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753 afleveringen, van nieuw naar oud
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Siloed Engineering with Leigh Brady
9 mei 2022 · 1 uur 8 min
Engineer Leigh Brady joins Chris to compare and contrast working in different industries in different countries. Leigh has worked in the optics, medical, and defense spaces, including on nuclear weapons.
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Biblical Broker Bucks
2 mei 2022 · 1 uur 10 min
Chris and Dave discuss PCB art, failed hardware projects, USB chips, lack of chips, new (to us) wireless network protocols, and more!
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Fran Blanche Version 3
18 april 2022 · 1 uur 13 min
Fran Blanche and Dave discuss publishing, newspapers, Frantone, manufacturing, the kit business, ebay, and pontificate what we would be doing if the Internet didn’t exist.
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Return of the Trade Show Jedi
11 april 2022 · 59 min
Dave and Chris talk about the return to trade shows and how things are the same. Also AgTech, open source boards, self driving cars, and engineering shortages.
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Software for Rockets with Charles Aylward
4 april 2022 · 1 uur 38 min
Charles Aylward is a consultant and software/hardware designer who has worked on mission critical systems at Astra (a “new space” company). He joins Chris to talk about imparting rigor to engineering design, especially when the consequences of not doing so are dire. Lees meer
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The Smart Grid with Paul Zawada
28 maart 2022 · 1 uur 46 min
Power expert Paul Zawada joins Chris and Dave to talk about the grid, the smart grid, the challenges of increasing percentage of renewable sources, and generally how power delivery works.
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The Same Wavelength
21 maart 2022 · 1 uur 8 min
Dave and Chris talk through brain computer interfaces, reverse engineering, Shenzhen’s numbers, the JWST, a new meetup, and more!
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Real Time Operating Systems with Brian Amos
14 maart 2022 · 1 uur 26 min
Brian Amos joins Chris to talk through his book about learning Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS) with a Hands-on methodology. Discussions around what an RTOS is, when to use one, and how FreeRTOS works.
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Electrical Archeology
7 maart 2022 · 1 uur 9 min
Chris and Dave take a look at the changing nature of employment for engineers in the pandemic era. Also searching for new MOSFETs, solar farms, smart grid, and blowing up capacitors!
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ADC Chip Design with Anthony Wall
28 februari 2022 · 1 uur 29 min
Anthony Wall–PhD design student at Tyndall in Cork, Ireland–joins Chris to talk about the ADC he is designing based on a “current-starved ring oscillator”. A deep dive into mixed signal chip design, the Irish chip industry, and having your silicon manufactured. Lees meer
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Histogrammic or Histomagraphical
21 februari 2022 · 1 uur 9 min
This week Dave and Chris talk about computer history, chip building news, sourcing parts from the Chinese chip ecosystem, test equipment, and tin whiskers!
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Product Lifecycle Management with Michael Corr
14 februari 2022 · 1 uur 24 min
Michael Corr of Duro Labs joins Chris to talk about Product Lifecycle Management: what it is, when to start using it, and how our listeners can be certain the correct design files are being used to manufacture their next electronics project.
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A literal trainwreck
7 februari 2022 · 1 uur 7 min
Trains are a continual source of fascination for nerds young and old. This week, Chris and Dave discuss recent train experiences and also talk about new chip fabs, shuttering IoT networks, asset tracking for the masses, and really old software.
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New Life Skills with Joe Grand
31 januari 2022 · 1 uur 4 min
Joe Grand recently reverse engineered a Trezor cryptocurrency wallet to recover $2M. He returns to The Amp Hour after 10 years to talk with Chris about hardware hacking, past projects, and what Joe hopes to learn next.
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Bubblegum Tap Shoes
23 januari 2022 · 1 uur 4 min
Dave and Chris discuss diode selection, understanding linear regulators, switching CAD programs, organizing lab spaces, and more!
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Mixed Signal Education with Philip Salmony
18 januari 2022 · 1 uur 7 min
Philip Salmony of the Phil’s Lab YouTube channel joins Chris to talk about electronics education and Philip’s new course on designing a mixed signal PCB using KiCad v6.
