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An Interview with Eben Upton - Morbus Moilsome MakerFaire

The Amp Hour · 28 May 2012 · 1h 04m · Episode 97

What this episode covers

Chris Gammell and Dave Jones discuss the Maker Faire, covering the stigma against makers, the commercialization of the event, and specific projects like Jeff Kagan's Geiger counter and Jerry Hsu's roller-skating base. Gammell then interviews Eben Upton of the Raspberry Pi Foundation about the board's EMC certification, the Broadcom BCM2835 chip, the upcoming Model A, and the educational mission to get computers into schools.

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Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Broadcom, Element14, SparkFun, DesignSpark, RS Components
Products
Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Geiger counter, Gert Board, Model A, Model B
Chips
BCM2835

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