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The Walmart Greeter of Electronics

The Amp Hour

Published
September 18, 2026
Duration
1h 5m
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Last updated
Sep 30, 2026

Discusses ai.

Summary

Dave and Chris catch up on Dave’s visit to the University of Sydney Open Day, the shift toward practical hands-on engineering education, and open-source robotics like the Seeed Studio SO-101 and Hugging Face Micro Duck. They also discuss calculator forensics, Dave mentoring his intern Dylan through voltage regulator selection, AI-assisted PCB layout tools…

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Dave and Chris catch up on Dave’s visit to the University of Sydney Open Day, the shift toward practical hands-on engineering education, and open-source robotics like the Seeed Studio SO-101 and Hugging Face Micro Duck. They also discuss calculator forensics, Dave mentoring his intern Dylan through voltage regulator selection, AI-assisted PCB layout tools, why Chris wants to be “the Walmart greeter of electronics,” reverse-engineering the Rigol DNA800 network analyzer, Dave’s classic toaster des

Themes

  • ai