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Past Episodes
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  - The Amp Hour #135 -- X-ray Examining Xenogogue
    March 4, 2013, 22:06
    Mike Harrison of Mike's Electric Stuff joins Chris and Dave to talk about his work in the field of large LED installation and tearing stuff apart.
  - The Amp Hour #134 -- Google's Ground Gurgitation
    February 25, 2013, 22:46
    Sometimes in electronics you need to get your hands dirty. And sometimes that dirt is toxic. Chris and Dave discuss past safety situations and how companies…
  - The Amp Hour #133 - Tenacious Transistor Teacher
    February 18, 2013, 23:01
    Ron Quan, author of a new book on building transistor radios, joins Chris and Dave to talk about the video industry, his audio and analog experience and of…
  - The Amp Hour #132 -- Vacuuous Vortex Verification
    February 11, 2013, 23:37
    Dave returns from sticking his hand in the beam of a particle accelerator without super powers. Chris complains about context in education.
  - The Amp Hour #131 -- Necessary Networked Novelty
    February 4, 2013, 23:32
    Andrew Seddon joins Chris to talk about CircuitHub, the UK electronics scene, embedded electronics and venture capital funding.
  - The Amp Hour #130 -- Awful Airplane Aeration
    January 28, 2013, 22:43
    Chris and Dave discuss recent battery issues at Boeing, finding your startup match, places to practice math and where to find footprints for your pretty PCB
  - The Amp Hour #129 -- Device Doubling Decretum
    January 22, 2013, 00:57
    Brett Fox and Dr Jeroen Fonderie stop by The Amp Hour to talk shop, low power semiconductors, running a fabless analog startup and much more!
  - The Amp Hour #128 -- Kedogenous Kinetic Knowledge
    January 15, 2013, 00:50
    Dave and Chris talk about layout problems and all the time associated with developing a good design. Also how long learning to do something well can take.
  - The Amp Hour #127 -- Quirky Qualitative Questions
    January 7, 2013, 23:44
    Ringing power supplies, subzero temperatures and learning recommendations. After a break over the holidays, Dave and Chris answer some user submitted questions.…
  - The Amp Hour #126 -- Yearly Yeasty Yapping
    December 17, 2012, 23:23
    Chris and Dave take on the final show for 2012 by discussing chip company problems, eReaders, datasheets, board assembly and the decision to manufacture close…
  - The Amp Hour #125 -- Bus Buccaneer Builder
    December 11, 2012, 00:26
    Ian from Dangerous Prototypes stops in to chat with Chris and Dave about open hardware, manufacturing in China, distributed R&D and building a large community…
  - The Amp Hour #124 -- Urging Unemployment Ullagone
    December 3, 2012, 23:49
    Chris and Dave dive into a topic not yet covered in The Amp Hour: resumes. Also dying on Mars, insourcing,start up salaries, enclosures and more.
  - The Amp Hour #123 -- Innoxious Implant Innovator
    November 27, 2012, 01:12
    Jon Oxer joins Chris and Dave to talk about home automation, the electronic kit business, the RFID chip he implanted in his arm and a whole lot more!
  - The Amp Hour #122 -- Plentiful Perfunctory Programs
    November 19, 2012, 23:28
    Chris and Dave lament the ending of certain eras (processors, CEOs, soldering irons) and the rise of new trends (browser based tools, lack of space focus).
  - The Amp Hour #121 -- Creative China Commorant
    November 12, 2012, 00:21
    Zach stops in from his home base in Shenzhen, where he is working with the HAXLR8R program, recruiting the next generation of hardware startups. Interested?
  - The Amp Hour #120 -- Mugwumps Mulling Milling
    November 5, 2012, 00:00
    Chris and Dave talk storms, redundancies, power, 7400 series logic, prototyping, elections, millimeter waves, machining, startups, accelerators and more!
  - The Amp Hour #119 -- Luculent Linear Legacy
    October 28, 2012, 23:36
    Dr Kent Lundberg joins Chris and Dave to talk analog, scopes, teaching, control systems, consulting, synthesizers, book collecting and lots more!
  - The Amp Hour #118 -- Facinorous Financial Foulness
    October 21, 2012, 22:42
    Chris and Dave get talking about the intersection of money and electronics and all the craziness that can ensue.
  - TheAmpHour #117 -- Undulating Utensil Utility
    October 14, 2012, 23:28
    Alan Wolke (W2AEW, @AlanAtTek) joins Chris and Dave to discuss work as an FAE, prior lives working for telecom startups and being a full time ham operator and…
  - The Amp Hour #116 -- Early Eight-bit Endgame
    October 7, 2012, 23:10
    Chris and Dave cover distribution, 8 bit micros, the Woz in Oz, robots and more!
