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- The Amp Hour #147 - Absorptive Augmented Actuality
May 28, 2013, 22:22
Jeri Ellsworth returns to The Amp Hour to talk about her time at Valve, the unfortunate end to her employment there and the phoenix of a project rising from…
- The Amp Hour #146 -- Burdensome Background Battology
May 21, 2013, 23:05
Chris and Dave recap Hamvention, op amp designs, Maker Faire announcements, college tuition issues and Intel's contest winners.
- The Amp Hour #145 - Flaunting Furbelow Fanciness
May 14, 2013, 22:06
Not only are t-shirts arriving, so are conferences and new applications hosted in the cloud! Plus oscilloscopes, workbenches, PCB mills...and even a Delorean.
- The Amp Hour #144 - Hoodied HP Hijinks
May 7, 2013, 21:47
Bob Davidson stops in to talk with Chris and Dave about building early hard drives, the computer industry, sensors, ham radio and a whole lot more!
- The Amp Hour #143 - Habitual Handicraft Hangups
April 30, 2013, 22:56
Do you find yourself pigeonholed into a certain aspect of electronics? Have you ever moved? That, plus old magazine ads, low cost manufacturing questions &…
- The Amp Hour #142 -- Jasperated Jimswinger Jobbery
April 23, 2013, 21:24
Paying for help can make sense, especially for artistic and design work (like our new t-shirt!). Also: cheap hardware, new hardware and shonky hardware.
- The Amp Hour #141 - Wampum's Wavering Worth
April 16, 2013, 22:00
If you make design decisions based on finances, it might be time to start buying connectors. Also, listener questions,iterations, prototypes and more.
- The Amp Hour #140 -- Staunch Specialty Sanctanimity
April 9, 2013, 22:18
Is it better to run the project and be blamed or to keep your head down and focus on the details? That plus current sources, lasers, robots, manufacturing and…
- The Amp Hour #139 - Obtaining Ostentatious Oculiforms
April 2, 2013, 23:06
Winning Google Glass is an interesting proposition, since you still need to buy them. Cloud based tools and registration walls also provide dicey propositions.
- The Amp Hour #138 - Effortless Equipment Extensibility
March 26, 2013, 20:45
Ryan Brown of National Instruments joins Chris to talk about FPGAs, LabView software, the Austin hardware scene, hardware startups, home projects and lots more!
- The Amp Hour #137 -- Mercurial Mars Mission
March 20, 2013, 02:00
Whether or not to volunteer to die on Mars is one thing; what electronics to bring with you is an entirely different (more important?) decision.
- The Amp Hour #136 -- Radular Rental Ranting
March 12, 2013, 23:27
Hardware can get you places, whether you're headed to Austin for SXSW or just sitting on a plane like a sack of potatoes. We also announced a new survey &…
- The Amp Hour #135 -- X-ray Examining Xenogogue
March 4, 2013, 22:06
Mike Harrison of Mike's Electric Stuff joins Chris and Dave to talk about his work in the field of large LED installation and tearing stuff apart.
- The Amp Hour #134 -- Google's Ground Gurgitation
February 25, 2013, 22:46
Sometimes in electronics you need to get your hands dirty. And sometimes that dirt is toxic. Chris and Dave discuss past safety situations and how companies…
- The Amp Hour #133 - Tenacious Transistor Teacher
February 18, 2013, 23:01
Ron Quan, author of a new book on building transistor radios, joins Chris and Dave to talk about the video industry, his audio and analog experience and of…
- The Amp Hour #132 -- Vacuuous Vortex Verification
February 11, 2013, 23:37
Dave returns from sticking his hand in the beam of a particle accelerator without super powers. Chris complains about context in education.
- The Amp Hour #131 -- Necessary Networked Novelty
February 4, 2013, 23:32
Andrew Seddon joins Chris to talk about CircuitHub, the UK electronics scene, embedded electronics and venture capital funding.
- The Amp Hour #130 -- Awful Airplane Aeration
January 28, 2013, 22:43
Chris and Dave discuss recent battery issues at Boeing, finding your startup match, places to practice math and where to find footprints for your pretty PCB
- The Amp Hour #129 -- Device Doubling Decretum
January 22, 2013, 00:57
Brett Fox and Dr Jeroen Fonderie stop by The Amp Hour to talk shop, low power semiconductors, running a fabless analog startup and much more!
- The Amp Hour #128 -- Kedogenous Kinetic Knowledge
January 15, 2013, 00:50
Dave and Chris talk about layout problems and all the time associated with developing a good design. Also how long learning to do something well can take.
- The Amp Hour #127 -- Quirky Qualitative Questions
January 7, 2013, 23:44
Ringing power supplies, subzero temperatures and learning recommendations. After a break over the holidays, Dave and Chris answer some user submitted questions.…
- The Amp Hour #126 -- Yearly Yeasty Yapping
December 17, 2012, 23:23
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…
- The Amp Hour #125 -- Bus Buccaneer Builder
December 11, 2012, 00:26
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…
- The Amp Hour #124 -- Urging Unemployment Ullagone
December 3, 2012, 23:49
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.
- The Amp Hour #123 -- Innoxious Implant Innovator
November 27, 2012, 01:12
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!
- The Amp Hour #122 -- Plentiful Perfunctory Programs
November 19, 2012, 23:28
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).
- The Amp Hour #121 -- Creative China Commorant
November 12, 2012, 00:21
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?
- The Amp Hour #120 -- Mugwumps Mulling Milling
November 5, 2012, 00:00
Chris and Dave talk storms, redundancies, power, 7400 series logic, prototyping, elections, millimeter waves, machining, startups, accelerators and more!
