The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast
A weekly show about the trends in the electronic industry.
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This week Kerry Scharfglass (@borgel) joins Chris to talk about designing consumer electronics and how things change as you move towards smaller companies. Also #Badgelife, war games with hardware, KiCad, creating solar infrastructure and more!
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JP Norair joins Chris to talk about setting up networks using LoRa transceivers and his work on the DASH7 standard. Also making antennas, consulting for startups and how solar storage might be moving to your roof.
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Sam Stranks is a researcher, professor, and entrepreneur focused on making Perovskites into a commercially viable solar cell. The efficiency has been climbing at a rapid pace over the past 10 years. He joins Chris to talk about how Perovskites could lead to more prevalent (and printed!) solar cells.
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Chris and Dave catch up about conference talks, designing PCBs into cases, thin PCB design and solar panels fading into the background.
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Chris and Dave talk about the tumultuous consolidation of the chip industry. Also books, innovation, solar, knees and more!
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Stefan stops by to talk with Chris about High Voltage power supplies, conductive paint sensors, field testing solar chargers and working on HUGE art installations.
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This week Dave and Chris talk about failing hardware startups, building hardware overnight, the future of wearables, distributed computing, solar efficiencies and (even more!) consolidation in the industry.
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Martin Lorton stops by Chris’s basement to talk to Chris and Dave about test equipment, solar, video blogging and the importance of community when trying to make it on your own.
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We discuss the role of solar power in the grid and the rise of HVDC transmission. Also Chris reveals his former workplace, we talk 1970s CAD and Dave revisits solar roadways.
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We went over a lot of things, but none more than a recent campaign to try and get more young women interested in engineering
