Hardware Podcasts

Headless Units and Baseless Batteries - KiCad Kickoff Kopophobia

The Amp Hour · 30 Jul 2014 · 1h 28m · Episode 209

What this episode covers

Chris Gammell of Contextual Electronics explains his decision to release his KiCad video course to the public domain, citing the rapid evolution of the open-source EDA tool and a desire to give back to the community. Dave Jones from EEV Blog critiques a Kickstarter campaign for a 'graphene' AA battery, demonstrating through basic physics calculations that its claimed charging speed and capacity are impossible. The hosts also discuss the challenges of hardware accelerators, the technical feasibility of Google's micro-inverter competition, and new tools like an automated part-picking solver.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Contextual Electronics, EEV Blog, Tesla, Google
Products
LittleBits, NeoPixel
Tools
KiCad, Altium, Eagle

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