- The Amp Hour #119 -- Luculent Linear Legacy
October 28, 2012, 23:36
Dr Kent Lundberg joins Chris and Dave to talk analog, scopes, teaching, control systems, consulting, synthesizers, book collecting and lots more!
- The Amp Hour #118 -- Facinorous Financial Foulness
October 21, 2012, 22:42
Chris and Dave get talking about the intersection of money and electronics and all the craziness that can ensue.
- TheAmpHour #117 -- Undulating Utensil Utility
October 14, 2012, 23:28
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…
- The Amp Hour #116 -- Early Eight-bit Endgame
October 7, 2012, 23:10
Chris and Dave cover distribution, 8 bit micros, the Woz in Oz, robots and more!
- The Amp Hour #115 -- Watcher of Wraithlike Walls
October 1, 2012, 09:20
Dr Greg Charvat joins Chris and Dave to talk radar, ham radio, tube amplifiers, home experiments, hardware startups and lots more!
- The Amp Hour #114 -- Judging Jurisdictional Junctures
September 23, 2012, 22:54
Jeff stops by to chat wit h Chris and Dave about open hardware, Kickstarter rule changes and manufacturing electronics.
- The Amp Hour #113 -- Sudden SinoAmerican Synthesis
September 16, 2012, 22:40
Scott Miller of Dragon Innovation joins Chris and Dave to talk about high volume manufacturing in China and how to navigate the common pitfalls.
- The Amp Hour #112 -- Ardent Automotive Artisan
September 9, 2012, 22:44
Bob Simpson joins Chris and Dave to discuss his business of designing and building electric vehicles. We talk about batteries, charging, power requirements,…
- The Amp Hour #111 -- Demonstrative DIP Dacrygelosis
September 3, 2012, 22:02
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.
- The Amp Hour #110 -- Outstanding Oneirophoros Obituaries
August 26, 2012, 21:41
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.
- The Amp Hour #109 -- Hexagram Hardware Holism
August 19, 2012, 23:17
Larry Sears joins Chris and Dave to talk about his journey from starting design and build company to selling it and sponsoring future innovators
- The Amp Hour #108 -- Reprobate Replicator Replication
August 12, 2012, 21:56
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…
- The Amp Hour #107 -- Millimeter Microwave Magician
August 6, 2012, 01:13
Tony Long joins Chris to talk GHz radios, HAM as a hobby, building radios, testing them and machining metal pipes for the frequencies.
- The Amp Hour #106 -- Temperative Tegmen Temperature
July 29, 2012, 22:49
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.
- The Amp Hour #105 -- Deambulatory Daedal Drones
July 23, 2012, 08:22
Chris Anderson joins Dave and Chris to talk DIY Drones, Makers, Manufacturing, Electronics, Community, Publishing and lots more.
- The Amp Hour #104 -- Kempt Kickstarter Kakorrhaphiophobia
July 15, 2012, 23:57
Dave and Chris discuss Kickstarter projects, ceramic capacitors, high end scopes, BOM tools, memristors and lots more!
- Discuss Server Working Again
July 9, 2012, 19:48
Sorry about the mixup. A few updates on other parts of the server caused the redirection to break on the Discuss Server. If you ever notice that in the…
- The Amp Hour #103 -- Xenodochial Xilinx Ex-Employee
July 8, 2012, 23:23
Philip Freidin of Fliptronics joins Dave and Chris to talk about his work at AMD, Xilinx and the state of the industry.
- The Amp Hour #102 -- Gouging Green Gardyloo
July 2, 2012, 00:04
Dave and Chris start by talking about energy and end up talking about silicon eventually.
- The Amp Hour #101 -- Quality Quadrature Quidam
June 24, 2012, 23:24
Matt Ettus of Ettus Research (and NI) stops by The Amp Hour to talk software defined radio and the future of the airwaves.
- The Amp Hour #100 -- Bonkers Birthday Badinage
June 17, 2012, 23:58
Dave and Chris discuss birthdays, discussion forums, fab building, chip building, cheap devices, expensive chips, job seeking and much more! Happy 100th…
- The Amp Hour #99 -- Impavid Ideopraxist Insider
June 11, 2012, 00:00
Steve Leibson joins Chris and Dave for a chat about the EDA industry, Steve's work with HP and various tech companies and the future of chips.
- The Amp Hour #98 -- Proemial Passive Poiesis
June 3, 2012, 23:25
Dave and Chris discuss active component makers now making passive components! Also kit making, FPGA kits, 4 bits and a bit of news in the Test and Measurement…
- The Amp Hour #97 -- Morbus Moilsome MakerFaire
May 27, 2012, 23:00
Welcome, Eben Upton of the Raspberry Pi Project! Chris just got back from Maker Faire! Is there a stigma against…
- The Amp Hour #96 -- Senseless Saccadic Shemozzle
May 20, 2012, 22:51
A bit of a mixed bag episode. Chris is off to Maker Faire, and Dave likes to carry a man bag.
- The Amp Hour #95 -- Feracious Fabless Facilitator
May 13, 2012, 21:45
Welcome Øyvind Janbu, CTO of Energy Micro! Øyvind went to school in Trondheim where there are multiple schools and…
- The Amp Hour #94 -- Gnomic Gazumping Gobemouche
May 6, 2012, 23:21
We'll be interviewing Øyvind Janbu, the CTO and co-founder of Energy Micro next week! We'll have a separate post for asking him questions. Chris…
- The Amp Hour #93 -- Cacaesthestic Chronometric Carriwitchet
April 30, 2012, 20:57
Tom LeMense joins Chris and Dave to talk about his experiences in designing circuits for autos. He's worked at many different places throughout SE Michigan.
- The Amp Hour #92 -- Vellicate Videogame Vocation
April 22, 2012, 22:34
Jeff Keyzer joins Chris and Dave to talk about working at his new job at Valve. We discuss their company culture, handbook and lots of other stuff.
