#680 – Catching Rockets with Musk Sticks
Chris and Dave discuss identifying boards, amazing rocket catches, recent travel to trade shows, the impacts of the floods on the supply chain, EV charging, and more!
The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast
October 21, 2024
Show Notes
- Starship 5 landed on chopsticks! (you know, in case you have been offline for 2 weeks)
- Dave’s EV had a stuck cable
- Portable charger is surprisingly good
- CCS Charging standard
- Fast charge 36/50 kW
- MKBHD Chevy Silverado review
- JLC is now offering silkscreen QR codes to have individually marked boards
That’s the board that Chris has been designing on a livestream each week - 1 wire UID (pioneered by Dallas, then Maxim, now Analog…le sigh)
- Dave is selling a new Bryman multimeter, the BM2257 (teardown photos)
- Chris just returned from Embedded World North America, doing a demo at the Joulescope booth
- Chris also gave a talk at the Zephyr meetup which will be released in a few weeks
- Hackaday article about their comment section and project/article feedback
- References
- Musk Sticks
- NC floods might impact the supply chain due to Spruce Pine NC being a source for quartz. We didn’t read this article, but it was a better explainer than we had at the time.
- Meshtastic objects to the proposed FCC changes