Silego, ADCs & Seismic Detection - Dave's Dingo Dystocia

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• We had some network problems the last few weeks. If you have more problems, post them to the EEV Blog Forum thread on the topic.
• Agilent has a firmware upgrade for their 3000 series scopes, Dave is claiming a victory!
• Dave and Chris were both on the Tymkrs ZombieTech podcast. Lots of fun.
• Eric the Embedded Hardware Guy mentioned us in his article in the EE Web magazine.
• Dennis Machida, the garage engineer, mentioned us on his site. Thanks!
• Ben Rampling wrote in to let us know about a new part of reddit, /r/nicechips! It's like a perpetual Chip of the Week! Awesome!
• How are ADCs different if they're audio or precision? Dave explains his use of seismic ADCs.
• Part packages continue their relentless march towards infinitely small! Chris posts pictures of the parts in his Google+ album.
• New low power micro announced from ST in conjunction with MIT researchers. It has 0.54V turn on for some of the transistors...crazy!
• Hackers and DIYers are taking the matters of their electric car diagnostics into their own hands and reverse engineering the firmware.
• Dave (with the help of the EEV Blog forum) found the Micro OTP FPGA from Silego. Cool idea for a toolbox part.
• The co-inventor of C and UNIX, Dennis Ritchie, has passed away. He did a lot for the industry and the world!
• Now they have training for socially awkward students...to learn not to be so awkward.
• Chris found a new picture at the computer history museum of Bob Widlar that is fantastic.
• There is also a fun exhibit online of analog computers.
• Still one of those socially awkward nerds but want to be among others like you? Go on a Geek Cruise!