The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast
Science Podcasts
A weekly podcast about the electronics industry. Occasional guests. Lots of laughs.
Location:
United States
Description:
A weekly podcast about the electronics industry. Occasional guests. Lots of laughs.
Language:
English
Episodes
#665 – Really long needle nose pliers
4/24/2024
Dave and Chris talk trade shows, demos, light up hardware, bluetooth, obsolete processors, sustaining engineering, and more
Duration:01:09:54
#664 – Simulating doors falling off
4/3/2024
This week Dave and Chris talk about upcoming demos, bluetooth, car troubles, new silicon, parts in the lab, and more!
Duration:01:03:33
#663 – Motors on PCBs with Carl Bugeja
3/25/2024
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!
Duration:00:56:42
#662 – The non-Stinky Car
3/20/2024
Dave and Chris discuss EVs, adapting power tool batteries for projects on the bench, robots, software updates, and more!
Duration:01:06:25
#661 – Blogging Electronics with Pallav Aggarwal
3/10/2024
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 CH32V003), Linux projects, custom hardware, and more!
Duration:01:03:33
#660 – My Toothbrush Is Broadcasting
3/4/2024
Chris and Dave discuss SPICE in CAD programs, new software releases, startup paperwork, crazy smarthome stuff, and toothbrushes that give away your data.
Duration:01:06:15
#659 – Altium…Acquired!
2/20/2024
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).
Duration:01:13:13
#658 – Uncle Al’s Eating Garbage Again
2/12/2024
This week Chris and Dave discuss relativistic time differences, building with RISC V components, RF modules, silly consumer hardware, underwater electronics, and more!
Duration:01:07:46
#657 – Automating the Home with Keith Burzinski
2/5/2024
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 home setups and how you can get started building custom things.
Duration:01:23:14
#656 – Pneumatic Tubes, Straight To The Home
1/22/2024
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!
Duration:01:14:09
#655 – The Twelfth Day of Keyzermas
1/8/2024
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
Duration:01:20:14
#654 – Pseudo Code…Pseudo Good
12/18/2023
Dave and Chris discuss moon landings, oscilloscopes, design decisions for limited peripherals on microcontrollers, coding, smart home programs, and more!
Duration:01:06:08
#653 – Benjamin Cabé Nose Zephyr
12/11/2023
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 exciting firmware product that can really enhance your next project.
Duration:01:06:50
#652 – For a couple weeks there…
11/28/2023
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 factories, and more!
Duration:01:07:58
#651 – Learning Computing with Jeff Geerling
11/20/2023
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-rack server.
Duration:01:03:52
#650 – Accessible ASICs with Andreas Olofsson
11/12/2023
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 last 8 years and how they will lower the cost for quasi custom designs for the masses.
Duration:01:03:50
#649 – History of the Cathode Ray Tube with Kathy Joseph
11/5/2023
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.
Duration:01:18:12
#648 – The RP1 and beyond with the Raspberry Pi Hardware team
10/22/2023
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
Duration:01:09:02
#647 – Dave hanging with Fran Blanche
10/10/2023
Dave hangs out with Fran Blanche for her 4th appearance on the show. Space, Youtubing, tube testing, storage nightmares, and oopsies.
Duration:01:06:25
#646 – Fan Fanboys
9/11/2023
Chris and Dave discuss selling low volume hardware, old stock of chips, Intel's weird investments, creating oddball PCBs, scopes without fans, and more!
Duration:01:03:31