Engineer Leigh Brady joins Chris to compare and contrast working in different industries in different countries. Leigh has worked in the optics, medical, and defense spaces, including on nuclear weapons.

#586 – Fran Blanche Version 3

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Fran Blanche and Dave discuss publishing, newspapers, Frantone, manufacturing, the kit business, ebay, and pontificate what we would be doing if the Internet didn’t exist.

#584 – Software for Rockets with Charles Aylward

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Charles Aylward is a consultant and software/hardware designer who has worked on mission critical systems at Astra (a “new space” company). He joins Chris to talk about imparting rigor to engineering design, especially when the consequences of not doing so are dire.

#581 – Real Time Operating Systems with Brian Amos

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Brian Amos joins Chris to talk through his book about learning Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS) with a Hands-on methodology. Discussions around what an RTOS is, when to use one, and how FreeRTOS works.

#579 – ADC Chip Design with Anthony Wall

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Anthony Wall–PhD design student at Tyndall in Cork, Ireland–joins Chris to talk about the ADC he is designing based on a “current-starved ring oscillator”. A deep dive into mixed signal chip design, the Irish chip industry, and having your silicon manufactured.

#577 – Product Lifecycle Management with Michael Corr

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Michael Corr of Duro Labs joins Chris to talk about Product Lifecycle Management: what it is, when to start using it, and how our listeners can be certain the correct design files are being used to manufacture their next electronics project.

#575 – New Life Skills with Joe Grand

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Joe Grand recently reverse engineered a Trezor cryptocurrency wallet to recover $2M. He returns to The Amp Hour after 10 years to talk with Chris about hardware hacking, past projects, and what Joe hopes to learn next.

#573 – Mixed Signal Education with Philip Salmony

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Philip Salmony of the Phil’s Lab YouTube channel joins Chris to talk about electronics education and Philip’s new course on designing a mixed signal PCB using KiCad v6.

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