- The Amp Hour #91 -- Idiographical Interconnect Intorsion
April 15, 2012, 22:36
Dave and Chris talk connectors, OSHW, Raspberry Pi, Old magazines, more connectors, patents and a lot more!
- The Amp Hour #90 -- Chaffered Chocolate Coemption
April 8, 2012, 22:18
Dave and Chris prepare for cheap chocolate Monday by discussing Jim Williams, old transistor manuals, hardware conferences, component storage, sharing SPICE…
- The Amp Hour #89 -- Dissimulated Demigration Dontopedalogy
April 2, 2012, 22:49
Dave and Chris admit their foolery, it was a sham! We also talk Raspberry Pi, high volume manufacturing, wireless EEPROMS, Freescale Chips, ARM cores and more!
- The Amp Hour #88.5 -- Telematic Tested Tacenda
April 1, 2012, 00:14
Dave and Chris have some news about the show!
- The Amp Hour #88 -- Yonderly Yodeling Yobbos
March 25, 2012, 22:02
Chris and Dave discuss reed switches,electric vehicles, CAD programs, design considerations, transformers, power monitoring and of course, yodeling.
- The Amp Hour #87 -- Nascent Nonolith Numquid
March 18, 2012, 21:38
Welcome, Ian Daniher of Nonolith Labs! Ian was one of two developers on the CEE, a USB analog multitool. This was kicked off as a Kickstarte…
- The Amp Hour #86 -- Emolumental Evaluation Emporetics
March 11, 2012, 22:04
Chris and Dave talk about sales and dealing with distributors/salesment. Dave talks about doing layout with tape and Chris brings up printed electronics (again)
- The Amp Hour #85 -- Reputable Radio Reification
March 4, 2012, 23:42
We're showcasing other podcasts this week and asking more about you, our listener! Please take the survey on our episode page! New (or previously…
- The Amp Hour #84 -- Bunnie's Bibelot Bonification
February 27, 2012, 23:34
Bunnie Huang joins Chris and Dave and talks about his work in China, his work on hacking hardware and lots of other electronics-y goodness.
- The Amp Hour #83 -- Aggravating Agersia Agiotage
February 19, 2012, 21:10
Lots of talk about CAD, Education, Startups and China today!
- The Amp Hour #82 -- Vecordious Vacation Variorum
February 13, 2012, 21:44
Chris is back from Hawaii, and we are joined once again by Jeff Keyzer of Mightyohm.com. All about Sabaticals, and trying to get out of working for…
- The Amp Hour #81 -- Jersey Jeff Jactitation
February 6, 2012, 21:36
Whilst Chris is on his belated honeymoon, regular cohort Jeff Keyzer from Mightohm.com takes over. Jeff has been travelling again: He barely survived…
- The Amp Hour #80 -- Otiose Ontocyclic Opiniasters
January 29, 2012, 22:28
Dave and Chris talk Arduino power supplies, MP3 projects, manufacturing on-shore and gray beards in Silicon Valley.
- The Amp Hour #79 -- Ludibrious Luxating Layout
January 23, 2012, 23:11
Chris and Dave discuss the chinese new year, buying parts and boards locally, Jim Williams, kickstarter projects, board cutters, the OSE project and much more!
- The Amp Hour #78 -- Alteritous Andy's Absquatulation
January 16, 2012, 23:53
Dave and Chris run through their latest projects, favorite chips and say goodbye to a YouTube guy that blew lots of stuff up.
- The Amp Hour #77 -- Winsome Waveform Wizardry
January 10, 2012, 00:16
Dr. Howard Johnson, high speed signal integrity consultant, author and teacher stops by The Amp Hour to talk Black Magic and signals!
- The Amp Hour #76 -- Fremescent Floccose Fortification
January 2, 2012, 22:53
Chris and Dave discuss the Open Source Ecology project, educational refactoring (again), Luddites, engineering certification, new music and lots more!
- The Amp Hour #75 -- Sprauncy Saccadic Spintherism
December 26, 2011, 23:05
Ben Krasnow joins Chris and Dave to talk about his garage experimentation, education reform, tinkering, cooking and lots more!
- The Amp Hour #74 -- Younker Youtube Yarling
December 19, 2011, 22:48
Dave and Chris talk about music, Youtube, benches, power supplies, R&D spending and the lack thereof.
- The Amp Hour #73 -- Horrisonous Holiday Habromania
December 12, 2011, 23:55
Chris, Dave and Jeff talk holiday wish lists, ham radio call signs, toys, gear, kits and lots more!
- The Amp Hour #72 -- Kismetic Keithley Katowse
December 5, 2011, 22:22
Chris details his leaving of Keithley Instruments for new ventures and Dave probes about the Test and Measurement industry.
- The Amp Hour #71 -- Luciferous LED Lucubrator
November 28, 2011, 23:55
John Edmond, one of the co-founders of Cree and the current Director of Advanced Optoelectronics Technology stops by to talk LEDs with Chris and Dave.
- The Amp Hour #70 --Idiorhythmic IPC Inconcinnity
November 21, 2011, 22:45
Chris and Dave talk about the pitfalls of consulting, the joys of thanksgiving, the wonders of ham radio and the oddness (to Dave) of moving snow off a…
- The Amp Hour #69 — Quassating Quadcopter Quantophrenia
November 15, 2011, 01:37
This week Chris and Dave talk about a quadcopters, control loops, flying probers, engineering salaries and much more!
- The Amp Hour #68 -- Technocratic Toilet Troubleshooting
November 7, 2011, 23:15
Dave and Chris discuss troubleshooting, decorating offices, radiation chips and old package types.
