Dave and Chris talk trade shows, demos, light up hardware, bluetooth, obsolete processors, sustaining engineering, and more The post #665 – Really long needle nose pliers first appeared on T...
This week Dave and Chris talk about upcoming demos, bluetooth, car troubles, new silicon, parts in the lab, and more! The post #664 – Simulating doors falling off first appeared on The Amp H...
Carl Bugeja joins Chris to talk about building PCB motors and actuators, starting a new business, documenting build processes on YouTube, manufacturing flexible circuits, and much more! The pos...
Dave and Chris discuss EVs, adapting power tool batteries for projects on the bench, robots, software updates, and more! The post #662 – The non-Stinky Car first appeared on The Amp Hour Ele...
Pallav Aggarwal of CAPUF Embedded joins Chris to talk about blogging about learning electronics and helping others learn along the way! Pallav does teardowns, chip walkthroughs (like on the CH32V...
https://theamphour.com/661-blogging-electronics-with-pallav-aggarwal/
Chris and Dave discuss SPICE in CAD programs, new software releases, startup paperwork, crazy smarthome stuff, and toothbrushes that give away your data. The post #660 – My Toothbrush Is Broa...
https://theamphour.com/the-amp-hour-660-my-toothbrush-is-broadcasting/
Dave and Chris talk through Renesas acquiring Altium and all its implications. Also Dave gives a history of Altium and they discuss how the industry might change (or not). The post #659 – Alt...
This week Chris and Dave discuss relativistic time differences, building with RISC V components, RF modules, silly consumer hardware, underwater electronics, and more! The post #658 – Uncle A...
Keith Burzinski of Nabu Casa works on ESPhome and making it easier to attach custom hardware to the open source home assistant project. He joins Chris to talk about the realities of offline smart...
https://theamphour.com/657-automating-the-home-with-keith-burzinski/
Dave returns after a few weeks on holiday to chat with Chris about robots, maker companies merging, hyped up tech at CES (and beyond), trains, power grids...and more! The post #656 – Pneumati...
https://theamphour.com/656-pneumatic-tubes-straight-to-the-home/
Jeff Keyzer of Mightyohm.com joins Chris for a later-than-usual holiday episode, recording on what will be known as The Twelfth Day of Keyzermas The post #655 – The Twelfth Day of Keyzermas ...
Dave and Chris discuss moon landings, oscilloscopes, design decisions for limited peripherals on microcontrollers, coding, smart home programs, and more! The post #654 – Pseudo Code…Pseudo ...
Benjamin Cabé, developer advocate for the Zephyr Project, joins Chris to talk about the popular Ecosystem and Real Time Operating System (RTOS). Listen if you'd like to get started with an excit...
Chris and Dave return after a few guests shows and missed weeks when Chris was out with a new baby in the household. This week we talked about China, chip supply, RISC V, PCB tradeshows, LED fact...
Jeff Geerling of the Jeff Geerling YouTube channel joins Chris to talk about how to explore the wide variety of computing devices, from an ESP32 monitor on your garage, all the way up to a multi-...
https://theamphour.com/651-learning-computing-with-jeff-geerling/
Andreas Olofsson is the CEO of ZeroASIC, a company that will build you a custom ASIC using chiplets. He returns to The Amp Hour to talk about what has changed in the chip(let) industry in the las...
https://theamphour.com/650-accessible-asics-with-andreas-olofsson/
Kathy Joseph from Kathy Loves Physics joins Dave on The Amp Hour to discuss history and physics and we end up discussing the intricate history of the development of the Cathode Ray Tube. The po...
https://theamphour.com/649-history-of-the-cathode-ray-tube-with-kathy-joseph/
James Adams and Liam Fraser of the Raspberry Pi hardware team once again join Chris to talk about the RP1 custom silicon on the Raspberry Pi 5 The post #648 – The RP1 and beyond with the Rasp...
https://theamphour.com/648-the-rp1-and-beyond-with-the-raspberry-pi-hardware-team/
Dave hangs out with Fran Blanche for her 4th appearance on the show. Space, Youtubing, tube testing, storage nightmares, and oopsies. The post #647 – Dave hanging with Fran Blanche first app...
Chris and Dave discuss selling low volume hardware, old stock of chips, Intel's weird investments, creating oddball PCBs, scopes without fans, and more! The post #646 – Fan Fanboys first app...
Scott Williams returns to The Amp Hour after 6 months to discuss the technical aspects of consulting, including some of the tools he reaches for when building a new product The post #645 – Mo...
https://theamphour.com/645-moving-down-the-stack-with-scott-williams/
Dave and Chris discuss fitness trackers and smartwatches, boomboxes, buying off of eBay, design decisions, and contract manufacturing. The post #644 – Garbage Ninjas first appeared on The Am...
Dave and Ian Scott Johnston discuss the PDVS2mini DC Voltage Calibrator Source, production, China, CERN, ebay reselling, test gear, pick and place machines, assembly, automated test systems, and ...
https://theamphour.com/643-calibration-repair-with-ian-johnston/
Chris and Dave recount modems, handsets, trains, 2n2222 transistors, RISC V, and a complete lack of knowledge of how superconductors work. The post #642 – Sad Violins for Superconductors fir...
