The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast

Dave, Chris and Mike Ossmann get together for a holiday episode to air their collective Festivus grievances about the state of electronics. And to chat.

Dave and Chris talk about launching funding for their respective new projects, space travel, robotics purchases, PCB design, semiconductor manufacturing and more.

Andrew Witte, the CTO of Pebble Technology, stops by The Amp Hour to talk about low power embedded design, huge Kickstarter campaigns and manufacturing in China.

We discuss the interesting problems with motors and how Dave might be able to upgrade his Sinclair C5. Also drones, patents, testing, precision resistors and TV!

Jeri Ellsworth stops by The Amp Hour to talk about the recently funded CastAR project on Kickstarter and what it will take to get it to production.

Dave and Chris discuss utilizing cross platform tools to develop PCBs and whether high level software tools should cross over into the hardware space.

Forrest Mims joins Chris and Dave to talk about his prolific authoring career, his lifelong interest in electronics and atmospheric science and what he is working on these days.

What defines an engineer? Who is allowed to call themselves one? Also, how people debug and lots of new podcasts!

Vincent Himpe joins Chris and Dave for a 3+ hour conversation about his journey from early hobbyist to staff engineer at a multinational semiconductor company.

Chris and Dave talk about all manner of test instrument, both specialized and open source. Also interest in moving big heavy machines, friends starting Kickstarters and innovation continuing into mid-life and beyond!

Adam Wolf of Wayne and Layne joins Chris to talk about Lego, Arduino, Open Hardware, Linux, KiCad and developing for developing areas!

Chris and Dave discuss the fabbing of wafers, guns at radio shows, new Arduino platforms, rapid prototyping classes, ethical patent questions, comment sections, shutdowns and more!

Henry Ott discusses his near 60 year career in the field of EMC and watching electronics progress as a field of study. His experiences help to illustrate the wide range of application of EMC theory and practice and how it can help your designs.

We discuss the silliness behind spinning out and rebranding a company, let alone one that’s already had that happen once. Also Molex was bought, BoldPort makes beautiful PCBs, TI makes the LDC1000, the Peachy has some interesting low cost hacks and more!

The Founders of Upverter (Zak, Steve and MIke) join Chris and Dave to talk about online CAD, design collaboration, startups with a hardware focus and more!

Jeff Keyzer returns to the show to talk about the Open Hardware Summit, CAD programs and the future of hardware.

What have you done in the past 4 years? Michael Ossmann has had 2 successful Kickstarters, funding over $600k in total. He develops open source hardware tools that allow security researchers to probe the RF spectrum.

Dave and Chris dive into the insanity that troubleshooting can sometimes cause. Also LEDs, hiring help, PCBs, RF backscatter, meetups, quadcopters and more!

Eric Ries joins Chris and Dave to talk about a new method of R&D, discovering what customers want and quickly determining if a product (even hardware) has legs in the marketplace.

Batteries and power sources matter when making heat, especially for soldering! Also, development platforms, hyperloops, design sharing, open interfaces & more!

The SparkFun Engineering Team joins Chris & Dave to talk open hardware, company culture, teardowns, counterfeit parts, competitions, working with mfg and more!

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!