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Chris and Dave discuss big electric vehicles, finding unmarked parts, test equipment, olive oil, and more!
#591 – Olive-a The World
#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.
#589 – Mute Button Discipline
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This week Dave and Chris hold it together while discussing simulations, energy fields, impossible parts, and strapping open source gear to your home.
#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.
#587 – Biblical Broker Bucks
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Chris and Dave discuss PCB art, failed hardware projects, USB chips, lack of chips, new (to us) wireless network protocols, and more!
#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.
#585 – Return of the Trade Show Jedi
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Dave and Chris talk about the return to trade shows and how things are the same. Also AgTech, open source boards, self driving cars, and engineering shortages.
#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.
#583 – The Smart Grid with Paul Zawada
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Power expert Paul Zawada joins Chris and Dave to talk about the grid, the smart grid, the challenges of increasing percentage of renewable sources, and generally how power delivery works.
#582 – The Same Wavelength
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Dave and Chris talk through brain computer interfaces, reverse engineering, Shenzhen’s numbers, the JWST, a new meetup, and more!