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#609 – Open Circuits with Eric Schlaepfer and Windell Oskay

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Eric Schlaepfer and Windell Oskay, authors of “Open Circuits” (a beautiful book looking inside electronic components) join Chris to talk about the book and their other electronic projects.

#241 – An Interview with Chuck Peddle (Repeat, in memoriam)

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We re-air our 2015 episode with Chuck Peddle as a tribute to him. Chuck passed away earlier this month. We’ll be back with more interviews in 2020!

#351 – The Automation Amish

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Though Dave has sworn off all things automation, it doesn’t stop us from talking about developments in the electronics world, new and old! New silicon nodes, new kits, new chips, old topologies, old dies, old kits and more!

#326 – Magical Fire Bags

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This week we discuss batteries, prototyping, electric trucks, simple CPUs, 3D printing, shutting down internet service layers and much more!

#300 – Three Hundred Down, Three Hundred To Go

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Chris and Dave celebrate their 300th episode by waffling on like usual. Robots, art projects, layout, future predictions (and how they’re wrong), crowdfunding scams and more. Bingo!

#241 – An Interview With Chuck Peddle – Charismatic Chipmaking Coryphaeus

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Chuck Peddle tells us all about his days inventing the 6502, launching the personal PC revolution, working with other giant names in early technology. Also, a bit about his new work!

#222 – An Interview With Bil Herd – Zany Z80 Zygology

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Bil Herd joins to talk about designing the C128, building with fresh silicon, fixing clocks on the fly and the crazy days of the 8 bit computer.

#25 – NASA, WOTW & Modular Design – The NASA Nostalgia

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This week we didn’t get much beyond WOTW but managed to have a good discussion about modular design and the mistakes of NASA.

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