The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast

The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast

A weekly podcast about the electronics industry. Occasional guests. Lots of laughs.

Episodes

#698 – Hardware Security with Matt Brown

July 17, 2025 • 67 mins
Matt Brown is a hardware and IoT security researcher. He joins Chris to talk about best practices for securing hardware that talks to the internet and share stories of products that didn't pass muster.
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#697 – LEDs Everywhere with Tim from Mitxela

July 8, 2025 • 75 mins
Tim from Mitxela stops by the show to discuss his extensive portfolio of projects involving, hardware (tiny LEDs), firmware (ridiculously low power processing), software (emulating gameboy), and mechanical (machining jewelry grade objects)
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#696 – It Works With Option Number 5

June 18, 2025 • 63 mins
This week Dave and Chris discuss solar optimization, short videos, useless products, cameras, energy monitors, Bluetooth, magnets, and more!
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#695 – Making The Invisible, Visible with Sam Aldhaher

June 3, 2025 • 75 mins
Sam Aldhaher is a power engineer and 3D graphic artist, his Blender visualizations have helped many people understand how RF flows in a variety of circuits. Sam joins Chris to talk about how to get started in Blender and the variety of tools available once you do.
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#694 – Voltage, Vibes, and VOCs

May 21, 2025 • 71 mins
In this episode, Dave and Chris cover environmental monitoring, trade shows, manufacturing, tariffs, new test equipment, and AI coding.
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#693 – Small Scale Electronics Manufacturing with Colin O’Flynn

May 13, 2025 • 78 mins
Colin O'Flynn returns to The Amp Hour for a 3rd time to talk about recent developments in security, FPGAs, small scale electronics manufacturing, and the world of academia.
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#692 – Like a steam engine in your house

April 15, 2025 • 73 mins
In this episode Dave and Chris discuss solar installs, wacky tariffs, peak power pricing, tiny electronics, oscilloscope triggering, and more.
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#691 – System Designer Lets You Try Every Part with Michael Gielda

March 23, 2025 • 71 mins
Michael Gielda returns to the show (for a third time) to talk about the work Antmicro is doing to extend hardware, firmware, and silicon design. Their new tool System Designer allows even more high level testing of full systems, in addition to their popular Renode tool.
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#690 – Clap on, clap off, lights flicker

March 11, 2025 • 62 mins
Dave and Chris discuss bluetooth boards, what happens when batteries leak, new cellular capabilities in iPhones, AC flicker, old oscilloscopes, and more!
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#689 – A Jumperless Breadboard with Kevin Cappuccio

February 25, 2025 • 74 mins
Kevin Cappuccio joins Chris to talk about the Jumperless Breadboard, an advanced platform for prototyping and interacting with circuits that you place onto the breadboard.
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#688 – The Tandy Train

February 11, 2025 • 70 mins
Dave and Chris discuss the Tandy 200, test equipment cashflow, the return of the Pebble watch, GPT trying its hand at CAD, solar output...and more
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#687 – The RP2350 with the Raspberry Pi Team

January 28, 2025
The RP2350 from Raspberry Pi is a dual dual-core (Cortex-M33 and Hazard 3 RISC V) microcontroller with extensive peripherals. Some of the Raspberry Pi team (James Adams, Chris Boross, Liam Fraser, Luke Wren) join Chris to discuss how the chip evolved from the RP2040, including interesting security and lower power enhancements.
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#686 – A Benchtop Pick and Place with Stephen Hawes

January 21, 2025
Stephen Hawes started Opulo, a company that builds the Lumen Benchtop Pick and Place. Opulo designs open source hardware and sane software for building your own PCBs in your lab.
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#685 – Data Provenance in the Home, Server, and Fab

December 23, 2024
This week Chris and Dave discuss the changes at Intel, being in control data in your home lab, bogus copyright claims for repair videos, and more!
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#684 – Lee Felsenstein: The Computer Revolution & Counterculture

December 10, 2024
A full 3 hour discussion with the legendary Lee Felsenstein, designer of the Osborne 1, SOL computer, VDM-1, Pennywhistle modem, and the inventor of social media.
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#683 – Troubleshooting is the skill

November 20, 2024
Chris and Dave discuss updated house wiring, making smart relays capable of switching power, how to design a linear supply, and using AI tools to help troubleshoot code (but NOT layout)
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#682 – Your Mind Is The Tool

November 5, 2024
Chris and Dave discuss troubleshooting a dead short in a PCB, the slow march of time, retirements, whether 2 layers is sufficient on PCBs, and much more!
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#681 – Compact High Speed Design with Lukas Henkel

October 30, 2024
Lukas Henkel, CEO of OV Tech, joins Chris to talk about high speed design while utilizing incredibly small form factors. They discuss open source SIPs, a CM4 replacement board, FEM modeling, and more!
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#680 – Catching Rockets with Musk Sticks

October 21, 2024
Chris and Dave discuss identifying boards, amazing rocket catches, recent travel to trade shows, the impacts of the floods on the supply chain, EV charging, and more!
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#679 – Satellite Design Engineering with Dan Esparon

October 10, 2024
Dan Esparon from Inovor Technologies in South Australia joins Dave to discuss all about the engineering of designing and launching satellites!
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