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#675 – Changing Course with Shawn Hymel

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Shawn Hymel is an engineer and content creator who recently left his developer relations job at Edge Impulse to work on developing courses full time

#653 – Benjamin Cabé Nose Zephyr

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Benjamin Cabé, developer advocate for the Zephyr Project, joins Chris to talk about the popular Ecosystem and Real Time Operating System (RTOS). Listen if you’d like to get started with an exciting firmware product that can really enhance your next project.

#584 – Software for Rockets with Charles Aylward

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Charles Aylward is a consultant and software/hardware designer who has worked on mission critical systems at Astra (a “new space” company). He joins Chris to talk about imparting rigor to engineering design, especially when the consequences of not doing so are dire.

#581 – Real Time Operating Systems with Brian Amos

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Brian Amos joins Chris to talk through his book about learning Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS) with a Hands-on methodology. Discussions around what an RTOS is, when to use one, and how FreeRTOS works.

#511 – Brewing Electronics with Eli Hughes

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Eli Hughes of TZero joins Chris to talk about creating a business around a connected brewery monitoring system and the technologies that go inside of it. Also working with processors, switching from FreeRTOS to Zephyr and working as a “Pro Support” engineer.

#510 – Knob and Tube Wiring

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Chris and Dave discuss EV charging, old wiring in houses, working with an RTOS, newly announced open source devices and more!

#489 – An Interview with Jack Ganssle (2nd)

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Jack Ganssle returns to The Amp Hour 8.5 years later to follow up on how microcontrollers and embedded programming has changed and to talk about some of his favorite tools for building great firmware.

#426 – An Interview with Dean Pick

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Dean Pick joins Chris to talk about founding 3 different companies working on automatic transmission motorcycles, shape memory alloy linear actuators and large scale installations of biomass power generation.

#419 – Feels over reals

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This week Chris and Dave discuss letting magic smoke out of transformers, building with highly integrated SIPs, the ethics of scooters and how to craft a layout contest.

#212 – An Interview with Trey German – Launchpad Laden Lodesman

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Trey German talks about working with the C2000 at Texas Instruments and the various applications of the processor. He also discusses his past work, hobbies and upcoming quadcopter project.

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