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Dave and Chris discuss downsized labs, flex PCBs, arsonist robots, PCB manufacturing, FPGA practicality and a lot more!
#468 – The Tiny Lab Movement
#458 – An Interview with Ken Burns
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Ken Burns of TinyCircuits talks to Chris about starting an electronics company that was really a manufacturing venture. Also working on electronics in the midwest, including a new sensor platform that just launched.
#437 – An Interview with Chrissy Meyer
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This week Chrissy Meyer of Root Ventures joins Chris to talk about DfM at large companies like Apple and Square. Also how these and other skills have translated into working with hardware startups in the venture world.
#429 – An Interview with Charles Alexanian
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Charles Alexanian joins Chris to talk about manufacturing in the agriculture space, repairing and sourcing components for the music industry and hobbies that take you far afield.
#411 – An Interview with Chris Denney
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Chris Denney, CTO of Worthington Assembly, joins Chris to talk about contract manufacturing in the US, DfM and doing more efficient board assembly.
#405 – An Interview with Spencer Wright
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Spencer Wright is the host of The Prepared podcast and runs the Prepared newsletter. He joins Chris to talk about the state of the manufacturing industry, 3D printing, sourcing parts and trends driving manufacturing in the future.
#380 – Just Terrestrial and Space Things
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Dave and Chris discuss a wide range of connected devices on the show this week. Dave also talks through more of the 121 GW issues and Chris recaps his travel to various conferences.
#377 – Debugger vs Printeffer
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Dave returns from vacation and chats about the issues he’s been having with his test gear. Also we discuss travel, debugging code, early programmable chips, manufacturing and control theory.
#365 – Wait, why is Jeff glowing?
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Jeff Keyzer (@mightyohm) joins Chris to tell him about his return to self employment after 5 years at Valve and his field trip to early (and large!) nuclear reactors.
#363 – An interview with Alvaro and Jen from the URE Podcast
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Alvaro and Jen from the new Unnamed Reverse Engineering podcast stop by to talk about designing Consumer Electronics and their quest to learn reverse engineering to use at work and at home.