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<li>Chris is developing a booming &#8220;dad&#8221; voice, perhaps?</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0">Memorizing modem sounds</a></li>
<li>The Amp Hour turned 13 years old (<a href="https://chrisgammell.com/1st-radio-show-with-dave-jones-of-eevblog/">episode 1 went out Aug 12th, 2010</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.fluke.com/en-us/product/electrical-testing/digital-multimeters/fluke-87v">The Fluke 87</a> is 35 years old</li>
<li>Everyday DMMs</li>
<li>Chris enjoyed <a href="https://theamphour.com/641-power-transmission-with-toby-robb/">Dave and Toby discussing the DMM a lineman uses</a></li>
<li>Bryman</li>
<li>Dave will be giving a talk at a University sooon&#8230;should he dress up like <a href="https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/bob-pease-a-legacy-of-analog-design/">Bob Pease, the Czar of Bandgaps?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHPFphlzwdQ">Dave made a video about one of the LK99 groups</a></li>
<li>What are the practical limits of superconductors?</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meissner_effect">Meissner effect is how superconductors levitate</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev">Maglev trains</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@CoasterFan2105">Trains on YouTube</a></li>
<li>Chris is working on a new board, the first time in a while</li>
<li><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-4bs-inside-spin-scooters">Abandoned scooters around Seattle have RPi4s in them</a></li>
<li><a title="https://twitter.com/DatasheetDigest/status/1688273572953776129" href="https://twitter.com/DatasheetDigest/status/1688273572953776129" data-from-md="">How did the 2n2222 get its name?</a></li>
<li><a title="https://www.nordicsemi.com/News/2023/08/Leading-Semiconductor-Industry-Players-Join-Forces-to-Accelerate-RISC-V" href="https://www.nordicsemi.com/News/2023/08/Leading-Semiconductor-Industry-Players-Join-Forces-to-Accelerate-RISC-V" data-from-md="">A new group of semiconductor companies (Bosch, Infineon, Nordic, NXP, and Qualcomm) join forces on RISC V</a></li>
<li><a href="https://theamphour.com/196-an-interview-with-mike-engelhardt-spice-simulator-synteresis/">Former guest Mike Engelhardt</a> releases <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/TheAmpHour/comments/15arllw/mike_engelhardt_releases_qspice/">a new spice version with Qorvo called QSPICE</a></li>
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#643 – Calibration & Repair with Ian Johnston

A weekly podcast about the electronics industry. Occasional guests. Lots of laughs.