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#390 – An Interview with Sam Zeloof

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Sam Zeloof is making chips in his garage for fun with a homespun semiconductor fab. He tells Chris about what inspired him to learn and build and how the process works

#389 – Sipping Coulombs

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Dave and Chris discuss debunking theories, designing low power systems and creating art for conferences.

#388 – An Interview with Earl Sharpe and Collin Kidder

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Earl Sharpe and Collin Kidder of Macchina join Chris to talk about automotive electronics, car hacking, how an ECU works and why you might want to consider tinkering under the hood of your car.

#387 – Microfichery

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This week on the show Chris and Dave discuss self driving cars, finding the right LED, finding projects in the lab and saving silicon valley history.

#385 – An Interview with John Davis

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This week John Davis joins Chris to talk about the crossover into sales and designing electronics for the industrial market. John also describes the wide range of industrial customers he works with every day.

#384 – A++++++ Will Buy Again

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Dave and Chris brainstorm ways to deal with the long lead times in the marketplace right now. Also noise measurements, soldering irons, large semiconductor firm buyouts and a new Raspberry Pi.

#383 – An Interview with Scott Shawcroft

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Chris talks with Scott Shawcroft who works at Adafruit on CircuitPython. He helped to port MicroPython to the SAMD21 chipset and discusses the details of getting a language working on a new platform, including how to use debuggers.

#382 – The Toggle Boggle

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This week Dave and Chris recount their stories of testing and of learning firmware. Also new t-shirts, big companies continue their buying spree and video tours of manufacturing facilities

#381 – An Interview with Derek Kozel

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Derek Kozel of Ettus Research and the GNU Radio foundation joins Chris to talk about software defined radio, doing more in the amateur space with digital modes and peeking into the spectrum.

#380 – Just Terrestrial and Space Things

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Dave and Chris discuss a wide range of connected devices on the show this week. Dave also talks through more of the 121 GW issues and Chris recaps his travel to various conferences.

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