Welding with an HDMI Cable

What this episode covers

Dave Jones and Chris Gammell discuss the recent acquisition of Arduino by Gonski, analyzing the financials and predicting a shift toward subscription models, while detailing the new Arduino Uno Q board which combines STM32 and Linux components. They explore the transition of the Arduino ecosystem to Zephyr OS to replace the defunct embOS, highlighting the benefits of Zephyr's vendor-neutral governance and new App Lab features for edge AI. The conversation also covers Altium's controversial licensing changes, moving away from perpetual licenses to a workspace-based model, and contrasts this with the upcoming features of the open-source EDA tool KiCad. Finally, they touch on industry news, including private equity acquisitions of YouTube channels and the 'tiny web' movement.