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The Spark Gap

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Latest episodes

  • The Spark Gap - Episode 53

    January 31, 2018 · 55 min

    Karl and Corey talk about projects they've been working on in their spare time.  Corey discusses his ping pong scoreboard's progress and challenges.

  • The Spark Gap - Episode 52

    January 1, 2018 · 1 hr 32 min

    Karl and Corey discuss how to work with development kits, specifically on how to best transition from a dev kit to a custom design.

  • The Spark Gap - Episode 51

    April 12, 2017 · 1 hr 14 min

    Karl and Corey talk about various ways to protect a design from other devices that can pull too much power, reverse voltage polarity, and otherwise cause damage.

  • The Spark Gap - Episode 50

    November 9, 2016 · 1 hr 39 min

    Karl and Corey discuss various means of user input: buttons, rotary encoders, and resistive and capacitive touch sensing.

  • The Spark Gap - Episode 49

    October 19, 2016 · 59 min

    Karl and Corey talk about their trip to Portland, Oregon and the 2016 Open Hardware Summit.

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  • The Spark Gap - Episode 48

    September 28, 2016 · 58 min

    Karl and Corey are back to talk about design choices you can make when creating schematics and PCB layouts that will make board bring up and debugging much easier.

  • The Spark Gap - Episode 47

    April 27, 2016 · 1 hr 23 min

    Karl and Corey discuss the issues with heat in an embedded design, how to prevent it, how to detect it, and how to deal with it.

  • The Spark Gap - Episode 46

    March 9, 2016 · 1 hr 11 min

    Karl and Corey discuss the CANbus protocol and the new CAN-FD specification.

  • The Spark Gap - Episode 45

    February 10, 2016 · 51 min

    Karl and Corey talk about some of the lessons Karl learned (and remembered) at the Signal Integrity Boot Camp at DesignCon.

  • The Spark Gap - Episode 44

    December 25, 2015 · 1 hr 4 min

    Karl and Corey air some grievances about Raspberry Pi, "Hoverboards", and PCB layout practices in this grab bag/Festivus episode.

  • The Spark Gap - Episode 43

    November 11, 2015 · 54 min

    Karl and Corey talk about how knowledge of electronics can cause headaches when looking at products and crowd-funding campaigns.

  • The Spark Gap - Episode 42

    October 21, 2015 · 1 hr 7 min

    Karl and Corey finishing talking with Chris Gammell about parts.io and selecting the right op-amp for a given application. (Part 2 of 2)

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About the show

Karl and Corey talk about various aspects of embedded electronics, from nuts and bolts design to high-level discussions and debates. We also talk about some of our hobbies surrounding electronics (3D Printing and CNC Routers). New episodes are released Wednesdays.