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#481 – An Interview with Paul Thompson

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Paul Thompson, CEO of Pakton Technology, talks with Dave about building electric fence controllers, including how to generate high voltages, dealing with lightning and how to ensure safety using microcontrollers.

#480 – An Interview with Ben Krasnow, 8 years on

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Ben Krasnow returns to The Amp Hour after 8 years, hundreds of hours of YouTube content, a couple of high profile jobs at Valve and GoogleX/Verily and many MANY hours spent in the lab. He chats with Chris about how he approaches learning and working on new projects.

#479 – Why isn’t this working?

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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.

#478 – Optimization Beast

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This week Dave and Chris discuss the impact of engineers passing away, the time spent doing different electronics design tasks, new rocket types, a new KiCon being held at CERN and much more!

#477 – EcoWoke and Going Broke

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Chris and Dave talk about the new Art of Electronics X Chapters book, the impacts of Corona Virus on the electronics world, changes in the IoT landscape and a triumphant return of Chip of the Week!

#476 – An Interview with Kendall Castor-Perry

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Kendall Castor-Perry, the “Filter Wizard”, joins Chris to talk about the need for effective filters in different electronics products and tools that help to create them.

#475 – An Interview with Christina Cyr

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Christina Cyr joins Chris to talk about creating a custom cellphone with an unusual form factor. She also recaps her time at CES, talks about sourcing components with large vendors, discusses market research and much more!

#474 – An Interview with Nash Reilly

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Nash Reilly is a digital designer at Sonos who has worked on products like the Port, the Amp, and the Move. He joins Chris to talk about emissions testing, project management, audio sound quality and much more.

#473 – An Interview with Greg Davill

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Greg Davill returns to The Amp Hour to talk with Chris about his wide range of projects, such as the Arctic Koala, Orange Crab and Icosahedron LED sculpture. He also talks about his soldering technique and tools, in addition to his recent travel to events like Chaos Congress in Germany.

#241 – An Interview with Chuck Peddle (Repeat, in memoriam)

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We re-air our 2015 episode with Chuck Peddle as a tribute to him. Chuck passed away earlier this month. We’ll be back with more interviews in 2020!

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