  - The Amp Hour #115 -- Watcher of Wraithlike Walls
    October 1, 2012, 09:20
    Dr Greg Charvat joins Chris and Dave to talk radar, ham radio, tube amplifiers, home experiments, hardware startups and lots more!
  - The Amp Hour #114 -- Judging Jurisdictional Junctures
    September 23, 2012, 22:54
    Jeff stops by to chat wit h Chris and Dave about open hardware, Kickstarter rule changes and manufacturing electronics.
  - The Amp Hour #113 -- Sudden SinoAmerican Synthesis
    September 16, 2012, 22:40
    Scott Miller of Dragon Innovation joins Chris and Dave to talk about high volume manufacturing in China and how to navigate the common pitfalls.
  - The Amp Hour #112 -- Ardent Automotive Artisan
    September 9, 2012, 22:44
    Bob Simpson joins Chris and Dave to discuss his business of designing and building electric vehicles. We talk about batteries, charging, power requirements,…
  - The Amp Hour #111 -- Demonstrative DIP Dacrygelosis
    September 3, 2012, 22:02
    Dave and Chris wing it after the planned guest needed to cancel last minute. Talk about Shenzhen wages, DIP projects, OSHW logos and trade booths.
  - The Amp Hour #110 -- Outstanding Oneirophoros Obituaries
    August 26, 2012, 21:41
    We mourn the loss of two greats, Neil Armstrong and Hans Camenzind. We also discuss museums, working with dev boards, high end computing and low court battles.
  - The Amp Hour #109 -- Hexagram Hardware Holism
    August 19, 2012, 23:17
    Larry Sears joins Chris and Dave to talk about his journey from starting design and build company to selling it and sponsoring future innovators
  - The Amp Hour #108 -- Reprobate Replicator Replication
    August 12, 2012, 21:56
    Dave and Chris discuss the finer points of open projects and dream up starting one of their own. Also landings on foreign worlds and power outages in foreign…
  - The Amp Hour #107 -- Millimeter Microwave Magician
    August 6, 2012, 01:13
    Tony Long joins Chris to talk GHz radios, HAM as a hobby, building radios, testing them and machining metal pipes for the frequencies.
  - The Amp Hour #106 -- Temperative Tegmen Temperature
    July 29, 2012, 22:49
    Chris has a new project, Dave is getting to business on his power supply and much more from two guys that could be Olympic complainers.
  - The Amp Hour #105 -- Deambulatory Daedal Drones
    July 23, 2012, 08:22
    Chris Anderson joins Dave and Chris to talk DIY Drones, Makers, Manufacturing, Electronics, Community, Publishing and lots more.
  - The Amp Hour #104 -- Kempt Kickstarter Kakorrhaphiophobia
    July 15, 2012, 23:57
    Dave and Chris discuss Kickstarter projects, ceramic capacitors, high end scopes, BOM tools, memristors and lots more!
  - Discuss Server Working Again
    July 9, 2012, 19:48
    Sorry about the mixup. A few updates on other parts of the server caused the redirection to break on the Discuss Server. If you ever notice that in the…
  - The Amp Hour #103 -- Xenodochial Xilinx Ex-Employee
    July 8, 2012, 23:23
    Philip Freidin of Fliptronics joins Dave and Chris to talk about his work at AMD, Xilinx and the state of the industry.
  - The Amp Hour #102 -- Gouging Green Gardyloo
    July 2, 2012, 00:04
    Dave and Chris start by talking about energy and end up talking about silicon eventually.
  - The Amp Hour #101 -- Quality Quadrature Quidam
    June 24, 2012, 23:24
    Matt Ettus of Ettus Research (and NI) stops by The Amp Hour to talk software defined radio and the future of the airwaves.
  - The Amp Hour #100 -- Bonkers Birthday Badinage
    June 17, 2012, 23:58
    Dave and Chris discuss birthdays, discussion forums, fab building, chip building, cheap devices, expensive chips, job seeking and much more! Happy 100th…
  - The Amp Hour #99 -- Impavid Ideopraxist Insider
    June 11, 2012, 00:00
    Steve Leibson joins Chris and Dave for a chat about the EDA industry, Steve's work with HP and various tech companies and the future of chips.
  - The Amp Hour #98 -- Proemial Passive Poiesis
    June 3, 2012, 23:25
    Dave and Chris discuss active component makers now making passive components! Also kit making, FPGA kits, 4 bits and a bit of news in the Test and Measurement…
  - The Amp Hour #97 -- Morbus Moilsome MakerFaire
    May 27, 2012, 23:00
    Welcome, Eben Upton of the Raspberry Pi Project! Chris just got back from Maker Faire! Is there a stigma against…
  - The Amp Hour #96 -- Senseless Saccadic Shemozzle
    May 20, 2012, 22:51
    A bit of a mixed bag episode. Chris is off to Maker Faire, and Dave likes to carry a man bag.
