The Amp Hour

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  • We will no longer be using the alliterative titles for our episodes. Our "secret" source of words was phrontistery.info and luciferous logolepsy
  • We appreciated everyone who filled out our survey! A lot of people suggested guests that have already been on, check out our list to hear old episodes.
  • fbz (guest two episodes ago) got funded on the scarf project! Kickstarter funding can be a tricky and annoying game. 
  • Past guest Andreas Olaffson from Adapteva wrote about how he'll never do another campaign 
  • Selling tools are usually terrible, Dave still loathes using eBay.
  • The idea of a smartphone with community design seems like a tenuous proposition.
  • Dave using to use delta sigma ADCs that only Cirrus and Analog made while working at Circel/Tally's. There were only about 5 customers.
  • When determining features for general chips, you need to throw in everything. Espressif was talking about their new features on Twitter.
  • The ESP8266 is a story of bottom up success, similar to the stories discussed in the Innovator's Dilemma.
  • Though Dave doesn't like Chris talking about the book, it's the same story for companies like Rigol.
  • Steve has a great way for sorting out parts in his lab.
  • COTW: The AD8232
  • Scotty was right!
  • This Coin teardown was interesting, showing how they handle the mag strip on a credit card. Dave says that you cannot even use mag strip in Australia, it's all chip and pin.
  • Tesla announces Ludicrous speed. It achieves higher speed by improving fusing on the pack.
  • Chris (was) is at a Hackaday event.
  • Dave will be at the upcoming Sydney maker faire.
  • The Flux Capacitor shirt is for sale again. As is the 555 shirt.
  • Chris thought the Accuweather app was like BTTF
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