Crossover Episode | The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast https://theamphour.com A weekly show about the trends in the electronic industry. Sun, 31 Oct 2021 19:57:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://theamphour.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cropped-TAH_2025-32x32.png Crossover Episode | The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast https://theamphour.com 32 32 Chris Gammell and Dave Jones' voices span the chasm of thousands of miles each and every week to speak to each other and industry experts about where the field of electronics is moving. Whether it be a late breaking story about a large semiconductor manufacturer, a new piece of must-have test equipment or just talking through recent issues with their circuit designs, Chris and Dave try to make electronics more accessible for the listeners. Most importantly, they try and make the field of electronics more fun. Guests range from advanced hobbyists working on exciting new projects up through C-level executives at a variety of relevant and innovative companies. Tune in to learn more about electronics and then join the conversation! Visit The Amp Hour website for our back catalog of 150+ episodes. The Amp Hour (Chris Gammell and David L Jones) true episodic The Amp Hour (Chris Gammell and David L Jones) feedback@theamphour.com Copyright © The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast 2020 Copyright © The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast 2020 podcast Keep Current Crossover Episode | The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast https://theamphour.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/TheAmpHour-1400.jpg https://theamphour.com/category/guests/crossover-episode/ TV-14 #564 – Pavlovian Cheapskates https://theamphour.com/564-pavlovian-cheapskates/ Sun, 31 Oct 2021 19:57:11 +0000 https://theamphour.com/?p=6694 This week Chris records with Parker and Stephen of the Macrofab Engineering Podcast to celebrate their 300th episode.

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This week Chris recorded a crossover episode with The Macrofab Engineering podcast to celebrate their 300th episode! Congrats to them for the achievement! We’re glad to have other fun podcasts in the space!

For a selection of notes on the episode, check out the MEP300 page

You can watch the episode recording here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1187912406

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]]> This week Chris records with Parker and Stephen of the Macrofab Engineering Podcast to celebrate their 300th episode. This week Chris records with Parker and Stephen of the Macrofab Engineering Podcast to celebrate their 300th episode. The Amp Hour (Chris Gammell and David L Jones) full false 1:09:16 6694 #550 – Finishing Prototypes with Zack Freedman https://theamphour.com/the-amp-hour-550-finishing-prototypes-with-zack-freedman/ Mon, 19 Jul 2021 02:15:06 +0000 https://theamphour.com/?p=6568 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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This is a crossover episode with The Contextual Electronics podcast (also made by Chris). There is a video version of this podcast available as well.

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  • 0:00 Introduction
  • 2:05 What Zack is building (a computer)
  • 2:40 A water cooled oscilloscope
  • 3:40 How Zack got started
  • 4:40 Hackaday article
  • 5:20 Bluetooth heads up display
  • 5:40 Hoboken Hackerspace
  • 7:15 NYC electronics scene
  • 8:30 Working with artists
  • 10:00 Working on the set of Mr Robot
  • 11:05 Doing a first run prototype for a startup
  • 13:10 Building skills in high pressure environments and on consulting jobs
  • 17:45 Working on deadlines
  • 19:10 How many projects are in a single video?
  • 20:45 Building subassemblies
  • 21:30 Building projects “backwards” (outside in)
  • 23:00 Not thinking your idea is the last good idea you’ll ever have
  • 24:15 The prototyping mindset
  • 27:00 Ranking risk in a project
  • 29:15 Usability in wearable projects
  • 31:30 “The role of most prototypes is to try to kill the idea”
  • 33:30 What makes people want to buy a prototype?
  • 35:45 Minimizing features in any one prototype / test
  • 36:30 Consumer products should be shown to thousands before going to market
  • 38:00 YouTubers’ battle for attention (check out Voidstar Lab to see all of Zack’s videos)
  • 41:00 YouTube theories
  • 44:45 Zack’s persona
  • 47:00 Filming b-roll to keep things interesting
  • 51:00 YouTube comment positivity
  • 52:25 Maker Twitter
  • 54:00 Full time YouTube
  • 54:20 Changes in the hardware space since 2012
  • 56:40 Prototyping tools
  • 58:30 “The Maker Movement”
  • 59:25 Working for industrial clients
  • 1:01:40 Focusing on the technology vs the purpose of the technology
  • 1:03:30 Building a project because you want the thing (output)
  • 1:05:30 Technology being used to move the world forward
  • 1:07:15 What will Zack build in the future?
  • 1:09:40 The Cyberdeck
  • 1:12:15 Cyberdeck cafe Discord
  • 1:13:10 Building on a stream vs on a video (streams happen on Zack’s Patreon every Monday and Friday)
  • 1:14:40 Previously wanting to go into game design
  • 1:16:30 Providing a representation of what people think the process is
  • 1:17:20 People think IronMan is reality
  • 1:18:20 Bringing people into the field
  • 1:20:25 “Finish more projects”
  • 1:23:30 Going beyond the getting started projects
  • 1:26:20 People genuinely interested in a topic will skip beginner classes
  • 1:27:35 Engineering is intrinsically solitary
  • 1:29:30 Trying to figure out gender discrepancies in making
  • 1:31:05 “What’s it like to put yourself out there?”
  • 1:32:30 Putting yourself out there will help you find more positive feedback
  • 1:35:05 Building community
  • 1:37:00 Finding Zack’s work and joining his community
  • 1:38:40 Conclusion

