#677 – Watt Is The Deal
This week Dave and Chris talk about Meshtastic (a meshing layer on top of LoRa), new scope specs, cellular modems, power, and a new Embedded Conference in the US.
The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast
September 23, 2024
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Show Notes
- Spam calls
- Keysight released the HD3, a 14 bit ADC oscilloscope (teardown video)
- Chris will be at Embedded World North America, please let him know if you’ll be there!
- Chris will be at the Joulescope stand along with former guest Matt Liberty
- This is one of the only tradeshows for general electronics in the US, Embedded Systems Conference went away many years ago. Chris, Dave, and Jeff (yesssah!) recorded at ESC in episode 41!
- Bootstrapping new conferences
- Cellular power modes
- Dave old GSM video
- PSM / eDRX
- ALT1350
- Dave got a smart meter on his home setup
- EDMI
- EEVblog forum post about leaky power bill
- Maybe a trickle
- Chris has been trying out Meshtastic, which is based on LoRa. Check out Jeff Geerling’s video for a good overview.
- meshtastic subreddit
- People posting about airplanes flying overhead (example post) like ham radio contacts
- Meshmap