  - The Amp Hour #95 -- Feracious Fabless Facilitator
    May 13, 2012, 21:45
    Welcome Øyvind Janbu, CTO of Energy Micro! Øyvind went to school in Trondheim where there are multiple schools and…
  - The Amp Hour #94 -- Gnomic Gazumping Gobemouche
    May 6, 2012, 23:21
    We'll be interviewing Øyvind Janbu, the CTO and co-founder of Energy Micro next week! We'll have a separate post for asking him questions. Chris…
  - The Amp Hour #93 -- Cacaesthestic Chronometric Carriwitchet
    April 30, 2012, 20:57
    Tom LeMense joins Chris and Dave to talk about his experiences in designing circuits for autos. He's worked at many different places throughout SE Michigan.
  - The Amp Hour #92 -- Vellicate Videogame Vocation
    April 22, 2012, 22:34
    Jeff Keyzer joins Chris and Dave to talk about working at his new job at Valve. We discuss their company culture, handbook and lots of other stuff.
  - The Amp Hour #91 -- Idiographical Interconnect Intorsion
    April 15, 2012, 22:36
    Dave and Chris talk connectors, OSHW, Raspberry Pi, Old magazines, more connectors, patents and a lot more!
  - The Amp Hour #90 -- Chaffered Chocolate Coemption
    April 8, 2012, 22:18
    Dave and Chris prepare for cheap chocolate Monday by discussing Jim Williams, old transistor manuals, hardware conferences, component storage, sharing SPICE…
  - The Amp Hour #89 -- Dissimulated Demigration Dontopedalogy
    April 2, 2012, 22:49
    Dave and Chris admit their foolery, it was a sham! We also talk Raspberry Pi, high volume manufacturing, wireless EEPROMS, Freescale Chips, ARM cores and more!
  - The Amp Hour #88.5 -- Telematic Tested Tacenda
    April 1, 2012, 00:14
    Dave and Chris have some news about the show!
  - The Amp Hour #88 -- Yonderly Yodeling Yobbos
    March 25, 2012, 22:02
    Chris and Dave discuss reed switches,electric vehicles, CAD programs, design considerations, transformers, power monitoring and of course, yodeling.
  - The Amp Hour #87 -- Nascent Nonolith Numquid
    March 18, 2012, 21:38
    Welcome, Ian Daniher of Nonolith Labs! Ian was one of two developers on the CEE, a USB analog multitool. This was kicked off as a Kickstarte…
  - The Amp Hour #86 -- Emolumental Evaluation Emporetics
    March 11, 2012, 22:04
    Chris and Dave talk about sales and dealing with distributors/salesment. Dave talks about doing layout with tape and Chris brings up printed electronics (again)
  - The Amp Hour #85 -- Reputable Radio Reification
    March 4, 2012, 23:42
    We're showcasing other podcasts this week and asking more about you, our listener! Please take the survey on our episode page! New (or previously…
  - The Amp Hour #84 -- Bunnie's Bibelot Bonification
    February 27, 2012, 23:34
    Bunnie Huang joins Chris and Dave and talks about his work in China, his work on hacking hardware and lots of other electronics-y goodness.
  - The Amp Hour #83 -- Aggravating Agersia Agiotage
    February 19, 2012, 21:10
    Lots of talk about CAD, Education, Startups and China today!
  - The Amp Hour #82 -- Vecordious Vacation Variorum
    February 13, 2012, 21:44
    Chris is back from Hawaii, and we are joined once again by Jeff Keyzer of Mightyohm.com. All about Sabaticals, and trying to get out of working for…
  - The Amp Hour #81 -- Jersey Jeff Jactitation
    February 6, 2012, 21:36
    Whilst Chris is on his belated honeymoon, regular cohort Jeff Keyzer from Mightohm.com takes over. Jeff has been travelling again: He barely survived…
  - The Amp Hour #80 -- Otiose Ontocyclic Opiniasters
    January 29, 2012, 22:28
    Dave and Chris talk Arduino power supplies, MP3 projects, manufacturing on-shore and gray beards in Silicon Valley.
  - The Amp Hour #79 -- Ludibrious Luxating Layout
    January 23, 2012, 23:11
    Chris and Dave discuss the chinese new year, buying parts and boards locally, Jim Williams, kickstarter projects, board cutters, the OSE project and much more!
  - The Amp Hour #78 -- Alteritous Andy's Absquatulation
    January 16, 2012, 23:53
    Dave and Chris run through their latest projects, favorite chips and say goodbye to a YouTube guy that blew lots of stuff up.
