The Amp Hour

Living Through Chipageddon


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  • We recorded video on the episode this week! Previously, Dave and Chris had tested Zencastr video.
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toFetYb4xvs
    • Chipageddon has arrived, a confluence of factors such as COVID and resulting forecasting errors (esp in automotive), the increasing need for parts to service the 5G ecosystem (towers and handsets), and general consolidation of the chip industry.
    • Tesla Founders
    • Samsung is looking at building a new fab in the US
    • Dave has been working with a "DIY Trezor wallet" that was only EAGLE files on GitHub
    • Eagle to KiCad conversion video in 5.99 (Also in 5.1.18)
    • Past guest Jesse Vincent talked about automating scripts at KiCon 2019
    • Chris is starting a course for people looking to become a technical consultant:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t5L8KAo0_g
      • Interested in being part of the beta group? You can apply here.
      • Schottky on the EEVblog forum did some amazing renders using Blender
      • Blender
      • Glamor shots were a thing in the early 90s. The Rock did one. Apparently there are still a few studios open in the US.
      • Dave made a DIY lightbox, based on Big Clive's setup. Chris uses this "light tent" that has a top porthole.
      • There was a live show with electronics YouTubers
      • Liam Fraser who was on the episode last week with the Raspberry Pi team wrote about the "journey to Raspberry silicon"
      • Dave is working on a new device that might need multiple micros swapped in. Chris mentioned this is the idea behind the Sparkfun Micromod system, which didn't seem super useful otherwise.
      • Reusing a commodity connector like the M.2 connector is not a new idea, but the M.2 looks cool!
      • Dave is not interested in learning Micropython or Circuitpython for this project because of the time involved.
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