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#640 – Software Defined Power Supplies with Werner Johansson

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Werner Johansson of Qoitech has been working on controlling power supplies with software for a long time. He joins Chris to talk about building systems that can quickly respond to the world, including a heavy focus on battery characterization.

#557 – Generic Nodes with Orkhan Amiraslanov

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Orkhan Amiraslanov of The Things Industries joins Chris to talk about creating hardware for a LoRaWAN network, including working with different microcontrollers and building a sensor platform that will handle many users’ needs.

#296 – Gotta Update My Dog

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Chris and Dave reunite to talk about travel (past and future), industry layoffs, connected hardware, future hardware companies and finding aliens.

#278 – Our Second Callin Show(ish)

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After some technical glitches, we did a not-so-live show with our callers and then continued talking about recent events.

#269 – Be Tidy

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This week Dave and Chris talk about workspaces and the rapidly shrinking open desktop. Also phones, chip company mergers, open source licenses, online EE education, movies and more!

#253 – Consolidate All The Things – Zonked Zelotic Zaitech

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Chris and Dave discuss the mergers and acquisitions of the electronics industry and how it affects users. Also batteries, wifi power, SpaceX and low cost electronics.

#226 – An Interview with Colin Karpfinger – Blendling Bean Brio

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Colin Karpfinger, founder of Punch Through Design (the makers of the Light Blue Bean) joins Dave and Chris to talk designing bluetooth products, productizing consulting work and how to balance everything.

#70 – Idiorhythmic IPC Inconcinnity

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Chris and Dave talk about the pitfalls of consulting, the joys of thanksgiving, the wonders of ham radio and the oddness (to Dave) of moving snow off a driveway.

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