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Technology Instruction with Charlie Larrabee
10 januari 2022 · 1 uur 15 min
Charlie Larrabee joins Chris to talk about electronics and technology education for kids age 6 to 14. They cover challenges in teaching (and learning) and how to encourage children to get more involved in electronics.
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Rube Goldbergs in Spaaaace
2 januari 2022 · 1 uur 13 min
Dave and Chris ring in the new year talking about connectors, high stress space missions, and new processors. Happy new year!
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Keyzermas All The Way
20 december 2021 · 1 uur 26 min
Jeff Keyzer returns to The Amp Hour for our yearly holiday tradition of Keyzermas. We discuss test equipment, supply chain silliness, capacitor madness, museums, and more!
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Electric Fields, Son.
6 december 2021 · 1 uur 5 min
This week Dave recaps the Veritasium video about electricity flowing through wires and Chris announces he has joined a startup working on connecting things to the internet.
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YouTube to Consulting with Florin of Voltlog
29 november 2021 · 1 uur 12 min
Florin of the VoltLog youtube channel joins Chris to talk automotive electronics, consulting, test equipment, and more!
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The Rodeo Drive of Electronics
22 november 2021 · 1 uur 6 min
Dave and Chris discuss shopping for new parts, logistics, measuring signals, and mechanical marvels.
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Switching Converter Engineering with Carmen Parisi
15 november 2021 · 1 uur 14 min
Carmen Parisi, Staff Applications Engineer at Renesas, joins Chris to talk about how high current regulators work and what it’s like testing and supporting those chips for a wide variety of customers.
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Here for a reason
8 november 2021 · 1 uur
Chris and Dave discuss modularity, programming, new development boards, and power design.
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Pavlovian Cheapskates
31 oktober 2021 · 1 uur 9 min
This week Chris records with Parker and Stephen of the Macrofab Engineering Podcast to celebrate their 300th episode.
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Grumpy Collaboration
25 oktober 2021 · 1 uur 4 min
Chris and Dave are grumpy about the hype around collaborative design tools and how silicon valley values tech companies in general.
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Electroboom!
19 oktober 2021 · 1 uur 10 min
Mehdi Sadaghdar from the Electroboom Youtube channel joins Dave to talk about his hobby and professional background, and how he got started in YouTubing. Also moving to Canada, the Iranian hobby movement, Maker spaces, and more!
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Assembly Chat
11 oktober 2021 · 1 uur 14 min
Will it work if Chris and Dave record while Chris assembles a board? Listen to find out!
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High End Audio with Remco Stoutjesdijk
4 oktober 2021 · 1 uur 8 min
Remco Stoutjesdijk is an electronics designer for audio. He has been creating audio circuits for high end audio manufacturers for many years via his consultancy ItsOnlyAudio.com. He joins Chris to talk about everything from DSP to streaming, chip design to tubes. Lees meer
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Occam's Engineering Razor
27 september 2021 · 1 uur 5 min
This week, Dave and Chris discuss troubleshooting, both in the abstract and in the literal. Dave has been troubleshooting his solar panel, and Chris has been building up new 3D printing metholodologies. Also semiconductor manufacturing, workshops, project management, and more! Lees meer
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Toasted Marshmallow Connectors
20 september 2021 · 1 uur 11 min
This week Chris and Dave discuss reflow in the lab, the passing of Sir Clive Sinclair, the importance of cost-down innovations, test equipment craziness, and more!
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Generic Nodes with Orkhan Amiraslanov
13 september 2021 · 1 uur 9 min
Orkhan Amiraslanov of The Things Industries joins Chris to talk about creating hardware for a LoRaWAN network, including working with different microcontrollers and building a sensor platform that will handle many users’ needs.
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Firmware for Hardware Engineers with Phillip Johnston
7 september 2021 · 1 uur 20 min
Phillip Johnston of Embedded Artistry joins Chris to talk about building better firmware for hardware devices. This includes high level topics like setting up Continuous Integration pipelines and developing in-situ testing.
