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#703 – Building wafer.space with Tim Ansell

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Tim ‘Mithro’ Ansell returns to The Amp Hour to discuss his new Singapore based wafer sharing service called wafer.space. Now that Efabless is no more, this venture will aim to make silicon even more accessible to the masses, driving down the costs on a per chip basis. For $7K, you get 1000 chips delivered on a 180 nm process from Global Foundries.

#702 – Test Point Accupuncture

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Dave and Chris discuss solar, nuclear, making new injection molds from old ones (or not), and how to probe poorly placed test points with tiny needles.

#700 – Beware of the Overachievers

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Dave and Chris record after a long break between episodes together and discuss new electronics designs they’re working on, solar and battery installations, dealing with tariffs, and building at JLC.

#698 – Hardware Security with Matt Brown

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Matt Brown is a hardware and IoT security researcher. He joins Chris to talk about best practices for securing hardware that talks to the internet and share stories of products that didn’t pass muster.

#696 – It Works With Option Number 5

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This week Dave and Chris discuss solar optimization, short videos, useless products, cameras, energy monitors, Bluetooth, magnets, and more!

#695 – Making The Invisible, Visible with Sam Aldhaher

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Sam Aldhaher is a power engineer and 3D graphic artist, his Blender visualizations have helped many people understand how RF flows in a variety of circuits. Sam joins Chris to talk about how to get started in Blender and the variety of tools available once you do.

#694 – Voltage, Vibes, and VOCs

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In this episode, Dave and Chris cover environmental monitoring, trade shows, manufacturing, tariffs, new test equipment, and AI coding.

#693 – Small Scale Electronics Manufacturing with Colin O’Flynn

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Colin O’Flynn returns to The Amp Hour for a 3rd time to talk about recent developments in security, FPGAs, small scale electronics manufacturing, and the world of academia.

#692 – Like a steam engine in your house

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In this episode Dave and Chris discuss solar installs, wacky tariffs, peak power pricing, tiny electronics, oscilloscope triggering, and more.

#690 – Clap on, clap off, lights flicker

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Dave and Chris discuss bluetooth boards, what happens when batteries leak, new cellular capabilities in iPhones, AC flicker, old oscilloscopes, and more!

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