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#414 – An Interview with Scotty Allen (Strangeparts)

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Scotty Allen travels the world documenting technology stories while learning new skills. He sits down with Chris in LA to talk about building iPhones, living in Shenzhen and The Engineers Journey.

#410 – Secret Buzzer Handshake

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This week Chris and Dave discuss PCB layout best practices, how batteries are made, landing probes onto asteroids, joining the IEEE and much more!

#400 – Once Every Couple Months

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Dave and Chris chat again for episode 400 after a couple of weeks and many shows apart! They discuss video games, CAD tools, tariffs, LCDs and PCBs!

#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!

#337 – Fake it till you make it

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This week we discuss designing Nixie Tube boards and industrial platforms using RS485. Also failed 3D printers, lab organization, building badges and much more!

#299 – An Interview with Jonathan Hirschman of PCB:NG

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Jonathan Hirschman talks to Chris and Dave about bringing PCB assembly into the 21st century. Software, PnPs, trading standardization for convenience and more!

#286 – An Interview with Saar Drimer

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Saar Drimer of Boldport stops by to talk about the EDA industry, artistic circuit boards, Chip and Pin security, a new kit subscription service and more!

#260 – An interview with Ariel Briner of Cartesian Co

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Ariel of Cartesian Co talks about creating super quick turn PCBs using a 2 part silver ink, using old inkjet printer cartridges. Print on more than fiberglass too!

#252 – An Interview with Eric Bogatin – Tilded Thumb Tenets

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Signal integrity expert Eric Bogatin stops by the show to talk about rules of thumb for making electronics, especially with regard to high speed, wide bandwidth signals.

#232 – “Impedance Matching” with Davidson and Vandenbout – Presbytes Pushing Portfolios

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Dave and Bob join up with The Amp Hour one more time. Discussions include IoT, what to study, how to stand out as a student, cynicism in engineering and much more!

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