The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast

Ringing power supplies, subzero temperatures and learning recommendations. After a break over the holidays, Dave and Chris answer some user submitted questions.

Chris and Dave take on the final show for 2012 by discussing chip company problems, eReaders, datasheets, board assembly and the decision to manufacture close by.

Ian from Dangerous Prototypes stops in to chat with Chris and Dave about open hardware, manufacturing in China, distributed R&D and building a large community of electronics enthusiasts.

Chris and Dave dive into a topic not yet covered in The Amp Hour: resumes. Also dying on Mars, insourcing,start up salaries, enclosures and more.

Jon Oxer joins Chris and Dave to talk about home automation, the electronic kit business, the RFID chip he implanted in his arm and a whole lot more!

Chris and Dave lament the ending of certain eras (processors, CEOs, soldering irons) and the rise of new trends (browser based tools, lack of space focus). We kind of lament stuff a lot, don’t we?

Zach stops in from his home base in Shenzhen, where he is working with the HAXLR8R program, recruiting the next generation of hardware startups. Interested?

Chris and Dave talk storms, redundancies, power, 7400 series logic, prototyping, elections, millimeter waves, machining, startups, accelerators and more!

Dr Kent Lundberg joins Chris and Dave to talk analog, scopes, teaching, control systems, consulting, synthesizers, book collecting and lots more!

This week Chris and Dave get talking about the intersection of money and electronics and all the craziness that can ensue.

Alan Wolke (W2AEW, @AlanAtTek) joins Chris and Dave to discuss work as an FAE, prior lives working for telecom startups and being a full time ham operator and all the fun that accompanies a rich hobby like amateur radio.

Chris and Dave cover distribution, 8 bit micros, the Woz in Oz, robots and more!

Dr Greg Charvat joins Chris and Dave to talk radar, ham radio, tube amplifiers, home experiments, hardware startups and lots more!

Jeff stops by to chat wit h Chris and Dave about open hardware, Kickstarter rule changes and manufacturing electronics.

Scott Miller of Dragon Innovation joins Chris and Dave to talk about high volume manufacturing in China and how to navigate the common pitfalls.

Bob Simpson joins Chris and Dave to discuss his business of designing and building electric vehicles. We talk about batteries, charging, power requirements, heat and more!

Dave and Chris wing it after the planned guest needed to cancel last minute. Talk about Shenzhen wages, DIP projects, OSHW logos and trade booths.

We mourn the loss of two greats, Neil Armstrong and Hans Camenzind. We also discuss museums, working with dev boards, high end computing and low court battles.

Larry Sears joins Chris and Dave to talk about his journey from starting design and build company to selling it and sponsoring future innovators

Dave and Chris discuss the finer points of open projects and dream up starting one of their own. Also landings on foreign worlds and power outages in foreign lands.

Tony Long joins Chris to talk GHz radios, HAM as a hobby, building radios, testing them and machining metal pipes for the frequencies.

Chris has a new project, Dave is getting to business on his power supply and much more from two guys that could be Olympic complainers.

Chris Anderson joins Dave and Chris to talk DIY Drones, Makers, Manufacturing, Electronics, Community, Publishing and lots more.

Dave and Chris discuss Kickstarter projects, ceramic capacitors, high end scopes, BOM tools, memristors and lots more!

Philip Freidin of Fliptronics joins Dave and Chris to talk about his work at AMD, Xilinx and the state of the industry.