- The Amp Hour #67 -- Haussmannized Halloween Hypostrophe
October 31, 2011, 23:08
Dave and Chris talk about nerdy Halloweens, BeagleBoard successors, CAD programs, OSHW, Robots, India and lots more!
- The Amp Hour #66 -- Xenomorphic Xerox Xebec
October 24, 2011, 23:35
Chris, Dave and Jeff talk about amateur radio, the IEEE's marginal benefit and magnets in China and what happens when they stop selling them!
- The Amp Hour #65 -- Dave's Dingo Dystocia
October 17, 2011, 22:42
Dave and Chris discuss dingo projects, dying pioneers, audio ADCs, seismic measurements, tiny parts and lots more!
- The Amp Hour #64 -- Maundering Memristor Mathematicaster
October 10, 2011, 23:09
Chris and Dave debate the merits of OSHW funding, the possibility of an actual memristor device "on the shelf" and when to rework products based on cost.
- The Amp Hour #63 -- Pick and Place Palillogy
October 3, 2011, 23:38
Chris and Dave talk about Dave's new lab space, Pick and Place machines, shop bots, 450 mm fabs, tech campuses and lots more!
- The Amp Hour #62 -- Narquois Nerd Nescience
September 26, 2011, 22:31
Dave and Chris discuss op amps, the TI/National merger, new microcontrollers, printable electronics, switchers, battery charging and much more!
- The Amp Hour #61 -- Gallimaufry GaN Gabble
September 19, 2011, 22:24
Dave, Chris and Jeff talk all about the Open Source Hardware convention, GaN and SiC devices, Moore's Law and lots more!
- The Amp Hour #60 -- Pancyclopaedic Prototyping Polymath
September 12, 2011, 22:19
Electrical Engineer and Inventor Joe Grand joins Chris and Dave to talk about hacking electronics, engineering on TV and inventing and manufacturing electronics…
- The Amp Hour #59 -- Bonafide BeagleBoard Bionomics
September 5, 2011, 22:42
Chris, Dave, Jeff Keyzer and Jason Kridner talk all manner of embedded computing and electronics. Updates on the BeagleBoard project and the chaos communication…
- The Amp Hour #58 -- Zappy Zendik Zoilism
August 29, 2011, 21:00
Chris and Dave talk about crashing copters, dumbfounding dowsers, brilliant bingo and kickstarter kludges.
- The Amp Hour #57 -- Recondite Radiation Raconteur
August 22, 2011, 23:34
Guest Alan Yates (VK2ZAY) talks about his ham, pyrotechnic, radiation, software and maker hobbies.
- The Amp Hour #56 -- Open Orbific Oratiuncle
August 15, 2011, 22:20
Another week of bouncing from topic to topic. This week included robots, entrepreneurs, OSHW, FPAAs, Ecology and LEDs!
- The Amp Hour #55 -- Shonky Stiver Stultiloquence
August 8, 2011, 20:45
We start a new segment about ridiculous electronics products being sold to the public. They also discuss DIY going mainstream and the money associated with it.
- The Amp Hour #54 -- Embedded Elchee Epexegesis
August 1, 2011, 21:42
Jack Ganssle joins Chris and Dave to talk about the electronics industry, embedded electronics, micros, FPGAs and lots more!
- The Amp Hour #53 -- Biarchy Birthday Bavardage
July 25, 2011, 20:56
Chris and Dave celebrate their 1 year anniversary! Then they talk about hackerspaces in schools, chips inside chips and crazy soldering translations.
- The Amp Hour #52 -- Carnassial Chip Chemicals
July 18, 2011, 21:14
Jeri Ellsworth returns to talk home made chips, software defined radios, companies giving the warm fuzzies and how not to spill HF acid.
- The Amp Hour #51 -- Vafrous Video Vaniloquence
July 11, 2011, 23:00
Dave and Chris give Google+ a shot and record the video! Once the video gets rolling they discuss NASA, China, chips, OSHW, hams and more!
- The Amp Hour #50 -- Callow Cough Coverups
July 4, 2011, 21:18
Dave and Chris discuss project boxes, designing a cough switch, new technologies from TI, the Maker Movement and much more!
- The Amp Hour #49 -- Unusual Usenet Usurpation
June 27, 2011, 21:49
Dave and Chris discuss the runaround of finding a new analog to digital converter and how USENET groups can be helpful.
- The Amp Hour #48 -- Posthumous Pease Porridge
June 20, 2011, 20:56
Dave and Chris remember Bob Pease and Jim Williams and discuss many other smaller, less important tidbits
- The Amp Hour #47 -- The Mothership Manifesto
June 14, 2011, 21:30
No Chris this week. Dave & Jeff talk about Apple's new Mothership HQ, vintage computers and arcade games on FPGA's, the death of 8 bit micros, head hunter…
- The Amp Hour #46 -- Cloddish Collegiate Conversations
June 6, 2011, 21:47
Chris and Dave talk about cultural differences at universities, finding obscure chips, tablets, datasheets and lots more.
- The Amp Hour #45 -- Nerdy Neuroelectronic Neurosis
May 30, 2011, 20:27
Dave talks about his role as a new nerd father and we discuss medical, automotive and even static applications of circuits.
- The Amp Hour #44 -- Pernicious Projects, Puppies in Peril
May 23, 2011, 20:41
Dave and Chris talk about the perception of chip companies, robots and corporate silliness
- The Amp Hour #43 -- Audacious Arduino Arguments
May 16, 2011, 21:26
Dave, Chris, Jeff Keyzer and Jeremy Blum discuss the latest in electronics news, including Google's decision to use the Arduino.
