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An Interview with Jeff Keyzer and Jeremy Blum - Audacious Arduino Arguments

The Amp Hour · 17 May 2011 · 1h 06m · Episode 43

What this episode covers

Guests Jeff Keyzer and Jeremy Blum join Dave Jones and Chris Gammell to discuss the recent Google Android Development Kit (ADK) announcement and the new Microchip/Digilent ChipKit Arduino-compatible boards. The group debates the $400 price tag of the Google reference design, the fragmentation of the Arduino ecosystem with new 32-bit PIC options, and the technical implications of high-speed signals on shield headers. They also touch on the broader industry trend of engineering graduates entering finance and the physics of cosmic rays affecting computer memory.

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makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Google, Microchip, Digilent, SparkFun, XPRIZE, Circuits at Home
Products
Arduino, Android Development Kit, ChipKit
Tools
Altium

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