 

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A special mid-week extra episode! Plus it’s a crossover show with Embedded.fm!  We discuss how both Chris Gammell and Chris White are working on projects to learn more about firmware.

They were kind enough to take notes, so go over to their site to check out the links attached to this episode. And if you haven’t already subscribed to Embedded…what are you waiting for?

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]]> https://theamphour.com/479-why-isnt-this-working/feed/ 3 Chris (Gammell) talks with Elecia and Chris (White) from Embedded.fm. It's a crossover show called Ampbedded! This episode covers learning methodology when doing self study and the surprising aspects of learning firmware. Chris (Gammell) talks with Elecia and Chris (White) from Embedded.fm. It's a crossover show called Ampbedded! This episode covers learning methodology when doing self study and the surprising aspects of learning firmware. The Amp Hour (Chris Gammell and David L Jones) full false 1:18:27 6029 #456.2 – Crossover Camp with Hackaday and Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcasts https://theamphour.com/456-2-crossover-camp-with-hackaday-and-unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcasts/ https://theamphour.com/456-2-crossover-camp-with-hackaday-and-unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcasts/#comments Sun, 01 Sep 2019 15:29:12 +0000 https://theamphour.com/?p=5871 This week, Chris records a podcast live at CCCamp with Alvaro Prieto (Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast), Mike Szczys (Hackaday Podcast), and Elliot Williams (Hackaday Podcast). They talk about their experience at camp.

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]]> https://theamphour.com/456-2-crossover-camp-with-hackaday-and-unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcasts/feed/ 2 This week, Chris records a podcast live at CCCamp with Alvaro Prieto (Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast), Mike Szczys (Hackaday Podcast), and Elliot Williams (Hackaday Podcast). They talk about their experience at camp. This week, Chris records a podcast live at CCCamp with Alvaro Prieto (Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast), Mike Szczys (Hackaday Podcast), and Elliot Williams (Hackaday Podcast). They talk about their experience at camp. The Amp Hour (Chris Gammell and David L Jones) full false 41:07 5871 #422 – Stick ‘Em On Whales https://theamphour.com/422-stick-em-on-whales/ https://theamphour.com/422-stick-em-on-whales/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2018 00:01:55 +0000 https://theamphour.com/?p=5631 This week Chris joins Elecia and Chris White of Embedded.fm to talk about the state of the electronics/embedded world and to recap favorite episodes of the year.

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This week Chris joins Elecia and Chris White of Embedded.fm for our yearly recap episode!

Check out embedded.fm to get show notes for the episode.

Thanks to lalycolon for the image on Pixabay

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]]> https://theamphour.com/422-stick-em-on-whales/feed/ 3 This week Chris joins Elecia and Chris White of Embedded.fm to talk about the state of the electronics/embedded world and to recap favorite episodes of the year. This week Chris joins Elecia and Chris White of Embedded.fm to talk about the state of the electronics/embedded world and to recap favorite episodes of the year. The Amp Hour (Chris Gammell and David L Jones) full false 1:27:59 5631 #373 – Pedantic or Andrantic https://theamphour.com/373-pedantic-or-andrantic/ https://theamphour.com/373-pedantic-or-andrantic/#comments Wed, 03 Jan 2018 04:07:30 +0000 https://theamphour.com/?p=5137 Chris (Gammell) joins Chris (White) and Elecia (White) of Embedded.fm for a holiday crossover episode. We talk about new toys, books, learning code and much more!

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I (Chris G) got totally fritzed out dealing with the new year and Chris and Elecia were awesome and edited AND did show notes this week. Not to mention Chris White’s new Ampbedded Crossover Theme! Wowsa! Props to them, I’m super lucky to have them as friends. Happy New Year!

Chris G is ever improving Contextual Electronics. Chris W has a new band: 12ax7. Elecia still has a book: Making Embedded Systems.

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We talked about teaching which led to:

Elecia got a JTrace Pro Cortex-M for herself for Christmas. Chris W got a Moog Werkstatt and an assortment of Teenage Engineering small synths. Chris G mostly got sweaters because Chicago is very cold.

 

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