Posts made in February, 2011

The Amp Hour #32 — The Commercial Competitor Commencement

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As a reminder for those interested, the 555 Contest ends tomorrow, March 1st at 11:59 pm EST! Get your entries in now!

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The Amp Hour #31 — Publish Popular Parts Please!

Chris apologizes for the poor audio quality on his end, it was a new setup (again) while the bench is being finished.

A new Amp Hour initiative:


Chip companies should publish their most popular parts. This would allow smaller manufacturers to target chips they know aren’t going away any time soon. This would help on price and longevity of the part for the designer and would allow manufacturing efficiencies for the chip maker as more people gravitate towards these more popular parts. Think about it, chip companies!

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The Amp Hour #30 — Funding Fusion Is Not Futile

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For reference, the WTF soundclip comes from here: End Of The World

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The Amp Hour #29 — DJ and Jazzy Jeff

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    This week on The Amp Hour, Dave and Mightyohm Jeff Keyzer join forces to talk about:

  • Jeri was naughty and got thrown out of the Designcon conference!
  • Workbench of the Week from SnakeBite & Jeff’s buddy Tony
  • The new one-stop EE shop, EEweb.com
  • Jeff rants about Eagle and the lack of IPC footrints
  • Forest Mims autobiography:
    Siliconnections: Coming of Age in the Electronic Era
  • Job interviews techniques of employers
  • Ridiculous packaging from HP and Newark
  • And how to sneak into a trade show
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The Amp Hour #28 — Bowie and The Brown Note

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