Our Second Callin Show(ish)

Our second call in show….was ruined by Star Wars!

• Stu was our screener and works in the security industry.
• Vikas
  • He was wondering about how to build an arbitrary waveform generator. He will be using a Raspberry Pi Zero and will be bare metal programming
  • He will be using an 8 bit dac, the TLC5602. The plan is to put the LM318 behind it as an amplifier.
  • Vikas isn't sure about how to do the DC offset and whether to use a discrete amplifier.
  • The STM8 Discovery kit has a built in signal generator demo.
• Ryan
  • He is a student who wants to buy test equipment on a budget.
  • The Digilent Discovery 2 was released recently. 
  • Ryan's school also has TDS1000 series
• Microchip offered to buy Atmel (from under the nose of Dialog!)
• Dave had interviewed Steve Sanghe a couple years ago.
• The CastAR is refunding money and giving a voucher for a consumer version of the glasses.
• The Steam Controller video was beautiful! 
• A FOUP is not just fun to say, it's also how wafers are carried around fabs.
• When your fridge can't display a calendar on a screen.
• When automation and labor collide
• ARM is starting to chart out plastic chips!