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#216 – Last Minute Decisions – Obdurate Onepercenter Obstacles

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Dave ponders moving his stuff to another space and moving his loyalty to a new Altium tool. Chris discusses his new component search engine project and talking with CMs. Both discuss breakdancing.

#215 – Wrong Hardware, Wrong Software – Fugacious Fan Funding

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Dave returns from working while on vacation and Chris gets a new kit in the mail. Also purchase speculations, product recalls, noisy cables, chip teardowns and hardware vs software comparisons.

#214 – “Impedance Matching” With Charvat And Ossmann – Recurring RF Remontados

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Greg Charvat and Michael Ossmann join Chris to talk about SDR, the HackRF, Coffee Can kits, RADAR, writing books, MURS, filter boards, LabView, FMCW modules, TV shows, project based learning and more!

#213 -Travel Recaps and Altium Announcements – Artisinal Aussie Assemblage

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Dave talks about the freemium version of PCB software coming from Altium and recount his adventure at Maker Faire Sydney. Also KiCad, connected devices, VC money, talks and more!

#212 – An Interview with Trey German – Launchpad Laden Lodesman

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Trey German talks about working with the C2000 at Texas Instruments and the various applications of the processor. He also discusses his past work, hobbies and upcoming quadcopter project.

#211- Design Reviews Are Important – Habitual Hype Hebetude

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Chris and Dave discuss a current kickstarter project that laments engineers, hacking Teslas, early failures and more.

#210 – Risky Components and Hardware Innovation – Slipshod Shack Shutdown

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The biggest job of an engineer is to reduce risk in a product or project. This week we discuss risky companies, new topologies, unorthodox printers and how hardware is changing.

#209 – Headless Units and Baseless Batteries – KiCad Kickoff Kopophobia

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Chris releases videos to the public domain for KiCad. Dave calculates the ridiculousness behind another round of crowdfunding campaigns.

#208 – An Interview With Nadya Peek – Gallant Gcode Gerontology

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Nadya Peek tells all about modular, reconfigurable machines that can be configured into a wide variety of CNC tools. We discuss the mechanical, electrical and software components of the systems as well as the thought behind it.

#207 – B Plus Boards and D Minus Cities – Uneath Urban Ubication

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Chris returns from Detroit. Dave hunts through old magazines for “new” tech. Discussions about the role of easy money in the hardware space ensue.

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