Posted by Chris Gammell on January 29, 2012 in
Radio Show
Dave’s choice of an Arduino as the brains of his new power supply is giving him strife. They are manufacturing the 6502 again! Similar to how Rochester Electronics makes old parts. “Programming (Hardware) is like sex: One mistake and you’ll support it for the rest of your life!” Chris is looking at a new [...]
Posted by Chris Gammell on January 23, 2012 in
Radio Show
Happy Chinese New Year! Find out how to say it on YouTube. Or how to say it as a hardware engineer! Dave wasn’t able to get parts from AliBaba. So is he a locavore now? Locatech? Ugh, terrible term. Dave’s new boards are from NZ! http://www.pcbzone.net Chris likes the LPKF S43, which can dispense solderpaste [...]
Posted by Chris Gammell on January 16, 2012 in
Radio Show
Chris visited a FabLab today (not a fab!) to work on some projects and hang out with friends. Chris has also been reading Neil Gershenfeld’s book of the same name, FAB. Melbourne had its first MakerFaire, though Dave was not able to go, unfortunately. Dr. Howard Johnson offered rewards for finding errors in his [...]
Posted by Chris Gammell on January 10, 2012 in
Guest Appearance,
Radio Show
Welcome Dr. Howard Johnson! He has published two reference books that are a must-have for the field of high speed signal propagation: High Speed Digital Design: A Handbook of Black Magic High Speed Signal Propagation: Advanced Black Magic Howard hails from Twisp, WA. Martin Graham, the co-author of his book, was also his longtime [...]