The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast

Today’s show is sponsored by Rohde & Schwarz. We hear in the ad today from James Lewis (@baldengineer) about how to use an oscilloscope and how probe capacitance can affect measurements. For more information about the scope discussed today, check out AskAnEngineer.us.

• Seth Hillbrand did a KiCad stream working on Medtronic’s ventilator files.
• Will be interesting to see how the license for the released files changes once the pandemic is over.
• FormLabs SLA printer
• Spreadsheet of every project
• Dave did a repair video after an inductor blew in a found laptop
• Kits for parts, parts drawers
• Alvaro (past guest, remote correspondent and co-host of the Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast) uses PartsBox.io and a barcode scanner to set up a home inventory system for electronic components.
• Dave considered buying the inventory of an electronics hobbyist.
• IPC standard pad sizes
• Density heat map
• Members of The Amp Hour Patreon now get access to an exclusive Discord server. We’re looking for other ways we can give back to our Patrons.
• 3H meetups are going virtual as well. Have you always wanted to join a 3H? There is one a Chicago meetup coming up on Tuesday April 14th. Join the 3H discord if you’d like to connect any time.
• The Myth of the 3 Capacitor Values
• Eric Bogatin on the show
• Application notes for FPGAs
• Eric’s Rules of Thumb articles
• We were asking some questions posed from our Patrons on Discord
• Microcap is free now
• Mike Engelhardt on the show
• After listening to our episode with John Day, an apps engineer was asking if there were other practical app notes that don’t exist and should be made.
• TI AN-1148
• Keithley Low level measurement handbook
• Microchip app note about LCDs

Thanks to peakpx for the sowing picture