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Dave and Chris discuss EVs, adapting power tool batteries for projects on the bench, robots, software updates, and more!
#662 – The non-Stinky Car
#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.
#602 – Rigorous engineering stuff may be out the window
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Dave and Chris talk through custom silicon, old Tek videos, prototyping boards, electric vehicles, and more.
#580 – Electrical Archeology
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Chris and Dave take a look at the changing nature of employment for engineers in the pandemic era. Also searching for new MOSFETs, solar farms, smart grid, and blowing up capacitors!
#548 – The Last Line of Defense
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This week Chris and Dave discuss how to keep electronics dry by properly designing an enclosure. Also solar, weather events, patent trolls, outfitting labs, and more!
#510 – Knob and Tube Wiring
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Chris and Dave discuss EV charging, old wiring in houses, working with an RTOS, newly announced open source devices and more!
#506 – Hipster Fodder
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This week Chris and Dave record earlier than normal for a special occasion. Also they discuss battery charging, solderpaste application, firmware tutoring, SBIR grants, out of print textbooks, and much more!
#486 – Medical Kits, They’re The Future
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Dave and Chris discuss working within the confines of the home, how batteries change over time, changing to lead free reflow processes, the variety of power supply topologies and much more!
#447 – Voltnuts for Flashlights
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Chris talks with an ailing Dave about how to specify battery packs, why electronics engineers should stay out of mechanical design and improving design by thinking about manufacturing early in the design cycle.
#439 – Grow A Superbrain
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Chris and Dave discuss signal integrity, Kirchoff’s current law and building up a new base of knowledge.