
Stephen and Chris gotta go fast with SPI over I2C. If the price for the modules drop then the ESP32 will probably be as successful as the ESP8266. It is the successor to the popular ESP8266. The ESP32 wifi module has been released. Stephen has been to Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia which is held in Houston, Texas. How does electronic trade shows compete with this? Has lots of huge machines that Chris enjoyed looking at. Chris went to IMTS, International Manufacturing Technology Show a couple days ago. GM creates Elon Musk’s dream car first. Cycle life of Lithium batteries is around 500-600 recharge cycles. Parker has used the BQ24075RGTT for lithium battery management. Samsung says it is a mechanical issue but it sounds more like a failure of the Battery Management System. Best solution is to just not give users access to a USB ports. How to defend against the USB Killer Thumb Drive.
Everyone agrees that competition is good and these mergers go against that.
Renesas to Buy Intersil for $3.2 Billion. Now MacroFab has over 20 employees and is moving to a 11k sq ft warehouse space. Last time MacroFab talked with Chris Gammell it was only four people.
Everything can be done via API end point which can enable your webstore to automatically drop ship inventory to your customers. MacroFab does end-to-end electronics manufacturing and operations for low volume companies. Parker and Stephen do a really bad job explaining what MacroFab does.Other sources for new parts and information are EEweb and Electronics Weekly.Chip manufactures should just advertise the specifications of new chips and link direct to the datasheets.Parker finds new ICs through the subreddit /r/nicechips and subscribing to manufactures mailing lists.Co-Podcast time with The Amp Hour’s Chris Gammell.