# \#trace-talks

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## [“If you don’t control the energy, it will misbehave.”](https://sierraconnect.protoexpress.com/t/if-you-don-t-control-the-energy-it-will-misbehave/3319)

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In this snippet from Trace Talks, legendary EMC expert Dan Beeker joins Amit Bahl to break down one of the most misunderstood aspects of electromagnetic compatibility: It’s not the switching output that causes the pro…

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## [Not math, only muscle memory: The human model behind AI](https://sierraconnect.protoexpress.com/t/not-math-only-muscle-memory-the-human-model-behind-ai/3222)

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“This is a very flawed mental model. But what it really comes down to is, you could hit a tennis ball with a tennis racket at a certain force with the strings at a certain tension, and you could model that whole system…

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## [EMI: Pinning down the noise issues](https://sierraconnect.protoexpress.com/t/emi-pinning-down-the-noise-issues/3190)

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"So figuring out where the problem was, finally, one of us was under the vehicle, and we’re just going step by step every single box that was hanging off the high voltage system. And there’s also this water heater. A l…

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## [Learning the DFM process…](https://sierraconnect.protoexpress.com/t/learning-the-dfm-process/3141)

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"The biggest thing I got out of \[Rocket EMS\] was how important DFM is and also watching the manufacturing line. My office door opened up onto the manufacturing line. Watching the manufacturing line and watching the ta…

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## ["The signal doesn't flow on a conductor."](https://sierraconnect.protoexpress.com/t/the-signal-doesnt-flow-on-a-conductor/2791)

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**Last updated:** [January 9, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://sierraconnect.protoexpress.com/t/the-signal-doesnt-flow-on-a-conductor/2791 "2025-01-09T16:41:57Z")

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“The signal doesn’t flow on a conductor. And your signal is traveling at the rate of roughly about half that of the light, and it’s traveling in the plastic of the circuit board, not in the copper.” Trace Talks EP 6 w…