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#574 – Bubblegum Tap Shoes
- Dave is back from holiday
- Why would anyone use the various 1N400x parts instead of always defaulting to 1N4007?
- Vishay 1N4001
- Old school comparison chart from Motorola datasheet showing recovery time
- Multimeter input protection video
- Chris realized he hadn’t really understood the LM317 before
- Dave made a video comparing linear and switching regulators (#90!)
- Chris has given up on Fusion360 and is in the process of switching to FreeCAD
- RIFA Madness
- The 555 is 50!
- Adam Savage’s epiphany on the science of measurement
- Lab tightness
- Chris has copied Jay Carlson’s bread tray of projects from his lab
- Raspberry Pi RP2040 is now available for direct purchase
- Raspberry Pi design team on TAH
- “Bubblegum Tap Shoes”
- Go check out the Kathy Loves Physics & History YouTube channel! Lots of great videos relevant to electronics people