- The Amp Hour #42 -- Ham, Spam, Thank You Ma'am
May 9, 2011, 20:36
We talked about schools, contests, more contests, ham radio, 3D transistors and our first Chip of the Week
- The Amp Hour #41 -- Exhilarating ESC Escapades
May 4, 2011, 01:52
Chris & Jeff are recording from a hotel room at the ESC conference, with Dave sadly back home in Australia.
- The Amp Hour #40 -- The Kit Conniption
April 25, 2011, 21:29
This week focused mainly around building a kit business, namely keeping costs down, keeping revenues in check and how to license your project.
- The Amp Hour #39 -- Mumble Mumbo Jumbo
April 18, 2011, 20:25
Chris and Dave experience some audio trouble but eventually get talking about level translators, nerdcore rap, design contests and being paid for creativity.
- The Amp Hour #38 -- Comical Keyzer Comes a-Callin'
April 12, 2011, 21:09
Jeff Keyzer of MightyOhm.com joins Dave and Chris to talk about a new soldering comic book and electric vehicles.
- The Amp Hour #37 -- The Chinese Clairvoyancy
April 5, 2011, 22:05
Dave discusses recently being let go from Altium, we discuss the TI buyout of National Semi and we cover the April fools jokes that got us best.
- The Amp Hour #36 — Big Business Buffoonery
March 28, 2011, 23:56
No guests this week, but lots of rants and items! Suggest future guests you'd like to hear either in the comments section or on the Suggestions Page. …
- The Amp Hour #35 -- The Ternary Tussle
March 21, 2011, 20:08
Dave, Chris and our first guest Jeri discuss printable electronics, women in engineering, bus controversies, Kickstarter projects and white collar crime.
- The Amp Hour #34 -- The Rant Rhetorical
March 14, 2011, 20:38
Chris and Dave discuss instrumentation amplifiers, new workbenches, stupid company name changes and falling demand for brains.
- The Amp Hour #33 -- Monday, Meta Monday
March 7, 2011, 22:04
Dave and Chris discuss format changes to the show, engineering education and robotics competitions.
- The Amp Hour #32 -- The Commercial Competitor Commencement
February 28, 2011, 21:49
Dave and Chris talk about the new DigiKey/DesignNews radio show and give some (hopefully) constructive feedback.
- The Amp Hour #31 -- Publish Popular Parts Please!
February 22, 2011, 22:25
Dave and Chris want chip manufacturers to let us know which are the most popular chip in order to design to parts that won't become obsolete as quickly.
- The Amp Hour #30 -- Funding Fusion Is Not Futile
February 15, 2011, 22:08
Dave and Chris talk about funding issues in the US and the importance of science research in future product development.
- The Amp Hour #29 -- DJ and Jazzy Jeff
February 8, 2011, 21:43
This week on The Amp Hour, Dave and Mightyohm Jeff Keyzer join forces to talk about: Jeri was naughty and got thrown out of the Designcon conference! Work…
- The Amp Hour #28 -- Bowie and The Brown Note
February 1, 2011, 19:19
The 555 contest continues onward! Everyone is getting excited! Dave's classic 1976 vintage Signetics 555 timer chip (which he destroyed! RIP). Can anyone…
- The Amp Hour #27 -- The Green Pen Hornswoggle
January 24, 2011, 21:53
Dave and Chris talk about the upcoming 555 design contest and stories from listeners.
- The Amp Hour #26 -- The Ben & Jeri Show
January 17, 2011, 21:37
Chris and Dave ended up talking about Element 14, Ben Heck and Jeri Ellsworth enough that they decided to name show 26 after them.
- The Amp Hour #25 -- The NASA Nostalgia
January 10, 2011, 22:43
This week we didn't get much beyond WOTW but managed to have a good discussion about modular design and the mistakes of NASA.
- The Amp Hour #24 -- The Detroit Debunking
January 5, 2011, 00:07
We talk about electronic waste, Detroit's hopeful rise, incandescent bans in California, the top trends of 2011 and the top 25 chips of all time.
- The Amp Hour #23 -- The Innovation Speculation
December 28, 2010, 23:58
We discuss IBMs 5 in 5 innovation predictions, the holidays and a few more workbenches (including a video submission!)
- The Amp Hour #22 -- The Hard Work Hypothesis
December 21, 2010, 23:27
This week we discussed if there is a competitive advantage to being the squeaky wheel. And if you should bother while working for someone else.
- The Amp Hour #21 -- More Freeagle, More Benches and More Engineers on Twitter
December 14, 2010, 23:10
. Seasonal What is on your electronics list for the holidays? Dave and Chris both need new chairs for their labs WOTW Henrik from Oslo,…
- The Amp Hour #20 -- Military Electronics and The Free Eagle (Freagle) Campaign
December 7, 2010, 00:16
Our first WOTWs! Mike, who works at Ascot TV in Christchurch New Zealand! More info about Mike's is here. Dave likes the Bob Parker ESR…
- The Amp Hour #19 -- CAD programs, Systems Design and Renewable Energy
November 29, 2010, 23:25
Chris and Dave talk about all manner of electronics this week, ranging from low end CAD packages to designing whole systems by yourself to renewable energy.
- The Amp Hour #18 -- Transistor Types and Where To Get Electronic Gear
November 22, 2010, 23:15
Shoutouts Dave's shootout is cited in Adafruit now carrying the Extech meter. Cool! There's also mention of it on extech site. NPR did a…
- The Amp Hour #17 -- EE Movies, Part Rants and SPICE.
