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.
Jan 31, 2018•55 min
The Spark Gap
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.
Episodes
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.
Jan 01, 2018•2 hr 32 min
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.
Apr 12, 2017•1 hr 14 min
The Spark Gap - Episode 50
Karl and Corey discuss various means of user input: buttons, rotary encoders, and resistive and capacitive touch sensing.
Nov 09, 2016•2 hr 39 min
The Spark Gap - Episode 49
Karl and Corey talk about their trip to Portland, Oregon and the 2016 Open Hardware Summit.
Oct 19, 2016•59 min
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.
Sep 28, 2016•58 min
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.
Apr 27, 2016•1 hr 23 min
The Spark Gap - Episode 46
Karl and Corey discuss the CANbus protocol and the new CAN-FD specification.
Mar 09, 2016•1 hr 11 min
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.
Feb 10, 2016•51 min
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.
Dec 25, 2015•1 hr 4 min
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.
Nov 11, 2015•54 min
The Spark Gap - Episode 42
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)
Oct 21, 2015•1 hr 7 min
The Spark Gap - Episode 41
Karl and Corey are joined by Chris Gammell to talk about how to pick the right op-amp. Part 1 of 2.
Oct 14, 2015•1 hr
The Spark Gap - Episode 40
Karl and Corey are back! Join them as they talk about design choices and gotchas involving connectors.
Oct 03, 2015•1 hr 11 min
The Spark Gap - Episode 39
Karl and Corey depart from hardware to talk about one of the more interesting bits of firmware, pointers.
Aug 12, 2015•56 min
The Spark Gap - Episode 38
Karl and Corey talk about the gear they use to bring you this podcast.
Jul 29, 2015•1 hr 8 min
The Spark Gap - Episode 37
Karl and Corey talk about designing projects with the future in mind.
Jul 15, 2015•1 hr 1 min
The Spark Gap - Episode 36
Karl and Corey discuss a few submissions they liked from the Hackaday Prize 2015. Disclaimer: Neither Karl nor Corey are affiliated in any way with the Hakaday Prize selection.
Jul 04, 2015•58 min
The Spark Gap - Episode 35
Karl teaches Corey about how cars work and how electronics fit into modern automobiles.
Jun 17, 2015•2 hr 51 min
The Spark Gap - Episode 34
Karl's going to Burning Man. Let's talk about some electronics you might want when camping in the desert.
Jun 03, 2015•52 min
The Spark Gap - Episode 33
Karl and Corey explore the analog world a bit by discussing Analog to Digital and Digital to Analog Converters.
May 20, 2015•1 hr 29 min
The Spark Gap - Episode 32
Karl and Corey revisit topics from the past 31 episodes.
May 06, 2015•1 hr 19 min
The Spark Gap - Episode 31
Karl and Corey talk about different displays you can use in embedded systems.
Apr 22, 2015•52 min
The Spark Gap - Episode 30
Karl and Corey discuss various ways to switch on power to circuits.
Apr 08, 2015•57 min
The Spark Gap - Episode 29
Karl and Corey are joined by Fouad Kiamilev from the University of Delaware to talk about ASIC design and ways to be a more healthy and productive engineer.
Mar 25, 2015•57 min
The Spark Gap - Episode 28
Karl and Corey are joined by Andrew Retallack of Crash Bang Prototype to talk about his work with moving people past their reliance on Arduino.
Mar 11, 2015•1 hr 1 min
The Spark Gap - Episode 27
Karl and Corey talk about mess ups, disasters, and other horror stories from their past.
Feb 25, 2015•38 min
The Spark Gap - Episode 26
Karl and Corey are joined by Bob Coggeshall of Small Batch Assembly to talk about designing PCBs that will go through SMT at a professional assembly house.
Feb 11, 2015•2 hr 33 min
The Spark Gap - Episode 25
Karl and Corey are joined by James Lewis of Kemet Electronics to talk about capacitors.
Jan 28, 2015•1 hr 17 min
The Spark Gap - Episode 24
Karl and Corey talk about their personal goals for 2015, the future of the podcast, and discuss a few topics on reverse engineering.
Jan 07, 2015•43 min