The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast

• Non-Fngible Tokens for schematics(reddit discussion)
• Apple 1 schematic
• Drafting tables
• Quartus II
• Chris is working with a Mech E who can iterate on very detailed designs using resin. Dave has torn down a resin printer (SLA)
• Dave had a 121GW prototype made from Resin
• Digikey printing on the tape
• Make your own parts kit
• Paper about thermoelectric generators
• These are much much lower output than an RTG, because the input power source is so much lower
• Video by Anton Petrov, Dave did a response video.
• Chris is interested in a new solar MPPT and battery charging chip, BQ25798
• Energy harvesting chip turn on requirements
• Solar panels
• When should you architect your whole system (write all the code) from scratch?
• Dave’s new ATEM switcher has a lot of customized code, not just drivers (maybe a custom OS?)
• Buying IP
• Speaking of developing an OS, Bell Labs just released Plan 9, including a Raspberry Pi image. The name is drawn from the terrible Plan 9 from Outer Space movie. Chris used to watch terrible movies like this. The one he tried to remember was “Invasion of the Saucer Men”
• A self-study plan posted on Hacker News
• Buy a kit for the area you’re interested in (in the above case, a brain interface kit)
• Don’t have a starting project? Chris recommends you follow past guest Ben Eater’s videos and follow along with a kit.
• Chris and Dave both like the PCBite system
• Intel announced they’re expanding their foundry capabilities. Chris predicts they will be spinning out the chip side soon (as a different company)
• TSMC is planning to build in Arizona for $35B
• Texas Fabs shut down from the power outages. NXP is just now recovering.

Thanks to Housing Works Auctions for the pictures of Beanie Babies