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The Amp Hour · 10 Sept 2018 · 1h 01m · Episode 406

What this episode covers

Dave Jones of EEV Blog and Chris Gammell of Contextual Electronics discuss a recent EEV Blog meetup, highlighting a project on polarized light imaging and the challenges of organizing community events. They detail Jones's decision to design a custom power supply for his future product to reduce costs, involving complex transformer design and simulation. The conversation shifts to new PCB fabrication technologies, including Ben Krasno's chemical etching method and Nano Dimension's 3D printed circuit boards, before touching on the Icarus electric rocket fan and the slowing of Moore's Law.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
EEV Blog, Contextual Electronics, Nano Dimension, Global Foundry, TSMC, AMD, 3D Robotics, Formlabs, LPKF
Products
Icarus, ArduPilot
Chips
ESP32
Also
Ben Krasno, USB-C, Electron

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