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The Amp Hour · 13 Mar 2017 · 1h 01m · Episode 339

What this episode covers

Dave Jones of EEVblog and Chris Gammell of Contextual Electronics discuss their upcoming in-person meeting in Australia and New Zealand, highlighting plans for maker meetups and tech tours. Jones details his firmware hack of the Keysight 1000X-Series oscilloscope to unlock higher bandwidth and sample rates, while also noting a footprint error in his Mixy Tube clock project. The conversation shifts to industry news, including the CIA's Vault 7 leaks, the use of silicon carbide electronics for Venus landers, and the security risks of IoT devices like the Cloud Pet teddy bear.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Keysight, Parallax
Products
1000X-Series, Teensy, Teensy 3.2, Raspberry Pi, Cloud Pet, Basic Stamp, Arduino, Venera 13
Chips
STM32
Also
Vault 7

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