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#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.

#453 – Vertically Integrated Design Engineering

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Dave and Chris discuss designing a remote controlled blinky device, tips around doing RF layout, low cost components, the Apollo 50th celebration and much more.

#427 – An Interview with Maarten Engelen

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Maarten Engelen is the CTO of Hiber, a low earth orbit satellite company that offers low data rate connectivity to remote applications. He joins Chris to talk about building and deploying satellites and modems for modern applications.

#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!

#401 – An Interview with Brent and Bryce Salmi

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Brent and Bryce Salmi are avionic electronics engineers who recently completed a 5 year tenure at SpaceX. They talk to Chris about designing for extreme reliability and creating open source digital radios.

#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.

#220 – An Interview with Shaun Meehan – Doctiloquent Dove Deployer

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Shaun Meehan joins Chris to talk about sugar rockets, pet robots, living in Antarctica for 2 years, huge lasers, tiny components and launching electronics into space.

#205 – Solar Factories and HVDC Lines – Pollent Power Pushing

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We discuss the role of solar power in the grid and the rise of HVDC transmission. Also Chris reveals his former workplace, we talk 1970s CAD and Dave revisits solar roadways.

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