# Troubleshooting, PCBs and LEDs - Quaintized Quich Quelling

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2013-08-28
- Length: 1h 11m
- Episode: 160
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2013-08-28-troubleshooting-pcbs-and-leds-quaintized-quich-quelling
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/the-amp-hour-160-quaintized-quich-quelling/

## Summary

Dave Jones of EEVBlog and Chris Gammell of Contextual Electronics discuss the logistical nightmare of shipping 9,700 PCB rulers from a successful Possible campaign, including PayPal account freezes and optimizing postage. They analyze a reference PCB designed by Star Simpson and Sam from Octopart for component package comparison, debate the merits of local versus international hiring for digital work, and critique a University of Washington paper on RF backscatter communication. The episode concludes with news on the Ubuntu Edge crowdfunding failure, Samsung's design contest, and an FPGA-driven CRT vector monitor project by Todd Bailey.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2013-08-28-troubleshooting-pcbs-and-leds-quaintized-quich-quelling#t=0) Introduction and Dave's Illness
- [6:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2013-08-28-troubleshooting-pcbs-and-leds-quaintized-quich-quelling#t=382) Crowdfunding Logistics and PayPal Issues
- [13:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2013-08-28-troubleshooting-pcbs-and-leds-quaintized-quich-quelling#t=817) Octopart Reference PCB and Component Sizing
- [26:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2013-08-28-troubleshooting-pcbs-and-leds-quaintized-quich-quelling#t=1602) International Hiring and Local Manufacturing
- [40:11](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2013-08-28-troubleshooting-pcbs-and-leds-quaintized-quich-quelling#t=2411) Troubleshooting Frustrations and RF Backscatter
- [53:59](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2013-08-28-troubleshooting-pcbs-and-leds-quaintized-quich-quelling#t=3239) LED Puzzles, Vector Monitors, and Meetups
- [58:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2013-08-28-troubleshooting-pcbs-and-leds-quaintized-quich-quelling#t=3499) Ubuntu Edge, Samsung Contest, and HackRF

## Topics

- [Crowdfunding & preorders](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/crowdfunding)
- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)
- [Wireless & RF](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/wireless-and-rf)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- EEVBlog (company)
- Contextual Electronics (company)
- Octopart (company)
- Possible (other)
- SparkFun (company)
- Ubuntu Edge (product)
- HackRF (product)
- Vectrex (product)

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