Living Through Chipageddon

Chipageddon has arrived, a confluence of factors such as COVID and resulting forecasting errors (esp in automotive), the increasing need for parts to service the 5G ecosystem (towers and handsets), and general consolidation of the chip industry.

Tesla Founders

Samsung is looking at building a new fab in the US

Dave has been working with a "DIY Trezor wallet" that was only EAGLE files on GitHub

Eagle to KiCad conversion video in 5.99 (Also in 5.1.18)

Past guest Jesse Vincent talked about automating scripts at KiCon 2019

Chris is starting a course for people looking to become a technical consultant:

Interested in being part of the beta group? You can apply here.

Glamor shots were a thing in the early 90s. The Rock did one. Apparently there are still a few studios open in the US.

Dave made a DIY lightbox, based on Big Clive's setup. Chris uses this "light tent" that has a top porthole.

Dave is not interested in learning Micropython or Circuitpython for this project because of the time involved.