The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast
A weekly show about the trends in the electronic industry.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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Florin of the VoltLog youtube channel joins Chris to talk automotive electronics, consulting, test equipment, and more!