  - The Amp Hour #77 -- Winsome Waveform Wizardry
    January 10, 2012, 00:16
    Dr. Howard Johnson, high speed signal integrity consultant, author and teacher stops by The Amp Hour to talk Black Magic and signals!
  - The Amp Hour #76 -- Fremescent Floccose Fortification
    January 2, 2012, 22:53
    Chris and Dave discuss the Open Source Ecology project, educational refactoring (again), Luddites, engineering certification, new music and lots more!
  - The Amp Hour #75 -- Sprauncy Saccadic Spintherism
    December 26, 2011, 23:05
    Ben Krasnow joins Chris and Dave to talk about his garage experimentation, education reform, tinkering, cooking and lots more!
  - The Amp Hour #74 -- Younker Youtube Yarling
    December 19, 2011, 22:48
    Dave and Chris talk about music, Youtube, benches, power supplies, R&D spending and the lack thereof.
  - The Amp Hour #73 -- Horrisonous Holiday Habromania
    December 12, 2011, 23:55
    Chris, Dave and Jeff talk holiday wish lists, ham radio call signs, toys, gear, kits and lots more!
  - The Amp Hour #72 -- Kismetic Keithley Katowse
    December 5, 2011, 22:22
    Chris details his leaving of Keithley Instruments for new ventures and Dave probes about the Test and Measurement industry.
  - The Amp Hour #71 -- Luciferous LED Lucubrator
    November 28, 2011, 23:55
    John Edmond, one of the co-founders of Cree and the current Director of Advanced Optoelectronics Technology stops by to talk LEDs with Chris and Dave.
  - The Amp Hour #70 --Idiorhythmic IPC Inconcinnity
    November 21, 2011, 22:45
    Chris and Dave talk about the pitfalls of consulting, the joys of thanksgiving, the wonders of ham radio and the oddness (to Dave) of moving snow off a…
  - The Amp Hour #69 — Quassating Quadcopter Quantophrenia
    November 15, 2011, 01:37
    This week Chris and Dave talk about a quadcopters, control loops, flying probers, engineering salaries and much more!
  - The Amp Hour #68 -- Technocratic Toilet Troubleshooting
    November 7, 2011, 23:15
    Dave and Chris discuss troubleshooting, decorating offices, radiation chips and old package types.
  - The Amp Hour #67 -- Haussmannized Halloween Hypostrophe
    October 31, 2011, 23:08
    Dave and Chris talk about nerdy Halloweens, BeagleBoard successors, CAD programs, OSHW, Robots, India and lots more!
  - The Amp Hour #66 -- Xenomorphic Xerox Xebec
    October 24, 2011, 23:35
    Chris, Dave and Jeff talk about amateur radio, the IEEE's marginal benefit and magnets in China and what happens when they stop selling them!
  - The Amp Hour #65 -- Dave's Dingo Dystocia
    October 17, 2011, 22:42
    Dave and Chris discuss dingo projects, dying pioneers, audio ADCs, seismic measurements, tiny parts and lots more!
  - The Amp Hour #64 -- Maundering Memristor Mathematicaster
    October 10, 2011, 23:09
    Chris and Dave debate the merits of OSHW funding, the possibility of an actual memristor device "on the shelf" and when to rework products based on cost.
  - The Amp Hour #63 -- Pick and Place Palillogy
    October 3, 2011, 23:38
    Chris and Dave talk about Dave's new lab space, Pick and Place machines, shop bots, 450 mm fabs, tech campuses and lots more!
  - The Amp Hour #62 -- Narquois Nerd Nescience
    September 26, 2011, 22:31
    Dave and Chris discuss op amps, the TI/National merger, new microcontrollers, printable electronics, switchers, battery charging and much more!
  - The Amp Hour #61 -- Gallimaufry GaN Gabble
    September 19, 2011, 22:24
    Dave, Chris and Jeff talk all about the Open Source Hardware convention, GaN and SiC devices, Moore's Law and lots more!
  - The Amp Hour #60 -- Pancyclopaedic Prototyping Polymath
    September 12, 2011, 22:19
    Electrical Engineer and Inventor Joe Grand joins Chris and Dave to talk about hacking electronics, engineering on TV and inventing and manufacturing electronics…
  - The Amp Hour #59 -- Bonafide BeagleBoard Bionomics
    September 5, 2011, 22:42
    Chris, Dave, Jeff Keyzer and Jason Kridner talk all manner of embedded computing and electronics. Updates on the BeagleBoard project and the chaos communication…
  - The Amp Hour #58 -- Zappy Zendik Zoilism
    August 29, 2011, 2