The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast
Summary: Chris Gammell and Dave Jones' voices span the chasm of thousands of miles each and every week to speak to each other and industry experts about where the field of electronics is moving. Whether it be a late breaking story about a large semiconductor manufacturer, a new piece of must-have test equipment or just talking through recent issues with their circuit designs, Chris and Dave try to make electronics more accessible for the listeners. Most importantly, they try and make the field of electronics more fun. Guests range from advanced hobbyists working on exciting new projects up through C-level executives at a variety of relevant and innovative companies. Tune in to learn more about electronics and then join the conversation! Visit The Amp Hour website for our back catalog of 150+ episodes.
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- Artist: The Amp Hour (Chris Gammell and David L Jones)
- Copyright: Copyright © The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast 2013
Podcasts:
Elecia and Chris White from Embedded.fm join Chris to talk about the upcoming year, improving skills, new books, calculus and a bit of electronics.
Jeff Keyzer returns for a special Christmas episode! We talk about travel, prototyping, Bell Labs, high volume manufacturing, radio astronomy and much more!
Avidan Ross from Root.vc joins us to talk about venture funding, building hardware and tinkering with 1000 degree pizza ovens.
This week we discuss batteries, prototyping, electric trucks, simple CPUs, 3D printing, shutting down internet service layers and much more!
David Kronstein (tesla500) joins us to discuss the design of his high speed camera, the Chronos 1.4. Lots of technical detail about camera sensors, FPGAs and how to put the whole thing together.
This week Dave and Chris discuss how to find out about new nerdy locations, open source chip crowdfunding, documentation, acquisitions, tax write-offs and more!
Tony DiCola from Adafruit joins Chris and Dave to talk about how to use MicroPython on a variety of microcontrollers! Learn how to use a high level, interpreted language to control low level hardware!
Chris and Dave discuss the upcoming trade realities in 2017 and how that might affect the electronics industry. Also EMI, SuperCon, acquisitions, Muntzing, datasheets, Mars and more!
Chris and Dave discuss Pro Bono engineering work, manufacturing big things in high volume, buying stuff from Shenzhen, attacking IoT devices, crazy VC fundraising and quickly copying kickstarters
This week we started by talking about electric transport...but ended up devolving into discussions of FPGA SOCs, language translation, bakelite, sheet metal and more!
Jeff Rowberg of BlueGiga and the KeyGlove Project join Chris and Dave to talk firmware, Bluetooth, wearable computing, reverse engineering and more!
Sometimes when dealing with vendors you need to take the lead. This week Chris and Dave discuss IndieGoGo, online CAD, catalogs, databooks, non-profits and more!
Ryan O'Hara joins Chris and Dave to discuss kapton stencils, pick and place machines, creating flying insect robots and more!
Chris and Dave discuss the role of investment capital in electronics businesses. Also firmware revisions, beginning designing chips and the systemization of silicon.
Chris and Dave discuss the pitfalls of trying to figure out exactly what customers want vs what they say. Also, a new program to try and gather the history of the electronics industry!
