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KonnectorPanik

The Amp Hour · 27 Oct 2019 · 1h 07m · Episode 464

What this episode covers

Hosts Chris Gammell and Dave Jones discuss Gammell's struggles designing a monopole antenna, the necessity of ground planes, and using Smith charts for impedance matching. They analyze Apple's strategic move to diversify manufacturing out of China due to tariffs and political risk, while also examining career data from Carnegie Mellon University's ECE program. The episode features a deep dive into Kong.cash, a physical cryptocurrency note using flex PCBs and secure chips, and critiques Tesla's 'black screen of death' caused by flash memory wear-out from excessive logging.

Most relevant to

large enterprises and makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Apple, Tesla, PTC, Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western, Samsung, NVIDIA, Microchip, Wandel and Goltermann, Wave Tech, Gowin
Products
Kong.cash
Chips
ATEC608, GD32
Tools
Onshape, Creo, Pro-E, Fusion, FreeCAD, OpenSCAD

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