# Arduino, IndiGoGo and Hack-a-Day - Doodad Dealer Dancing

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2013-07-17
- Length: 1h 16m
- Episode: 154
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2013-07-17-arduino-indigogo-and-hack-a-day-doodad-dealer-dancing
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/the-amp-hour-154-doodad-dealer-dancing/

## Summary

Chris Gammell and Dave Jones discuss the Hackaday community's campaign to buy the website and form a non-profit, contrasting fixed vs. flexible funding on Indiegogo. They critique a pseudoscientific 'thought phone' called the TARC and debate the economic impact of non-profit Arduino clones on the open-source hardware ecosystem. The hosts also review new Microchip microcontrollers, the LT3081 voltage regulator, and online CAD tools like Upverter.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2013-07-17-arduino-indigogo-and-hack-a-day-doodad-dealer-dancing#t=0) Introduction and New York Meetup
- [6:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2013-07-17-arduino-indigogo-and-hack-a-day-doodad-dealer-dancing#t=363) Hackaday Non-Profit Campaign and Indiegogo Funding Models
- [13:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2013-07-17-arduino-indigogo-and-hack-a-day-doodad-dealer-dancing#t=807) The TARC 'Thought Phone' and Pseudoscience
- [18:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2013-07-17-arduino-indigogo-and-hack-a-day-doodad-dealer-dancing#t=1081) Non-Profit Arduino Clones and Open Source Economics
- [34:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2013-07-17-arduino-indigogo-and-hack-a-day-doodad-dealer-dancing#t=2082) Microchip Microcontrollers and Soldering Techniques
- [43:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2013-07-17-arduino-indigogo-and-hack-a-day-doodad-dealer-dancing#t=2632) ARRL Encryption Petition and Disaster Recovery Networks
- [49:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2013-07-17-arduino-indigogo-and-hack-a-day-doodad-dealer-dancing#t=2942) Vendor Relations and Supply Chain Dynamics
- [58:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2013-07-17-arduino-indigogo-and-hack-a-day-doodad-dealer-dancing#t=3513) Upverter Online CAD and GitHub for Hardware
- [1:04:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2013-07-17-arduino-indigogo-and-hack-a-day-doodad-dealer-dancing#t=3868) LT3081 Voltage Regulator Review

## Topics

- [Crowdfunding & preorders](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/crowdfunding)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Analog & power electronics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/analog-and-power-electronics)
- [EDA & CAD tools](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/eda-and-cad-tools)
- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- NetBurner (company)
- Hackaday (other)
- Indiegogo (other)
- TARC (product)
- Arduino (product)
- Microchip (company)
- Upverter (tool)
- LT3081 (chip)
- ARRL (other)
- Blue Giga (company)

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