A weekly show about the trends in the electronic industry.
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This week we started by talking about electric transport…but ended up devolving into discussions of FPGA SOCs, language translation, bakelite, sheet metal and more!
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Jeff Rowberg of BlueGiga and the KeyGlove Project join Chris and Dave to talk firmware, Bluetooth, wearable computing, reverse engineering and more!
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Sometimes when dealing with vendors you need to take the lead. This week Chris and Dave discuss IndieGoGo, online CAD, catalogs, databooks, non-profits and more!
After a long night of editing audio, Chris went a little insane and started wondering what it would sound like if it was just he and Dave laughing on The Amp Hour. Instead, urged on by Steve Hoefer (@Grathio), Chris instead took individual tracks from each person and compressed out the dead space. This was […]
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Ryan O’Hara joins Chris and Dave to discuss kapton stencils, pick and place machines, creating flying insect robots and more!
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Chris and Dave discuss the role of investment capital in electronics businesses. Also firmware revisions, beginning designing chips and the systemization of silicon.
Want to win a t-shirt from The Amp Hour? Submit a story to the /r/TheAmpHour subreddit and if we talk about the link you submit or the topic you’d like us to discuss on the show, we’ll put you into a drawing. We’ll pick one person who submitted a story per show. Your best chance […]
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Chris and Dave discuss the pitfalls of trying to figure out exactly what customers want vs what they say. Also, a new program to try and gather the history of the electronics industry!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the learning survey for The Amp Hour. We have notified the people who have won and have sent them codes for their very own “The Amp Hour” t-shirt. We’ll have more t-shirt designs in the works soon and will have more contests in the future. If you know […]
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Dave soldiers on despite being sick in order to tell us about this new solar power system. Also online tools charging, chip companies charging and new ways to design FPGAs.
