The Nerd Calendar

Jun 3, 2016 · 1 hr 7 min · Episode 301 · 64.8 MB

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It was like Christmas at Chris's house
- Chris got a Narrative Clip 2. It has GPS but we're not sure how much power that takes.
  - GPS started out as a military-only device. Then up until 2000, there was "Selective availability". Once that was lifted in 2000, Geocaching become a thing.
- Chris got a kit from Boldport Club...and you can too! (You may remember Saar was on episode 286)
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- Bunnie's Guide to Shenzhen was also in the mailbox. Dave pointed out you don't need to pronounce the words...you can just point at them in the book. Bunnie was on embedded.fm talking about the book a while back.
Dave had a rover visit the lab!
2017 will have 3 rovers on the moon! That's crazy, but how are we supposed to hear about it? We need a Nerd Calendar. JPL has one, but it's not formatted like a calendar.
Kyle asked on Twitter about measuring high dynamic range signals. William asked something similar on call in show #4. You really can only solve it with a low noise environment, a good dynamic range ADC with high resolution and patience.
Or buy a stupid expensive DC power analyzer.
Dave had an opportunity to play with a piece of characterization test gear for ADC & DACs
Dave was tickled that Forbes said the Theranos founder is now worth $0 instead of $4.5B (hint, she never actually was)
Chris is sick of all the focus on investing and stupid shows like Shark Tank. This is a bad sign.
IEEE bought GlobalSpec. We thought IEEE was only a non-profit (it is) but it is "also a business"
What's next for tech companies?
Dave will likely be at the Vivid festival again this year.
Given a circuit diagram in a data sheet, what would you add to make it into a REAL circuit?
What are some common rules of thumb young engineers should learn? Simplified datasheets could be nice, especially for jellybean components.
Proto G is doing a new series on Antenna Design.
RF doesn't need to be mystifying, it's like other bits of electronics: just try it! Also, follow Mike Ossmann's guidelines.