The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast

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#548 – The Last Line of Defense

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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!

#547 – Open Source Mindset with Michael Gielda

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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.

#546 – Thousands Of Dependencies

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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!

#545 – Fear of Banjos

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This week Chris and Dave discuss data retention, manufacturing data generation, moving labs (and homes), and the joys of real estate.

#544 – Standardizing Manufacturing with Pete Staples

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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

#543 – Cassette decks have browsers?

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Dave and Chris discuss part library strategies, repairing equipment, electric vehicles, corporate buyouts, IoT teardowns, and more!

#542 – Component Management with Jan Rychter

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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!

#541 – Chip Shortage Denier

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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.

#540 – The Space Time Continuum with Fran Blanche

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Dave talks with Fran Blanche about, well, everything including her theory on the space time continuum!

#539 – The King of Trash with Big Clive

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Dave talks with the king of trashy youtube channels, Big Clive!

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