November 15, 2010, 23:22
Links! Shoutouts Solder Smoke is back! Bill is out in the HAM shack, broadcasting podcasts for all. Go catch the latest one! A podcast about DIY…
- The Amp Hour #16 -- LED Designs, Last Minute Designs and Board Designs
November 8, 2010, 23:30
After an admittedly non-technical episode last week, we had an abundance of tech topics this week. So why keep writing when we can get to the links and you can…
- The Amp Hour #15 -- Analog Components, First Person Flying and Idea Ownership
November 1, 2010, 23:38
Not as many links this week but the usual hour's worth of talking. We even managed to work in a comment or two about open hareware development (even though we…
- The Amp Hour #14 -- China, Entrepreneurs and Blue Collar Reality
October 26, 2010, 22:34
Dave made it home safe and sound! We're glad to have him back and appreciate Jeff from MightyOhm stepping up to the plate in his absence. This week we jumped…
- The Amp Hour #13 -- Chips And Fabs And Garages
October 21, 2010, 23:14
Holy YouTube clips, Batman! We have tons of clips this week. Me and our special guest were talking about lots of stuff and it turns out many of them were video…
- The Amp Hour #12 -- Dave Is Back And Blogging!
October 14, 2010, 20:08
Dave is back! And blogging from a hotel room, just like Chris did in episode 9 of the Amp Hour. He has lots of great videos he made at Renesas Dev Con and some…
- The Amp Hour #11 -- Ardui...no Dave This Week?
October 7, 2010, 01:19
NOTE: I apologize about the sound quality on this recording. Thanks to the Zoom H1 autogain (very bad thing) and recording in a cubby like desk at my house…
- The Amp Hour #10 -- Open Hardware and Self Publishing
September 27, 2010, 23:02
Most of this week's discussion revolved around open hardware. The summit definitely provided some interesting conversation points, explained below. If we…
- The Amp Hour #9 -- From Boston In Boxers?
September 20, 2010, 23:03
No, not in boxers, but definitely from Boston! On a internet connection no less! Highway robbery! Next week we'll do a round up of my trip to ESC Boston…
- The Amp Hour #8 -- Layouts and Design-Outs
September 13, 2010, 21:53
Thanks to all of those who filled out the optional survey. If you haven't yet, there's still time! Feel free to add your info! We also took some of your…
- The Amp Hour #7 -- Love Robots and Pantyhose Screens
September 8, 2010, 00:31
Due to time constraints this week, we're going to try going back to a mostly link-based page. If you find yourself really longing for silly and extraneous…
- The Amp Hour #6 -- Open Hardware and The Creative Economy
August 30, 2010, 23:03
Another episode in the bag! We admittedly didn't talk about straight electronics as we have in the past but we covered recent happenings in both the open…
- The Amp Hour #5 -- Girl Power
August 23, 2010, 21:55
Today's show got a little heated, it's true. We went over a lot of things, but none more than a recent campaign to try and get more young women interested…
- The Amp Hour #4 -- Cultural Differences
August 18, 2010, 23:19
Now that Dave and I have been trying to get some thoughts together a bit prior to the show (though the show itself is still quite "off the cuff"), we have some…
- The Amp Hour #3 - HP, IEEE, and Human Interface
August 10, 2010, 00:05
Greetings from the official new home of The Amp Hour! The new theme is installed (and being revised as we speak/read) and the latest episode of the radio show…
- The Amp Hour #2 -- Critical Mass
August 7, 2010, 11:18
Show 2 was recorded the week of August 2nd, 2010. This show was a bit more focused than the first show, but we still tended to ramble a bit. Ah well, nobody's…
- The Amp Hour #1 -- What's In A Name?
August 7, 2010, 11:10
This is the show recorded the week of July 26th. It was our first show ever. We first posted this on Dave's site and Chris's site and past comments from their…
- The Amp Hour #147 - Absorptive Augmented Actuality
- Guest Appearance
- The Amp Hour #144 - Hoodied HP Hijinks
May 7, 2013, 21:47
Bob Davidson stops in to talk with Chris and Dave about building early hard drives, the computer industry, sensors, ham radio and a whole lot more!
- The Amp Hour #138 - Effortless Equipment Extensibility
March 26, 2013, 20:45
Ryan Brown of National Instruments joins Chris to talk about FPGAs, LabView software, the Austin hardware scene, hardware startups, home projects and lots more!
- The Amp Hour #135 -- X-ray Examining Xenogogue
March 4, 2013, 22:06
Mike Harrison of Mike's Electric Stuff joins Chris and Dave to talk about his work in the field of large LED installation and tearing stuff apart.
- The Amp Hour #131 -- Necessary Networked Novelty
February 4, 2013, 23:32
Andrew Seddon joins Chris to talk about CircuitHub, the UK electronics scene, embedded electronics and venture capital funding.
- The Amp Hour #129 -- Device Doubling Decretum
January 22, 2013, 00:57
Brett Fox and Dr Jeroen Fonderie stop by The Amp Hour to talk shop, low power semiconductors, running a fabless analog startup and much more!
- The Amp Hour #125 -- Bus Buccaneer Builder
December 11, 2012, 00:26
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…
- The Amp Hour #123 -- Innoxious Implant Innovator
November 27, 2012, 01:12
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!
- The Amp Hour #121 -- Creative China Commorant
November 12, 2012, 00:21
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?
- The Amp Hour #119 -- Luculent Linear Legacy
October 28, 2012, 23:36
Dr Kent Lundberg joins Chris and Dave to talk analog, scopes, teaching, control systems, consulting, synthesizers, book collecting and lots more!
- TheAmpHour #117 -- Undulating Utensil Utility
October 14, 2012, 23:28
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…
- The Amp Hour #115 -- Watcher of Wraithlike Walls
October 1, 2012, 09:20
Dr Greg Charvat joins Chris and Dave to talk radar, ham radio, tube amplifiers, home experiments, hardware startups and lots more!
- The Amp Hour #113 -- Sudden SinoAmerican Synthesis
September 16, 2012, 22:40
Scott Miller of Dragon Innovation joins Chris and Dave to talk about high volume manufacturing in China and how to navigate the common pitfalls.
