# Ardui...no Dave This Week?

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2010-10-07
- Length: 1h 03m
- Episode: 11
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2010-10-07-ardui-no-dave-this-week
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/the-amp-hour-11-ardui-no-dave-this-week/

## Summary

Jeff Keyzer of MightyOhm joins the show to discuss the newly released Arduino Uno, highlighting its shift from a proprietary FTDI USB-to-serial chip to an open-source AVR-based solution using the LUFA stack. He details specific manufacturing quality issues, such as tombstoned resistors, and notes that the Arduino team is responding by investing in automated visual inspection systems. Keyzer also previews an upcoming book co-authored with Mitch Altman, which aims to teach AVR programming through hands-on projects for beginners.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2010-10-07-ardui-no-dave-this-week#t=0) Introduction: Jeff Keyzer and MightyOhm
- [4:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2010-10-07-ardui-no-dave-this-week#t=255) Jeff Keyzer's Engineering Background and Career
- [8:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2010-10-07-ardui-no-dave-this-week#t=494) Critique of Electronics Trade Magazines and Social Media
- [19:21](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2010-10-07-ardui-no-dave-this-week#t=1161) Arduino Uno Hardware Review and LUFA Stack
- [37:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2010-10-07-ardui-no-dave-this-week#t=2267) Arduino Uno Quality Issues and Manufacturing Response
- [43:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2010-10-07-ardui-no-dave-this-week#t=2632) Scaling Small Hardware Companies and Open Source Manufacturing
- [50:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2010-10-07-ardui-no-dave-this-week#t=3005) Upcoming Book with Mitch Altman and STEM Education

## Topics

- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Quality & yield](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/quality-and-yield)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Open-source hardware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/open-source-hardware)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- MightyOhm (company)
- Arduino Uno (product)
- FTDI (chip)
- Atmega 8U2 (chip)
- LUFA (other)
- SparkFun (company)
- Adafruit (company)
- No Starch Press (company)

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