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The Amp Hour · 25 Apr 2024 · 1h 09m · Episode 665

What this episode covers

Dave Jones and Chris Gammell discuss the Voyager 1 probe's recent recovery from a memory chip failure, highlighting the sustaining engineering efforts required to maintain 46-year-old space hardware. They analyze the decline of US-based electronics trade shows, noting the cancellation of events like Embedded Systems Conference and the consolidation of others like Embedded World, driven by reduced corporate travel budgets. The conversation also covers the discontinuation of the Zilog Z80 processor, the practicality of niche hardware like the 'jumperless' breadboard, and the challenges of running complex software like Sigrok on low-power microcontrollers.

Most relevant to

large enterprises and makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Altium, Littlefuse
Chips
Zilog Z80, Rabbit 2000, STM32, Raspberry Pi
Tools
Keithley 2015, Digilent Analog Discovery, Sigrok
Also
Voyager 1, Zephyr, Embedded World, Embedded Systems Conference, Hackaday Prize, Wokwi

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