What is an FPGA, and how does it compare to a microcontroller? A basic introduction to what Field Programmable Gate Arrays are and how they work, and the advantages and disadvantages. FPGA Stuff in Dave’s Amazon store Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave answers some question from his 5 hour live show about getting help with editing video for the blog, a co-host, slow Youtube uploads, and big productions like the Ben Heck show. FYI, the latest Kodak camera teardown was 6.1GB of raw video data.

Inside the worlds first Digital SLR camera with rear LCD and inbuilt JPEG processing, the 1998 vintage Kodak DCS315, based on the Nikon Pronea 6i film SLR camera body. This was before Canon and Nikon had released their own DSLR camera technology, when Kodak ruled the digital camera world! History …

USB Serial Module: http://jim.sh/ftx/ DSRB-88 Geiger Counter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B815uBi9wSw Induction Coin Shinker: http://thegeekgroup.org/stomper DE0-Nano FPGA Development Board: http://de0-nano.terasic.com Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave makes a DIY camera dolly system that mounts under his work bench. It’s not complete yet, it possibly needs a 2nd rail platform, angled brackets, and better tripod mount, but otherwise works fairly well for a quick trial. Forum HERE Podcast: Download