- The Amp Hour #112 -- Ardent Automotive Artisan
September 9, 2012, 22:44
Bob Simpson joins Chris and Dave to discuss his business of designing and building electric vehicles. We talk about batteries, charging, power requirements,…
- The Amp Hour #109 -- Hexagram Hardware Holism
August 19, 2012, 23:17
Larry Sears joins Chris and Dave to talk about his journey from starting design and build company to selling it and sponsoring future innovators
- The Amp Hour #105 -- Deambulatory Daedal Drones
July 23, 2012, 08:22
Chris Anderson joins Dave and Chris to talk DIY Drones, Makers, Manufacturing, Electronics, Community, Publishing and lots more.
- The Amp Hour #101 -- Quality Quadrature Quidam
June 24, 2012, 23:24
Matt Ettus of Ettus Research (and NI) stops by The Amp Hour to talk software defined radio and the future of the airwaves.
- The Amp Hour #99 -- Impavid Ideopraxist Insider
June 11, 2012, 00:00
Steve Leibson joins Chris and Dave for a chat about the EDA industry, Steve's work with HP and various tech companies and the future of chips.
- The Amp Hour #97 -- Morbus Moilsome MakerFaire
May 27, 2012, 23:00
Welcome, Eben Upton of the Raspberry Pi Project! Chris just got back from Maker Faire! Is there a stigma against…
- The Amp Hour #95 -- Feracious Fabless Facilitator
May 13, 2012, 21:45
Welcome Øyvind Janbu, CTO of Energy Micro! Øyvind went to school in Trondheim where there are multiple schools and…
- The Amp Hour #93 -- Cacaesthestic Chronometric Carriwitchet
April 30, 2012, 20:57
Tom LeMense joins Chris and Dave to talk about his experiences in designing circuits for autos. He's worked at many different places throughout SE Michigan.
- The Amp Hour #87 -- Nascent Nonolith Numquid
March 18, 2012, 21:38
Welcome, Ian Daniher of Nonolith Labs! Ian was one of two developers on the CEE, a USB analog multitool. This was kicked off as a Kickstarte…
- The Amp Hour #84 -- Bunnie's Bibelot Bonification
February 27, 2012, 23:34
Bunnie Huang joins Chris and Dave and talks about his work in China, his work on hacking hardware and lots of other electronics-y goodness.
- The Amp Hour #77 -- Winsome Waveform Wizardry
January 10, 2012, 00:16
Dr. Howard Johnson, high speed signal integrity consultant, author and teacher stops by The Amp Hour to talk Black Magic and signals!
- The Amp Hour #75 -- Sprauncy Saccadic Spintherism
December 26, 2011, 23:05
Ben Krasnow joins Chris and Dave to talk about his garage experimentation, education reform, tinkering, cooking and lots more!
- The Amp Hour #71 -- Luciferous LED Lucubrator
November 28, 2011, 23:55
John Edmond, one of the co-founders of Cree and the current Director of Advanced Optoelectronics Technology stops by to talk LEDs with Chris and Dave.
- The Amp Hour #60 -- Pancyclopaedic Prototyping Polymath
September 12, 2011, 22:19
Electrical Engineer and Inventor Joe Grand joins Chris and Dave to talk about hacking electronics, engineering on TV and inventing and manufacturing electronics…
- The Amp Hour #59 -- Bonafide BeagleBoard Bionomics
September 5, 2011, 22:42
Chris, Dave, Jeff Keyzer and Jason Kridner talk all manner of embedded computing and electronics. Updates on the BeagleBoard project and the chaos communication…
- The Amp Hour #57 -- Recondite Radiation Raconteur
August 22, 2011, 23:34
Guest Alan Yates (VK2ZAY) talks about his ham, pyrotechnic, radiation, software and maker hobbies.
- The Amp Hour #54 -- Embedded Elchee Epexegesis
August 1, 2011, 21:42
Jack Ganssle joins Chris and Dave to talk about the electronics industry, embedded electronics, micros, FPGAs and lots more!
- The Amp Hour #52 -- Carnassial Chip Chemicals
July 18, 2011, 21:14
Jeri Ellsworth returns to talk home made chips, software defined radios, companies giving the warm fuzzies and how not to spill HF acid.
- The Amp Hour #43 -- Audacious Arduino Arguments
May 16, 2011, 21:26
Dave, Chris, Jeff Keyzer and Jeremy Blum discuss the latest in electronics news, including Google's decision to use the Arduino.
- The Amp Hour #41 -- Exhilarating ESC Escapades
May 4, 2011, 01:52
Chris & Jeff are recording from a hotel room at the ESC conference, with Dave sadly back home in Australia.
- The Amp Hour #38 -- Comical Keyzer Comes a-Callin'
April 12, 2011, 21:09
Jeff Keyzer of MightyOhm.com joins Dave and Chris to talk about a new soldering comic book and electric vehicles.
- The Amp Hour #35 -- The Ternary Tussle
March 21, 2011, 20:08
Dave, Chris and our first guest Jeri discuss printable electronics, women in engineering, bus controversies, Kickstarter projects and white collar crime.
- The Amp Hour #144 - Hoodied HP Hijinks
- MightyOhm Appearance
- The Amp Hour #114 -- Judging Jurisdictional Junctures
September 23, 2012, 22:54
Jeff stops by to chat wit h Chris and Dave about open hardware, Kickstarter rule changes and manufacturing electronics.
- The Amp Hour #92 -- Vellicate Videogame Vocation
April 22, 2012, 22:34
Jeff Keyzer joins Chris and Dave to talk about working at his new job at Valve. We discuss their company culture, handbook and lots of other stuff.
