The Amp Hour

Ceramic capacitors & High end scopes - Kempt Kickstarter Kakorrhaphiophobia

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  • Dave has a new $140K oscilloscope in his lab! Amazing how he wouldn't use it normally. 
  • Rental companies will happily rent you one for less.
  • Dave is getting a new MakerBot Repicator soon. One of the employees there printed a box for the uCurrent.
  • MakerBot was at ComicCon, where Seth Green seemed to like them.
  • Marcus of Little Bird electronics recently got VC funding for the Ninja Blocks, a successfully funded project on Kickstarter.
  • Will KS become a hunting ground for hungry VCs?
  • Nathan Seidle of Sparkfun recently wrote/spoke about "The Pit of Despair", when Kickstarter projects are big, but not big enough to quit your job.
  • Ian Daniher and Kevin Mehall of Nonolith Labs, wrote a response (after being used as an example "Pit") about the benefits of starting a company that way.
  • Elon Musk took some risks once he cashed out of PayPal: 
  • Dave enjoyed the documentary called, "The Revenge of the Electric Car", which featured Elon.
  • Do you know how ceramic capacitors are made? Johnson Dielectrics details their process.
  • Library and BOM management is quite a hassle. How do you manage it?
  • The Component Organizeris a small, cross platform, open source application for managing BOMs and stock.
  • One of the interns at Octopart is working on "Historical Part Pricing" to let us know what parts cost over time.
  • Bob Dobkin agrees with Chris (ha! More in the other direction) about the importance of being connected to a fab.
  • Foundries are growing overall, but TSMC still is the most dominant player (by a lot!).
  • Will the Memristor deliver in 2014 as HP/Hynix says it will? Can it compete with entrenched technologies?
  • Next week on the show, Chris Anderson of Wired and DIYdrones. Get your questions in now! (or vote on others')
    • As Chris said at the end of the show, we would appreciate reviews and ratings wherever you can find us. The iTunes store is a good start.  And don't forget, a great way to chat about the latest episode or anything else electronics that might be on your mind is on the Discuss Server. See you there!
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