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#669 – Freelance PCB Design with Petr Dvorak

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Petr Dvorak is a freelance PCB designer and a prolific sharer of knowledge on LInkedIn. He joins Chris to discuss electronic microscopes, traveling to Shenzhen, revision control, KiCad (of course), and much more!

#573 – Mixed Signal Education with Philip Salmony

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Philip Salmony of the Phil’s Lab YouTube channel joins Chris to talk about electronics education and Philip’s new course on designing a mixed signal PCB using KiCad v6.

#563 – Grumpy Collaboration

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Chris and Dave are grumpy about the hype around collaborative design tools and how silicon valley values tech companies in general.

#561 – Assembly Chat

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Will it work if Chris and Dave record while Chris assembles a board? Listen to find out!

#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!

#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.

#508 – Doomed To The Flatland

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This week Chris returns from holiday to chat with Dave about board assembly, telepresence, audio gear, pick and place machines, optics tables, and much more!

#501 – Discussing the Open Source PDK with Tim Ansell

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Tim ‘Mithro’ Ansell of Google talks to Chris about the recently announced open source PDK released by Skywater (a silicon fab) and Google. Also discussions around the implications of open source silicon and how listeners can get their ASIC designs fabbed for free.

#488 – Sowing Discord

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This week Dave and Chris discuss (from lockdown), repairing devices, part storage at home, our new Discord for patrons, virtual meetups, capacitor requirements and much more!

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