The Tiny Lab Movement

• WeWork problems
• Chris is gearing up to buy a boat anchor (VNA) discussed in episode 462
• Leaving stuff on the bench
• Dave thinking about downsizing, possibly starting "The Tiny Lab Movement"
• You have to focus on one thing in a small space
• Mr Carlson's Lab has a bunch of Patreon-only videos for learning about electronics
• Dave talked about flex PCBs this past week. It's not a flex tutorial, but one might be on the way eventually.
• Former guest Dan Hienzsch has started a site called Manufacturing Reports, where he reviews PCB fabrication houses. Dan was also recently on the Macrofab podcast.
• TG-130 vs TG-180
• Former guest Ted Yapo expanded on the 8 GHz scope he discussed on the show during his talk at Supercon
• Select on test
• Chris gave a talk on RF at Supercon
• A highly automated warehouse in the UK burned down after a rogue robot lit on fire
• Comparing logic elements between part vendors
• Reasons to put FPGA into a product
• Goofing TX and RX
• Dave and David are trying to fit everything into 32K chip on STM32
• Mike Harrison's talk about LEDs
• GreatScott explaining USB C (and USB PD)
• Yageo is buying Kemet

 

Thanks to Ales Kladnik for the image of his father’s cramped lab