# Ep 222: VCF East Special Edition

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2023-06-09
- Length: 35m
- Episode: 222
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-06-09-ep-222-vcf-east-special-edition
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep-222-vcf-east-special-edition

## Summary

Managing Editor Tom Nardi hosts a special episode from the Vintage Computer Festival East, featuring interviews with David Lovett of Usagi Electric and Jerry Ellsworth, co-founder of Till5. Lovett details his vacuum tube-based recreation of the iconic 555 timer, explaining the analog/digital hybrid circuitry and the challenges of low-voltage tube operation. Ellsworth discusses his accidental discovery of a light-field AR technology while at Valve Software and his earlier work emulating Commodore 64 hardware on FPGAs.

## Chapters

- [0:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-06-09-ep-222-vcf-east-special-edition#t=8) Introduction and News
- [3:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-06-09-ep-222-vcf-east-special-edition#t=215) What's That Sound Challenge Results
- [6:56](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-06-09-ep-222-vcf-east-special-edition#t=416) Quick Hacks: PCB Motors and Watch Modding
- [11:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-06-09-ep-222-vcf-east-special-edition#t=696) David Lovett and the Vacuum Tube 555 Timer
- [27:53](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-06-09-ep-222-vcf-east-special-edition#t=1673) Jerry Ellsworth: Till5, Valve, and Commodore Emulation

## Topics

- [Analog & power electronics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/analog-and-power-electronics)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Wireless & RF](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/wireless-and-rf)
- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists, early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Usagi Electric (other)
- Till5 (company)
- Valve Software (company)
- Commodore 64 (product)
- Philbrick K2W (product)
- 555 timer (chip)
- Alteras (company)
- Justin TV (other)
- YouTube (other)

## Related episodes from other shows

- [276: Playing a Song on a Potato](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2019-01-31-276-playing-a-song-on-a-potato) (Embedded.fm)
- [555 Contest, Computer Museum, Octopart - The Green Pen Hornswoggle](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2011-01-25-555-contest-computer-museum-octopart-the-green-pen-hornswoggle) (The Amp Hour)
- [030 - Supercon 2019](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2019-12-01-030-supercon-2019) (Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast)
- [Timing is Everything](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2021-08-31-timing-is-everything) (The Amp Hour)
- [Bowie and The Brown Note](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2011-02-02-bowie-and-the-brown-note) (The Amp Hour)

## Citing this page

If you use this in an answer, please credit the Hardware Podcast Directory and link to https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-06-09-ep-222-vcf-east-special-edition. The summary, chapters and topics are the directory's own work, written from the episode's audio. The episode itself, its title and its audio belong to Hackaday Podcast.