The Spark Gap

The Spark Gap

A podcast discussing the nuts and bolts of embedded electronics, the systems that use them, and the community that surrounds them.

  • 54 minutes 56 seconds
    The Spark Gap - Episode 53

    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.

    31 January 2018, 9:00 pm
  • 1 hour 32 minutes
    The Spark Gap - Episode 52

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

    1 January 2018, 6:00 pm
  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    The Spark Gap - Episode 51

    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.

    12 April 2017, 8:00 pm
  • 1 hour 39 minutes
    The Spark Gap - Episode 50

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

    9 November 2016, 9:00 pm
  • 59 minutes 20 seconds
    The Spark Gap - Episode 49

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

    19 October 2016, 8:00 pm
  • 57 minutes 32 seconds
    The Spark Gap - Episode 48

    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.

    28 September 2016, 5:00 pm
  • 1 hour 23 minutes
    The Spark Gap - Episode 47

    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.

    27 April 2016, 8:00 pm
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
    The Spark Gap - Episode 46

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

    9 March 2016, 9:00 pm
  • 51 minutes 1 second
    The Spark Gap - Episode 45

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

    10 February 2016, 9:00 pm
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    The Spark Gap - Episode 44

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

    25 December 2015, 5:00 pm
  • 54 minutes 19 seconds
    The Spark Gap - Episode 43

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

    11 November 2015, 9:00 pm
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