# Analog Components, First Person Flying and Idea Ownership

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2010-11-02
- Length: 1h 00m
- Episode: 15
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2010-11-02-analog-components-first-person-flying-and-idea-ownership
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/the-amp-hour-15-analog-components-first-person-flying-and-idea-ownership/

## Summary

Hosts Dave Jones and Chris Gammell discuss the open-source chip design software Electric and the MOSIS fabrication service, noting the high costs and specialized nature of custom silicon. They analyze the business model of Instructables, criticizing its requirement for user registration to access open-source project files, and debate the ethics of employment contracts that claim ownership of employees' personal ideas. The episode concludes with a technical discussion on analog components, emphasizing the educational value of operational block diagrams in data sheets from companies like Linear Technology and Texas Instruments.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2010-11-02-analog-components-first-person-flying-and-idea-ownership#t=0) Introduction and Documentary Shout-outs
- [8:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2010-11-02-analog-components-first-person-flying-and-idea-ownership#t=531) First-Person Flying and MythBusters
- [14:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2010-11-02-analog-components-first-person-flying-and-idea-ownership#t=882) Open Source Chip Design with Electric and MOSIS
- [19:43](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2010-11-02-analog-components-first-person-flying-and-idea-ownership#t=1183) Element14, Newark, and Conference Sponsorships
- [25:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2010-11-02-analog-components-first-person-flying-and-idea-ownership#t=1501) Poken USB Business Card and Chip Marking
- [43:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2010-11-02-analog-components-first-person-flying-and-idea-ownership#t=2580) Idea Ownership and Employment Contracts
- [53:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2010-11-02-analog-components-first-person-flying-and-idea-ownership#t=3196) Analog Components and Data Sheet Education

## Topics

- [Open-source hardware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/open-source-hardware)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [Analog & power electronics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/analog-and-power-electronics)
- [Intellectual property](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/intellectual-property)
- [Creator business](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/creator-business)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Electric (tool)
- MOSIS (company)
- Instructables (company)
- Element14 (company)
- Newark (company)
- Farnell (company)
- Poken (product)
- Renesas (company)
- Microchip (company)
- Linear Technology (company)
- Texas Instruments (company)
- Zoom H1 (tool)

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