The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast

Dave and Chris pontificate on the needs of online electronics education, how awesome Tesla is and how not to get consumers on your side (by prosecuting open source projects)

Brandon Harris stops by The Amp Hour to talk connected devices, battery life, SD card form factors and how to connect to the internet before gravity gets you down.

This week we talk about the variety of work marketplaces springing up for electronics designers. Also SpaceX, satellites, bad footprints, troubleshooting and more!

SolidCon provided interesting information about the state of hardware and the Internet of Things. We also discussed the Portalab’s maiden journey, amateur NASA missions, switching solder and more!

Chris discusses Maker Faire 2014 and Dave continues to update his lab to allow for live HD streaming. Also fancy scopes, robots, travelling equipment and more!

Mike Ossmann returns to discuss the Daisho project, starting open source project, upcoming conventions, USB 3.0, FPGAs, GitHub and more!

Dave and Chris discuss sending contest winners to space, dealing with buying components for large builds, changes to CAD tools, portable labs and more!

LTspice guru Mike Engelhardt has spent his career building the fastest SPICE engine in the world. Anyone can download it for free. He tells us all about how it works.

What would it take to design a mobile workbench? What would it take to get it through airport security without issue? Also SPICE, work spaces, robots, travel, BGAs and more!

Todd Bailey is an embedded and analog engineer who has worked in a wide range of industries spanning military, industrial, artistic and commercial (toys!). Our conversation turns somewhat introspective.

The supply chain is a difficult terrain to navigate…unless you’re so big you get to draw your own map and buy up the mountains. We’ll stick to crowdfunding open source projects and hoping for the best.

Chris finally got a chair and wowsa does it make a difference!

This week we discuss the MH370 mystery/tragedy and the technology being used to search for the plane, Sparkfun’s DMM problem, imposter syndrome, ageism, investment and more!

Marcus Schappi of Little Bird and formerly of Ninja Blocks stops by to talk about his newest kickstarter, the MicroView. An “Arduino At Heart” device with a build in OLED screen for quick feedback for your devices.

This week we discuss companies that are folding, both chip and retail. Also simulation, starting new open source businesses, logistics and capacitors!

Elecia White of Logical Elegance and the Making Embedded Systems podcast stops by to talk bare metal programming, C++, designing gadgets, better interrupts and more!

Dave and Chris discuss development platform, designing around existing code, scopes, USA issues and more!

Analog veteran Hank Zumbahlen joins Chris and Michael Ossmann to talk about ground planes, ADCs, Accelerometers, Isolators, 7 pole filters and more!

Chris decides to work on Contextual Electronics and consulting full time. Dave continues creating test jigs for his successful kickstarter.

Scott Driscoll of Curious Inventor talks about teaching himself soldering and then teaching more than a million people on YouTube. Also augmented reality, robots, synthesizers, electronic distribution and more!

Dave and Chris marvel over the amount paid for hardware companies, discuss reducing test costs and ponder the implications of one click manufacturing

Dave Vandenbout of XESS stops by to talk FPGAs with Chris and Dave. Learn about how you can get started and some of the resources that will get you there.

Dave Taylor, the designer of the Fluke 8060 multimeter, stops by to talk about his vast experience in the design of test and measurement gear.

Dr Greg Charvat returns to The Amp Hour to fill in for Dave and to talk about his upcoming book about small and short range radar system. He expounds on the field of RADAR, RF, Ham with Chris listening quietly.

We sneak in one last surprise episode for 2013 and get a chance to talk about manufacturing, new websites, lab notebooks, part numbers, patents, headless units, specsmanship and more!