- The Amp Hour #82 -- Vecordious Vacation Variorum
February 13, 2012, 21:44
Chris is back from Hawaii, and we are joined once again by Jeff Keyzer of Mightyohm.com. All about Sabaticals, and trying to get out of working for…
- The Amp Hour #81 -- Jersey Jeff Jactitation
February 6, 2012, 21:36
Whilst Chris is on his belated honeymoon, regular cohort Jeff Keyzer from Mightohm.com takes over. Jeff has been travelling again: He barely survived…
- The Amp Hour #73 -- Horrisonous Holiday Habromania
December 12, 2011, 23:55
Chris, Dave and Jeff talk holiday wish lists, ham radio call signs, toys, gear, kits and lots more!
- The Amp Hour #66 -- Xenomorphic Xerox Xebec
October 24, 2011, 23:35
Chris, Dave and Jeff talk about amateur radio, the IEEE's marginal benefit and magnets in China and what happens when they stop selling them!
- The Amp Hour #61 -- Gallimaufry GaN Gabble
September 19, 2011, 22:24
Dave, Chris and Jeff talk all about the Open Source Hardware convention, GaN and SiC devices, Moore's Law and lots more!
- The Amp Hour #59 -- Bonafide BeagleBoard Bionomics
September 5, 2011, 22:42
Chris, Dave, Jeff Keyzer and Jason Kridner talk all manner of embedded computing and electronics. Updates on the BeagleBoard project and the chaos communication…
- The Amp Hour #47 -- The Mothership Manifesto
June 14, 2011, 21:30
No Chris this week. Dave & Jeff talk about Apple's new Mothership HQ, vintage computers and arcade games on FPGA's, the death of 8 bit micros, head hunter…
- The Amp Hour #43 -- Audacious Arduino Arguments
May 16, 2011, 21:26
Dave, Chris, Jeff Keyzer and Jeremy Blum discuss the latest in electronics news, including Google's decision to use the Arduino.
- The Amp Hour #41 -- Exhilarating ESC Escapades
May 4, 2011, 01:52
Chris & Jeff are recording from a hotel room at the ESC conference, with Dave sadly back home in Australia.
- The Amp Hour #38 -- Comical Keyzer Comes a-Callin'
April 12, 2011, 21:09
Jeff Keyzer of MightyOhm.com joins Dave and Chris to talk about a new soldering comic book and electric vehicles.
- The Amp Hour #114 -- Judging Jurisdictional Junctures
- Guest Question Request
- Get your questions in for Mike Harrison of Mike's Electric Stuff!
March 2, 2013, 10:39
You've seen his videos (right??), what do you want him to ask him about? You can also ask your questions on our subreddit page for this show.
- Get Your Questions In For The CEO and VP of Engineering of Touchstone Semiconductor!
January 17, 2013, 21:10
This coming week, we'll have our first chief executive on The Amp Hour. Fear not! Brett Fox, CEO of Touchstone Semiconductor, is a former engineer and still…
- Get In Your Questions For Dr. Greg Charvat
September 25, 2012, 21:00
Head over to the subreddit to see all the amazing work he has done and to ask your questions for Greg! We can't wait for him to be on the show!
- East meets West
September 12, 2012, 19:37
This coming week we'll be interviewing Scott Miller, founder of Dragon Innovation. "Well I've never heard of that company!", you say. Well, that…
- A Day Late And A Few Questions Short
September 1, 2012, 18:08
Due to the US holiday coming up on Monday, we'll be one day delayed from our normal recording and posting time. The show will be available late Monday…
- Chris Anderson on The Amp Hour this week!
July 19, 2012, 13:38
This coming week, we're pleased to welcome Chris Anderson! Chris is the editor of Wired and has been for 11 years. He is also a co-Founder…
- Get your questions in for Mike Harrison of Mike's Electric Stuff!
- Transcript Available
- The Amp Hour #147 - Absorptive Augmented Actuality
May 28, 2013, 22:22
Jeri Ellsworth returns to The Amp Hour to talk about her time at Valve, the unfortunate end to her employment there and the phoenix of a project rising from…
- The Amp Hour #125 -- Bus Buccaneer Builder
December 11, 2012, 00:26
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…
- Transcript of Episode 125 -- Bus Buccaneer Builder
December 11, 2012, 00:00
SERIES: The Amp Hour EPISODE: #125 DATE: December 10, 2012 TITLE: Bus Buccaneer Builder PRESENTERS: Chris, Chip Report TV & Chris's Analog Life Dave,…
- The Amp Hour #122 -- Plentiful Perfunctory Programs
November 19, 2012, 23:28
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).
- The Amp Hour #118 -- Facinorous Financial Foulness
October 21, 2012, 22:42
Chris and Dave get talking about the intersection of money and electronics and all the craziness that can ensue.
- The Amp Hour #147 - Absorptive Augmented Actuality
- Merchandise
- Be one of the first to own the Black "Keep Current" T-shirt
April 23, 2013, 00:18
We're trying out a relatively new service in town called Tee Spring, with a familiar idea behind it: We'll be "crowd funding" the first round of t-shirts for…
- First Round of T-shirts!
April 20, 2013, 12:33
We've been dragging this out for far too long, but wanted to finally share the t-shirt design we like best. We hope to have a few designs released before the…
- Be one of the first to own the Black "Keep Current" T-shirt
- Announcement
- The Amp Hour Meetup At Hamvention!
May 10, 2013, 23:14
We will be having a meetup at the Hamvention in Dayton, OH! It will be at a local pub/restaurant after the Saturday activities (and hopefully before any…
- The Amp Hour Meetup At Hamvention!
- Transcript
- Transcript of Episode #147 – Absorptive Augmented Actuality
May 28, 2013, 22:20
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