# An Interview with Eben Upton - Morbus Moilsome MakerFaire

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2012-05-28
- Length: 1h 04m
- Episode: 97
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-05-28-an-interview-with-eben-upton-morbus-moilsome-makerfaire
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/the-amp-hour-97-morbus-moilsome-makerfaire/

## Summary

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.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-05-28-an-interview-with-eben-upton-morbus-moilsome-makerfaire#t=0) Introduction and Maker Stigma
- [3:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-05-28-an-interview-with-eben-upton-morbus-moilsome-makerfaire#t=183) Maker Faire Experience and Projects
- [21:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-05-28-an-interview-with-eben-upton-morbus-moilsome-makerfaire#t=1314) Commercialization and Trade Show Culture
- [39:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-05-28-an-interview-with-eben-upton-morbus-moilsome-makerfaire#t=2368) Raspberry Pi EMC and Chip Architecture
- [1:01:25](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-05-28-an-interview-with-eben-upton-morbus-moilsome-makerfaire#t=3685) Raspberry Pi Model A and Future Plans

## Topics

- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Certification & compliance](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/certification-and-compliance)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Raspberry Pi (product)
- Broadcom (company)
- BCM2835 (chip)
- Arduino (product)
- Geiger counter (product)
- Element14 (company)
- SparkFun (company)
- DesignSpark (company)
- RS Components (company)
- Gert Board (product)
- Model A (product)
- Model B (product)

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