# Mike Ossmann Returns! - Planetic Portalab Packaging

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2014-05-14
- Length: 1h 19m
- Episode: 198
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-05-14-mike-ossmann-returns-planetic-portalab-packaging
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/198-mike-ossmann-returns-planetic-portalab-packaging/

## Summary

Michael Ossmann of Great Scott Gadgets discusses the Daisho project, an open-source hardware platform featuring an FPGA and a custom USB 3.0 core designed to avoid the high cost and bugs of commercial chipsets. He details the challenges of debugging USB 3.0 compliance using expensive LaCroix test instruments and explains how DARPA Cyber Fast Track funding enabled the development of this core. The conversation also covers the open-source hardware ecosystem in Colorado, the Novena modular computer's new solar scope add-on, and Ossmann's preference for using KiCad to support open-source hardware development.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-05-14-mike-ossmann-returns-planetic-portalab-packaging#t=0) Introduction and Hamvention Plans
- [7:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-05-14-mike-ossmann-returns-planetic-portalab-packaging#t=428) Portable Lab and Pelican Case Design
- [19:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-05-14-mike-ossmann-returns-planetic-portalab-packaging#t=1144) Daisho Project and USB 3.0 Core Development
- [22:24](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-05-14-mike-ossmann-returns-planetic-portalab-packaging#t=1344) Debugging USB 3.0 and Test Equipment
- [29:31](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-05-14-mike-ossmann-returns-planetic-portalab-packaging#t=1771) FPGA Selection and Pin Count Challenges
- [40:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-05-14-mike-ossmann-returns-planetic-portalab-packaging#t=2414) Open Source Hardware Funding and DARPA
- [47:48](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-05-14-mike-ossmann-returns-planetic-portalab-packaging#t=2868) Colorado Open Source Hardware Community
- [57:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-05-14-mike-ossmann-returns-planetic-portalab-packaging#t=3433) Novena Solar Scope and Open Source Philosophy
- [1:03:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-05-14-mike-ossmann-returns-planetic-portalab-packaging#t=3832) KiCad, GitHub, and Release Strategies
- [1:11:48](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-05-14-mike-ossmann-returns-planetic-portalab-packaging#t=4308) Future Projects and Wrap Up

## Topics

- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Open-source hardware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/open-source-hardware)
- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)
- [Sensors & measurement in products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sensors)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Great Scott Gadgets (company)
- Daisho (product)
- HackRF (product)
- Pelican (product)
- LaCroix (company)
- Texas Instruments (company)
- Cypress (company)
- Altera (company)
- Cyclone 4 (chip)
- KiCad (tool)
- GitHub (tool)
- Novena (product)
- SparkFun (company)
- DARPA (company)

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