The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast

Josh Datko joined Chris to talk about embedded security, military contracting and to tell stories about his time on nuclear submarines and as a naval officer in the middle of Afghanistan.

Dave and Chris talk about the ins and outs of running product and consulting businesses and dealing with cashflow. Also Chris announces that KiCon 2019 will be taking place in April 2019 in Chicago IL

James Bruton, xrobot creator and YouTuber, joins Chris and Dave to talk about robots, video documentation and the challenges of carrying your 40 kg robotic dog up the stairs.

Chris and Dave catch up about conference talks, designing PCBs into cases, thin PCB design and solar panels fading into the background.

Scotty Allen travels the world documenting technology stories while learning new skills. He sits down with Chris in LA to talk about building iPhones, living in Shenzhen and The Engineers Journey.

This week Dave and Chris discuss micros going in and out of style, building electronics for philanthropy, bogus water harvesting techniques, spy chips and much more!

This week Mike Harrison of Mikes Electric Stuff joins Dave to talk about LEDs, low cost parts and tiny tiny components.

Chris Denney, CTO of Worthington Assembly, joins Chris to talk about contract manufacturing in the US, DfM and doing more efficient board assembly.

This week Chris and Dave discuss PCB layout best practices, how batteries are made, landing probes onto asteroids, joining the IEEE and much more!

Piotr Esden-Tempski, Eric Thompson and Dave Young join Chris to talk about working as electronics consultants and what to look out for when joining the world of consulting.

Dave and Chris discuss part libraries, hacker movies, buying from China, how to read measurements and much more!

Dr Gregory Charvat returns to The Amp Hour for a fourth time to discuss the three startups he has been working on since his last appearance: an ultrasound company, a stealth mode startup and a company that just released a new cm accurate “indoor GPS” system for factory automation.

Dave and Chris chat about meetups, new PCB creation methods, flying machines, power supplies and more!

Spencer Wright is the host of The Prepared podcast and runs the Prepared newsletter. He joins Chris to talk about the state of the manufacturing industry, 3D printing, sourcing parts and trends driving manufacturing in the future.

Dave and Chris discuss moving into the consulting world, high end scopes, low cost CAD and why your next LED project probably won’t involve blockchain.

Mike Szczys (“stish”) joins Chris to talk about DEF CON 26, building electronics badges for fun, other low level embedded projects and utilizing pick and place machines.

Ben Einstein, founder of Bolt, talks to Chris about how hardware startups can get off the ground and how Bolt helps guide them with advice, design resources, and prototyping facilities.

Brent and Bryce Salmi are avionic electronics engineers who recently completed a 5 year tenure at SpaceX. They talk to Chris about designing for extreme reliability and creating open source digital radios.

Dave and Chris chat again for episode 400 after a couple of weeks and many shows apart! They discuss video games, CAD tools, tariffs, LCDs and PCBs!

Steve Kreuzer is a mechanical engineer who consults on projects involving everything from Lithium Ion batteries to BGAs to human heart cells. He talks to Chris about their shared past and how he does consulting for Exponent.

Felix Rusu of Low Power Lab joins Chris to talk about home automation projects built using subgigahertz radios and small batteries. Learn about how to build your own battery powered home projects!

Jeremy Hong does reverse engineering during the day and has an RF addiction all the time. He sits down with Chris for a final interview from ToorCamp.

Dominic Spill is a software engineer at Great Scott Gadgets who helped architect the Ubertooth One, The Yardstick One and the HackRF One. He talks about the full software stack with Chris at ToorCamp.

Chris Gerlinsky is an embedded engineer and hacker who reverse engineers protocols for the automotive sector. He sits down with Chris (Gammell) at ToorCamp to talk through decapping chips to extract information.

Jeff and Mike sit down with Chris on a beach at ToorCamp to talk about learning electronics, feeding dessert to an entire camp and hobbies outside of electronics.