Fellow Aussie Toby Robb joins Dave to discuss everything related to mains power generation and transmission and his role as a linesman. The post #641 – Power Transmission with Toby Robb firs...
https://theamphour.com/641-power-transmission-with-toby-robb/
Werner Johansson of Qoitech has been working on controlling power supplies with software for a long time. He joins Chris to talk about building systems that can quickly respond to the world, incl...
https://theamphour.com/640-software-defined-power-supplies-with-werner-johansson/
Chris and Dave discuss efficiencies of different types of power generation, building with new chips, new test equipment, building with chiplets and feeling very dumb. All that and more! The pos...
Aedan Cullen has built some amazingly compact electronics in order to create Augmented Reality (AR) headsets. He joins Chris to talk about hardware challenges and building the next (small) big th...
https://theamphour.com/638-building-ar-headsets-with-aedan-cullen/
CNLohr joins Chris to talk about doing more with small parts like the CH32V003. CN has been working on the publicly available CH32V003fun library, and recently implemented SW only USB! The post...
Dave and Chris discuss a teardown of a prosumer recording product, choices around cable connectors, 3G cellular networks, and the end of the EAGLE era The post #636 – Discovering Cursed Conne...
Andrea Longobardi from AL2tech joins Chris to talk about consulting, projects in the gas monitoring space, finding early clients, moving outside chip companies, and low power connected device des...
https://theamphour.com/635-low-power-connected-devices-with-andrea-longobardi/
Dr Ken Tindell joins Chris to explain the CAN bus, including the history and how CAN is used in modern day cars. Also car hacking, self-driving car questions, standards in the trucking industry, ...
https://theamphour.com/634-the-can-bus-can-with-dr-ken-tindell/
This week Chris and Dave talk about the regular tasks engineers have in front of them when building a new hardware project: battery, data, features, etc. That plus low cost hardware, hacking devi...
Dave talks with Steve Sanghi who was Microchip CEO for 31 years, now Executive Chair. The post #632 – Steve Sanghi – Microchip CEO for 31 Years! first appeared on The Amp Hour Electronics ...
https://theamphour.com/632-steve-sanghi-microchip-ceo-for-31-years/
Chris and Dave discuss how CAN bus is in fact, a "noisy rude bus". Also working with piezo speakers, strain gauges, manufacturing considerations, and getting your proto off the bench quickly. T...
Ari Gerstman from the Department of Energy SCEP Office joins Chris to talk through US Renewable Energy Policy. They discuss the impacts of growing electrication in the US and how spending is driv...
https://theamphour.com/630-renewable-energy-policy-with-ari-gerstman/
Chris regales Dave with the story of his spooky electrical problems at his house (subject of the puzzler in 628). Also choosing new micros, recently announced micros, and blown up space toys. T...
Dave Young joins Chris in-person to record about learning firmware, weird power issues, and encouraging engineering education. The post #628 – Two Dads Puzzlin Things Out first appeared on T...
Chris and Dave discuss compiling code in an automated way, as well as recent Aussie tech events, EE retirement, open source equipment, and more! The post #627 – Works on my machine first app...
Sergiy Nesterenko of Quilter.ai joins Chris to talk about automating board layout using learning algoritms and parallel cloud compute. Check out how the boards come back with unconventional looks...
https://theamphour.com/626-intelligent-routing-with-sergiy-nesterenko/
This week Chris and Dave get sucked into talking about AI...but question what happens when it's broadly used. Who will understand the underlying systems? Who will be able to troubleshoot? Chris a...
Scott Williams from Xentronics in Melbourne joins Dave to discuss setting up and running a design and manufacturing consulting business. The post #624 – Design & Manufacturing Consulting with...
https://theamphour.com/624-design-manufacturing-consulting-with-scott-williams-from-xentronics/
Dave and Chris discuss prototypes for trade shows, power supplies, current consumption, shipping logistics and much more. The post #623 – Artisanal Crystals first appeared on The Amp Hour El...
Mike Szczys returns for a second time to talk about creating firmware and hardware for trade shows like the upcoming Embedded World conference in Nuremberg Germany. The post #622 – Building F...
https://theamphour.com/622-building-firmware-and-hardware-for-trade-shows-with-mike-szczys/
Dave and Chris discuss calipers, IoT devices, Git, eInk, new chip companies, and more! The post #621 – The Magic of Calipers first appeared on The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast .
Dr Don WIlcher is an engineer and an educator. He joins Chris to talk about working inside industrial facilities, designing electronics for autos, and inspiring the next generation of engineers t...
https://theamphour.com/620-engineering-education-with-dr-don-wilcher/
This week Dave and Chris record during the Superbowl, but ignore sports and talk about finding bugs, creating prototypes, flash based microcontollers, carbon offsets, car wiring harnesses...and m...
Amitabh Shrivastava is a physicist turned engineer and a prolific maker. He joins Chris to talk about projects with portable refrigeration and soft robotics. The post #618 – Refrigerators and...
https://theamphour.com/618-refrigerators-and-robots-with-amitabh-shrivastava/
This week Dave and Chris discuss interesting PCB features, testing RISC V parts, better recording set-ups, layoffs in the tech industry, solar panels, and more! The post #617 – Conference Roo...
Matthew Venn of the Zero To Asic course returns to The Amp Hour to talk about what has been happening in the world of Open Source Silicon, both the tools that make things go and the projects that...
https://theamphour.com/616-open-source-tapeout-with-matthew-venn/