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Sparkfun’s Nathan Seidle gave an excellent talk on Sparkfun’s history at a Google conference. Original, plus extra info here: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce//news.php?id=476

A how-to guide to taking your electronics project from prototype through to high volume PCB manufacture. Covers component selection and purchasing, SMD, DFM, PCB panelisation, gerber generation, drill files, pick and place files, and more. Podcast: Download

Win this very nice UEi DM391 Multimeter by entering HERE As tested in my $100 meter shootout (so it’s slightly “reviewed”!), and it gave a very good account of itself. An excellent industrial quality meter. No lame country restrictions, anyone can enter. All you have to do is be a …

For those who just want DJ Delorie’s Soup To Nuts talk in a much better quality audio version, here it is. It was originally a power point presentation, but it works well as just an audio version too. A presentation by DJ Delorie (from RedHat) called Soup to Nuts with …

Why free chip samples are NOT always a good thing. Will they cost you more in the long run? Podcast: Download

An interesting fast paced video presentation about the hardware design process by Amanda Wozniak. Primarily targeted to software oriented people. (Warning, contains strong language, for those who care about such things)

A presentation by DJ Delorie called Soup to Nuts with Free Software. It highlights the current state of free open source software for end-to-end engineering and personal use. Operating systems, EDA tools, office tools etc Recorded at the Renesas Devcon 2010 event. Podcast: Download

Dave dropped by Apex Electronics in Sun Valley just outside LA, the biggest and oldest surplus electronics store in California (and probably the US?) . Come on a tour through the aladdin’s cave of surplus electronics and hardware. It’s actually pretty sad to see all this old technology just lying …

Yes, the drive time rant is back. Dave gives some choice advice to the semiconductor manufacturers. Podcast: Download

The announcement of the Renesas RX Design Contest at Devcon 2010. Dave makes a BIG appearance about half way through. http://www.renesasrulz.com/community/rx-contest Podcast: Download

I caught up with DJ Delorie at the Renesas Devcon 2010 event and he was kind enough to sit down for 10 minutes and chat about the Open Source gEDA package, of which he is one of the major developers. What is gEDA?, where did it come from?, and what …

Day 3 (for Dave anyway) was all about Open Source Hardware and gEDA. But let’s not forget the Q&A with the head Renesas MCU honcho, and the evening with James Meigs, editor of Popular Mechanics magazine. Podcast: Download

The final daily video. This one includes a teardown! Podcast: Download

Nerd nirvana, what smells?, and who’s number 1? Podcast: Download

Somehow Dave scored an invite to Renesas Devcon 2010 in Anaheim California, a mega event for microcontroller and embedded uber nerds. Podcast: Download