Kismetic Keithley Katowse

• Chris reveals (to those that did not already know) that he used to work at Keithley Instruments and recently left to go work at an unnamed company.
• Chris has the whole week off! He wrote more about leaving his engineering job on Engineer Blogs.
• Keithley was recently bought by Danaher, who also owns Tektronix, Fluke, Seabird and Beckman Coulter (among many many others).
• If you're interested, be sure to get the Low Level Measurement Handbook, it's awesome!

• Dave is planning on going to visit a calibration lab in Victoria.
• Dave also has been shopping for his new lab (3D model here). first purchase? A JAMMA console! Don't tell the wife!
• If you're short on cash but still want a SMU, check out the CEE from nonolith labs! It's an OSHW SMU!
• If you need funding for your project, there's new legislation to legalize crowdsourcing in the US (in exchange for stock)
• Found on reddit, this guy in front his bench embodies he badass vibe!
• An honorary WOTW, highlighted by Paul Rako's blog on EDN: Barrie Gilbert of Analog Devices has an amazing lab!
• Non-sequitor of the week and too good to pass up, back in April 2010 there was a man arrested at the LHC who claimed he was from the future!
• Chris visited an EMSL party last night via telepresence (photos by @Grathio here: ESML open house Flickr set)
• Speaking of the future (segue there), MIT has discovered how to translate electrical to optical info on-chip. Should amount to an even faster chip in the future!
• From the EEVblog forums: why do scope traces always come in color? What about people who are color blind?
• The low end of the Test and Measurement industry: Rigol has dropped the price of their 100 MHz scope (DS1102E) to the price previously used for the 1052E.
• A bit of holiday awesome: Alan Yates (VK2ZAY) is doing a great series of videos called the "Advent Calendar of Electronics". One useful circuit per day until xmas! Amazing!
• Shonky Product of the Week: A USB cable that is hand made? Cool. A USB cable that costs $3549? Not cool.
• Extra Capacity:
  • A non-shonky audio guru uses high voltage SiC FETs in the output stage of his audio amps! He also has some great tutorials.
  • For all you hams out there (or future hams who are studying, like Chris is), there's a great kit you can purchase called the K2. The older kit is all through hole.

This week was a lot of fun! Chris wants to thank all of his former co-workers at Keithley! Hopefully one or two of them are listeners now!