The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast

Chris Gammell and Dave Jones' voices span the chasm of thousands of miles each and every week to speak to each other and industry experts about where the field of electronics is moving. Whether it be a late breaking story about a large semiconductor manufacturer, a new piece of must-have test equipment or just talking through recent issues with their circuit designs, Chris and Dave try to make electronics more accessible for the listeners. Most importantly, they try and make the field of electronics more fun. Guests range from advanced hobbyists working on exciting new projects up through C-level executives at a variety of relevant and innovative companies. Tune in to learn more about electronics and then join the conversation! Visit The Amp Hour website for our back catalog of 150+ episodes.

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#362 – Secret Squirrel


  • Chris was at Maker Faire last weekend and will be at the Open Hardware Summit this week.
  • Jim Williams app note 28 about thermocouples
  • Dave is still investigating the LT3780 among other chips.
  • The PC/104 standard was before Arduino or other modern dev boards. Dave has been playing around with one he found in his collection. This uses the ISA bus standard.
  • The early ones Dave developed on had a 386.
  • These ran DOS programs. Dave often ran Novell DOS.
  • The best ones had “disk on chip” from m-systems
  • Chris was impressed with the shrunk down System on Module (OSD355x) that’s on the Beagle Pocket.
  • We’ve had Jason Kridner on the show before but will hopefully chat with him again soon.
  • Gene Kranz was a NASA flight director. Gene Frantz did the Speak and Spell and helped found Octavo systems
  • Two fish were in a tank
  • Bart Dring (formerly of Inventables) built some crazy robots for a local Chicago meetup.
  • Andrew Witte (CTO of Pebble) was formerly on the show
  • Working on Pebble taught Eric Micgovsky about hardware.
  • Gerry from Civionics
  • Former guest Zach Dunham (who works at Kickstarter) has a new podcast called The Prepared.
  • AvE did a video about the BioLite charger/stove and using conformal coating on it.

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 October 2, 2017  1h11m