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#597 – Wow, Dave REALLY likes Top Gun

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This week we discuss hardware engineers moving to software, the impacts of funding on the chip industry, long term crowdfunding campaign, and why Top Gun is awesome.

#432 – Check The Dummy Box

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This week Dave and Chris discuss designing hardware without specifications, upcoming conferences, working with software services on distributed hardware and how to measure current over a large dynamic range.

#394 – Jeri Ellsworth and the demise of CastAR

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Jeri Ellsworth returns after a 4+ year hiatus on The Amp Hour to talk about the rise and fall of CastAR and how the company’s assets are fueling Jeri’s next enterprise.

#393 – I’ve bitten myself

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This week Dave and Chris dive into PCB layout and how to spec soldermask relief. Also the scourge of footprints, driving LCD panels, fanning out BGAs and much more!

#372 – Year End, 2017

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Dave and Chris discuss some of the stuff that’s happened over the past week and year and talk about what’s up in 2018.

#370 – Alternate Info Sources

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Chris and Dave discuss where to get info these days. The info they had this week included the impending kickstarter, CAD software, battery technologies, FreeRTOS, competitions and more!

#368 – The EEVblog Sparkgap Generator

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Dave and Chris recap the weekend hacker conference, discuss product considerations and market fit, peek inside diodes, try new protocols and avoid the invasion of IoT white goods.

#350 – An Interview with Zach Dunham

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Zach Dunham invited Chris to the Kickstarter headquarters to talk US based manufacturing, crowdfunding projects, new KS initiatives and more!

#347 – Re-scoping the problem

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We return this week to discuss the range of new scopes in the market and to give away a few of them as well! Also new tech nodes (5 nm!), new podcasts and new low cost equipment.

#345 – Milling About

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Dave and Chris delve into the world of mechanical elements, milling circuit boards, certified designs and a bunch of other things they actually don’t know about.

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