SuitSat Teardown
Wednesday, April 16
2:30pm – 3:00pm

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On February 3, 2006 a unique satellite packaged inside an out-of-service Russian space suit was deployed from the International Space Station. Microchip played a big part in outfitting the satellite with the electronics used to transmit commemorative messages and greetings from space heard around the world. The Microchip teardown will cover the chronology of the SuitSat project and discuss the electronics used to control the satellite.

Sony 11' OLED TV Teardown

Tuesday, April 15
3:00pm – 3:30pm

While still a diminutive cousin compared to today’s large LCD and Plasma flat panels, Sony’s 11” OLED TV breaks new ground in technology, panel thin-ness, contrast ratio (and at $2000, price per diagonal inch of display!). We’ll tear the Sony XEL-1 down to see what makes it tick and how Sony went about forging new ground in the high-end TV market.

Gibson Robot Guitar Teardown

Thursday, April 17
12:15pm – 12:45pm 

Gibson has been an aggressive technology adopter of late. Along with their “first” of an Ethernet digital-out guitar, Gibson has now introduced the Robot Guitar, able to automatically tune to a range of standard and alternative tunings at the touch of a button. It may not make you sound like Van Halen, but it will help keep you locked in to proper pitch–tin-ear players rejoice! Join us at ESC Silicon Valley to learn about the engineering behind this musical marvel.

Sony Rolly Teardown

Thursday, April 17
2:00pm – 2:30pm

One of the most exciting products to come out of the recent Consumer Electronics Show was the Sony Rolly. ESC Silicon Valley snagged one before the US release date and we are going to be tearing apart this unique little gadget to see what makes it “tick”. The Rolly is packed with a variety of abilities, not the least of which is playing MP3 or AAC files via Bluetooth with A2DP off of its 2GB of flash memory.