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This week Dave and Chris discuss robots taking low end jobs, power measurement around the house, mechanical work on cases, using AI, and more!
#604 – Robo Fry Guy
#603 – An Interview with Ray Ozzie (Blues Wireless)
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Ray Ozzie is the founder and CEO of Blues Wireless, a cellular IoT company that makes it easier to send data to the cloud. Ray joins Chris to talk about his background in the software industry, including a role as Chief Software Architect of Microsoft.
#569 – Electric Fields, Son.
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This week Dave recaps the Veritasium video about electricity flowing through wires and Chris announces he has joined a startup working on connecting things to the internet.
#568 – YouTube to Consulting with Florin of Voltlog
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Florin of the VoltLog youtube channel joins Chris to talk automotive electronics, consulting, test equipment, and more!
#558 – Toasted Marshmallow Connectors
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This week Chris and Dave discuss reflow in the lab, the passing of Sir Clive Sinclair, the importance of cost-down innovations, test equipment craziness, and more!
#552 – Shouting at chips with Colin O’Flynn
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Colin O’Flynn joins Chris to talk about the state of the security industry, and to discuss his recent and upcoming product (Chip Shouter, Chip Whisperer Husky) and book releases (The Hardware Hacking Handbook).
#544 – Standardizing Manufacturing with Pete Staples
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Pete Staples of Blue Clover Devices joins Chris to talk about manufacturing and how to automate and standardize device programming and testing. Blue Clover uses their experience manufacturing in China to develop a general purpose production test tool
#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.
#526 – Why IoT Is Difficult with Jonathan Beri
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Jonathan Beri of Golioth joins Chris to talk about the difficulty of standing up an end-to-end IoT solution, including working with web providers, dealing with firmware updates, interfacing with different business organizations and more.
#514 – Focus, Dammit
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Dave and Chris discuss the benefits of focusing on a platform for finding work and whether that should tilt the discussion of generalist vs specialist. Also software explanations, downsizing, power stations, remote work, new dev boards and more!