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Timing is Everything
31 augustus 2021 · 1 uur 47 min
Dave and Chris celebrate their 555th show by doing a live Q&A recording
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An Interview with Alan Wolke (Re-broadcast)
24 augustus 2021 · 1 uur 28 min
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PLEASE be a die shrink
16 augustus 2021 · 1 uur 6 min
Dave and Chris discuss the terror of getting a product change notification and hoping it’s not something drastic (like an end of life notice). Also test equipment, the M.2 standard, layout, new wifi chips, podcasts, and more!
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Debunking with Shahriar
10 augustus 2021 · 1 uur 13 min
Shahriar Shahramian from The Signal Path joins Dave to talk debunking theories and how to teach critcal thinking
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Shouting at chips with Colin O'Flynn
2 augustus 2021 · 1 uur 4 min
Colin O’Flynn joins Chris to talk about the state of the security industry, and to discuss his recent and upcoming product (Chip Shouter, Chip Whisperer Husky) and book releases (The Hardware Hacking Handbook).
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Feed the Mouse
26 juli 2021 · 1 uur 9 min
Dave and Chris discuss chip shortages, USB, job seeking tips, meetups, bluetooth waste, electronics fundamentals, moving labs, and more!
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Finishing Prototypes with Zack Freedman
19 juli 2021 · 1 uur 39 min
Zack Freedman is a prototyping engineer turned YouTuber who makes bombastic videos about 3D printed creations and getting projects across the finish line. He joins Chris to talk about his past hardware designs and what he will be building next.
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Creative Engineering with Shrouk El-Attar
12 juli 2021 · 1 uur 12 min
Shrouk El-Attar is an electronics designer, refugee, belly dancer, activist and podcaster. She joins Chris to talk about creating electronics for interesting problem solving, including FemTech products, robots and art.
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The Last Line of Defense
6 juli 2021 · 1 uur 1 min
This week Chris and Dave discuss how to keep electronics dry by properly designing an enclosure. Also solar, weather events, patent trolls, outfitting labs, and more!
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Open Source Mindset with Michael Gielda
29 juni 2021 · 1 uur 28 min
Michael Gielda of Antmicro returns to discuss open source methodology and the wide variety of projects they develop that feed back into the electronics ecosystem, including FPGA, AI, chip design and firmware projects.
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Thousands Of Dependencies
22 juni 2021 · 1 uur 7 min
This week Chris and Dave discuss the amazing amount of interdependencies in modern web software and how that differs from hardware processes. Also takeover bids for CAD tools, hardware continuous integration, old display drivers, production systems, machine learning, and more! Lees meer
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Fear of Banjos
7 juni 2021 · 1 uur 3 min
This week Chris and Dave discuss data retention, manufacturing data generation, moving labs (and homes), and the joys of real estate.
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Standardizing Manufacturing with Pete Staples
2 juni 2021 · 1 uur 19 min
Pete Staples of Blue Clover Devices joins Chris to talk about manufacturing and how to automate and standardize device programming and testing. Blue Clover uses their experience manufacturing in China to develop a general purpose production test tool
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Cassette decks have browsers?
24 mei 2021 · 1 uur 14 min
Dave and Chris discuss part library strategies, repairing equipment, electric vehicles, corporate buyouts, IoT teardowns, and more!
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Component Management with Jan Rychter
18 mei 2021 · 1 uur 32 min
Jan Rychter, creator of PartsBox, talks with Chris about how to manage a personal library of components. This can help to save money, run a small manufacturing business, keep track of parts, reduce waste, and more!
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Chip Shortage Denier
10 mei 2021 · 1 uur 13 min
Chris returns from paternity leave to more mayhem in the semiconductor supply chain. Dave jokingly doesn’t believe that it’s happening when he can’t find parts out on a distributor website.
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The Space Time Continuum with Fran Blanche
5 mei 2021 · 1 uur 33 min
Dave talks with Fran Blanche about, well, everything including her theory on the space time continuum!