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#718 – Layout Review with Zachariah Peterson

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Zachariah Peterson joins Chris to discuss doing PCB layout and creating content for engineers looking to learn more about how to build their own PCBs

#676 – Moving House (And Lab)

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Dave and Chris record together after a long hiatus because Chris spent the summer moving boxes between two houses and reorganizing his lab. Also hardware livestreams, open source hardware, new battery storage, layoffs, and more!

#671 – NDA Sideshow

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Dave and Chris talk about the letdown of signing an NDA and seeing “behind the curtain”. Also inverters, programming tools, pricing changes at Altium, and old school web stuff.

#659 – Altium…Acquired!

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Dave and Chris talk through Renesas acquiring Altium and all its implications. Also Dave gives a history of Altium and they discuss how the industry might change (or not).

#601 – Rebuilding Projects with Dave Young

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Chris is joined by his old friend Dave Young of Young Circuits Designs (3rd appearance). They discuss consulting, the opportunity cost of learning, coaching students, managing consulting client needs, redesigning circuits, and more.

#593 – Publicly Traded Hobby with Ben Jordan

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Ben Jordan was a long time Altium employee and PCB and product specialist and still makes Altium tutorial videos on Youtube. He and Dave discuss their experiences in the EDA world.

#546 – Thousands Of Dependencies

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This week Chris and Dave discuss the amazing amount of interdependencies in modern web software and how that differs from hardware processes. Also takeover bids for CAD tools, hardware continuous integration, old display drivers, production systems, machine learning, and more!

#545 – Fear of Banjos

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This week Chris and Dave discuss data retention, manufacturing data generation, moving labs (and homes), and the joys of real estate.

#543 – Cassette decks have browsers?

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Dave and Chris discuss part library strategies, repairing equipment, electric vehicles, corporate buyouts, IoT teardowns, and more!

#531 – Footprints and Symbols with Natasha Baker

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Natasha Baker, Founder and CEO of SnapEDA, joins Chris to talk about footprints, symbols and other engineering content that helps designers create useful, correct circuit boards. They discuss the chip industry and how the information around it is changing.

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