# Manufacturing By Wire And Skipping Testing - Calefacient Cuculine Cash

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2014-01-29
- Length: 1h 13m
- Episode: 182
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-01-29-manufacturing-by-wire-and-skipping-testing-calefacient-cuculine-cash
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/182-manufacturing-by-wire-and-skipping-testing-calefacient-cuculine-cash/

## Summary

Dave Jones of EEVblog and Chris Gammell of Contextual Electronics discuss the challenges of hardware manufacturing, including the impact of Chinese New Year shutdowns and the decision to skip expensive automated testing for the Microcurrent device to save costs. They analyze the $3.2 billion Google acquisition of Nest, debating whether it was a purchase of talent or a corporate money-laundering scheme, and review new tools like CircuitHub that streamline PCB fabrication and assembly for small batches. The conversation also covers Dave's experience with his Kickstarter campaign, the use of a robotic arm for life testing, and the technical details of NSA spy gadgets released by Edward Snowden.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-01-29-manufacturing-by-wire-and-skipping-testing-calefacient-cuculine-cash#t=0) Introduction: Dave Jones and Chris Gammell on Project Delays
- [7:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-01-29-manufacturing-by-wire-and-skipping-testing-calefacient-cuculine-cash#t=472) NSA Spy Gadgets and Snowden Data Sheets
- [18:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-01-29-manufacturing-by-wire-and-skipping-testing-calefacient-cuculine-cash#t=1135) Microcurrent Kickstarter Update and Assembly
- [24:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-01-29-manufacturing-by-wire-and-skipping-testing-calefacient-cuculine-cash#t=1487) CircuitHub: One-Click PCB Fabrication and Assembly
- [35:38](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-01-29-manufacturing-by-wire-and-skipping-testing-calefacient-cuculine-cash#t=2138) Robotic Arm for Life Testing and Validation
- [40:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-01-29-manufacturing-by-wire-and-skipping-testing-calefacient-cuculine-cash#t=2436) Skipping Testing and Design for Manufacturing
- [50:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-01-29-manufacturing-by-wire-and-skipping-testing-calefacient-cuculine-cash#t=3046) Google's $3.2 Billion Acquisition of Nest
- [1:01:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-01-29-manufacturing-by-wire-and-skipping-testing-calefacient-cuculine-cash#t=3707) Tech CEO Wage Fixing and Silicon Valley Culture

## Topics

- [Crowdfunding & preorders](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/crowdfunding)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Pricing, margins & unit economics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pricing-and-unit-economics)
- [Design for manufacturing & NPI](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/design-for-manufacturing)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- EEVblog (other)
- Contextual Electronics (other)
- NSA (other)
- Edward Snowden (other)
- CircuitHub (other)
- Microcurrent (product)
- Nest (product)
- Google (company)
- KiCad (tool)
- Eagle (tool)
- Altium (tool)
- Octopart (other)
- Arduino (other)
- MakerBot (product)

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