Zack Freedman is a prototyping engineer turned YouTuber who makes bombastic videos about 3D printed creations and getting projects across the finish line. He joins Chris to talk about his past hardware designs and what he will be building next.

CEP014 – Moving to KiCad V6 with Jon Evans

Jul 13th, 2021 1h 3m

Welcome, Jon Evans of the KiCad project!Jon Evans is a longtime developer on the KiCad project and practicing EE at Formlabs. He joins Chris to talk about the future of KiCad, including features that are coming in V6.Show Notes0:00 Introd

CEP013 – Open Source Robotics with Kat Scott

Apr 14th, 2021 1h 5m

Kat Scott of Open Robotics joins Chris to talk about how to create high complexity robotic creations and also how to create the lower level electronics that integrate into larger ROS systems. Kat is also a member of OSHWA, which defines and cer

CEP012 – Mixed Media with Becky Stern

Mar 3rd, 2021 1h

Becky Stern mixes electronics, crafts, and practical applications to create interesting products and projects. She talks with Chris about her library of work and how to get started pairing electronics with something other than plastic boxes.

CEP011 – Environmental Monitoring with Conservify

Feb 19th, 2021 1h 11m

Conservify is creating the FieldKit, a new modular system for environmental monitoring for research scientists and citizen scientists. The engineering team joins Chris to talk about deploying measurement systems into harsh environments and how

CEP010 – Low Volume and Low Cost with Timon Skerutsch

Jan 13th, 2021 1h 11m

Timon (@timonsku) joins Chris to talk about his experience creating low volume products at low cost (two things not normally associated). His experience building technical exhibitions, and more recently CM4 boards, gives him the experience to o

CEP009 – Meta Learning Electronics with Mike Cheich and Phil FitzGerald

Nov 18th, 2020 1h 41m

In this episode, Mike Cheich (Programming Electronics) and Phil FitzGerald (The Compelling Message) talk with Chris about how to learn and teach electronics. This discussion also covers how to construct your own electronics learning journey, so

CEP008 – Building Rockets with Joe Barnard (Interview)

Nov 4th, 2020 1h 13m

Joe Barnard joins Chris to talk about building scale model rockets and using thrust vector control to try and land those rockets like SpaceX does. This is an ongoing rocketry and video experiment you can follow and watch on BPS.Space!

CEP007 – Combining Art and Technology with Sarah Petkus

Oct 21st, 2020 1h 12m

Sarah Petkus is an artist and a maker who combines illustration, electronics, 3D printing, and softgoods design to bring her visions to life.

CEP006 – Cellular Design Review with Roy Chen

Sep 29th, 2020 1h 3m

Roy Chen, Field Application Engineer (FAE) for Quectel, joins Chris to talk about the cellular module design on the ABC board (part of Contextual Electronics). This acts as an insight into the relationship between engineers and FAEs.

CEP005 – Clojure Script on Hardware with Mike Fikes

Sep 10th, 2020 1h 6m

Mike Fikes normally works on software, focusing on Clojure Script and other high level language implementations. Mike joins Chris to talk about bringing similar methodologies to the world of hardware, and how he learned how to work on hardware.

CEP004 – High current open hardware with Elen from Fully Automated Technologies

Aug 18th, 2020 1h 5m

Elen from Fully Automated Technologies joins Chris to talk about building high current battery controllers. She also describes an exciting new site called EDeA, for offering circuit schematic and layout blocks in KiCad. That site will allow use

CEP003 – A Hardware Design Review with Erik Larson

Aug 3rd, 2020 1h 6m

Today we're talking with, Erik Larson, who is a firmware engineer with some interesting background! He joins Chris to review the Advanced BLE-Cell (ABC) board, which is also a new course on Contextual Electronics.Erik has worked at places l

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