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#614 – Reunion Impedance Matching and 2023 Predictions

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Past guests of the show (Alvaro, Ariel, Chris) return for an “impedance matching” episode where 4 people get together and discuss electronics. We also discuss things we expect or hope to see in electronics in 2023.

#590 – Finding Hardware Flaws with Laura Abbott

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Laura Abbott of Oxide Computer joins Chris to talk about a vulnerability she found in the firmware update mechanism on the LPC55S69, as well as other topics relating to firmware and hardware security.

#537 – Firmware Deployment and Troubleshooting with Akbar Dhanaliwala

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Akbar Dhanaliwala, Founder and CEO of Lager Data, joins Chris to talk about building out firmware testing infrastructure. His experiences deploying software to devices in the field or being manufactured in China inspired the Lager Gateway and platform.

#534 – Firmware Update Capabilities

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This week Dave and Chris talk about putting firmware onto devices (or not), computer history, Silicon Valley, cabling and extraterrestrial flight.

#527 – Measuring Current with Matt Liberty

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Matt Liberty, creator of the Joulescope, joins Chris to talk about measuring current in low power devices, including IoT devices that have high current RF pulses. Matt explains how to optimize low power designs and how he created the Joulescope.

#522 – High Current Power Supplies with Fredrik Kensander

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Fredrik Kensander of KraftPowercon joins Chris to talk about creating very high current output power supplies used for things like plating copper onto circuit boards (and many other industrial applications). They discuss firmware, processors, power output stages, system architecture and more!

#520 – Inductance and Stuff

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This week Chris and Dave dive into RF…and promptly turn around and walk away from the topic. Also firmware, training repetitions, PCB stackups, satellites, Linux modules and much more!

#492 – More Electronics Consultant Impedance Matching

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A second episode devoted to electronics design consulting. It features consultants Alex Klimaj, Jeremiah Gillis, Kieran O’Leary and (host) Chris Gammell.

#489 – An Interview with Jack Ganssle (2nd)

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Jack Ganssle returns to The Amp Hour 8.5 years later to follow up on how microcontrollers and embedded programming has changed and to talk about some of his favorite tools for building great firmware.

#487 – An Interview with Kerry Scharfglass

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This week Kerry Scharfglass (@borgel) joins Chris to talk about designing consumer electronics and how things change as you move towards smaller companies. Also #Badgelife, war games with hardware, KiCad, creating solar infrastructure and more!

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