The Amp Hour

Eating An Elephant

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  • Welcome to our two guest hosts!
    • Michael from Programming Electronics Academy (formerly Open Source Hardware Group)
    • Dan from Rheingold Heavy (he set up a special page for listeners of The Amp Hour)
    • Podcasts!
      • Michael used to run the OSHWG podcast.
      • Dan was also on Embedded.fm in the past.
      • Dan started wanting to make boards that have sensors underwater... now there is the OpenROV community!
      • Chris mentioned a /r/bestof post about life before internet and how things were different.
      • Michael recommends only "Kind of knowing something", because it forces people to be comfortable with discomfort.
      • Dan has been working on "Arduino From Scratch" posts, spec'ing cap for output and wondering about the ESR of capacitors (Chris had no idea)
      • Mentors are critical for learning electronics.
      • Niche communities like /r/arduino and various stack exchange sites are great resources. Forums can be dicey (especially if you ask rookie questions without searching first...) but are a great localization of experts.
      • Thinking about getting started tomorrow for the first time? Michael recommends starting with a soldering kit.
      • The recently announced ($5) Raspberry Pi Zero kit will bring in new people to the hobby/field. 
        • Thanks to Dan and Michael for joining Chris on the show this week! Follow @RheingoldHeavy and @ProgElecAcademy on twitter for more!

        Thanks to Lucas Santana for the picture of the (intact) elephant

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