A weekly show about the trends in the electronic industry.
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This week Dave and Chris dive into PCB layout and how to spec soldermask relief. Also the scourge of footprints, driving LCD panels, fanning out BGAs and much more!
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Matt Duff of Analog Device joins Chris to talk about analog design, explaining amplifiers via YouTube and creating webtools so that engineers can design filters (mostly) without human interaction.
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This week Chris and Dave discussed using out of spec software defined radios, how to lower the cost on production devices, the rising cost of prototyping and the threat of money laundering.
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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
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Dave and Chris discuss debunking theories, designing low power systems and creating art for conferences.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
