# Tesla, Checklists and Bullies - Emerging External Eupsychics

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2014-06-18
- Length: 59m
- Episode: 203
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-06-18-tesla-checklists-and-bullies-emerging-external-eupsychics
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/203-tesla-checklists-and-bullies-emerging-external-eupsychics/

## Summary

Dave Jones and Chris Gammell discuss Tesla's decision to open-source its patents, analyzing it as a strategic business move to force industry standards and drive competition rather than pure altruism. They then critique Zucan (Zuken) for issuing a cease-and-desist to the developer of FreeRouting.net, highlighting the dangers of corporate bullying against open-source projects. The conversation shifts to the challenges of online electronics education, the utility of Udacity's Nanodegrees, and the importance of checklists in engineering to prevent simple errors like misconfigured reset pins.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-06-18-tesla-checklists-and-bullies-emerging-external-eupsychics#t=0) Introduction and Contextual Electronics Update
- [3:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-06-18-tesla-checklists-and-bullies-emerging-external-eupsychics#t=210) Tesla's Patent Open Source Strategy
- [17:09](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-06-18-tesla-checklists-and-bullies-emerging-external-eupsychics#t=1029) Online Education and Udacity Nanodegrees
- [29:21](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-06-18-tesla-checklists-and-bullies-emerging-external-eupsychics#t=1761) TI Webbench and PCB Routing Tools
- [32:11](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-06-18-tesla-checklists-and-bullies-emerging-external-eupsychics#t=1931) Zuken vs. FreeRouting.net Legal Threat
- [49:25](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-06-18-tesla-checklists-and-bullies-emerging-external-eupsychics#t=2965) Engineering Checklists and Debugging Stories

## Topics

- [Intellectual property](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/intellectual-property)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [EDA & CAD tools](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/eda-and-cad-tools)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises, makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Tesla (company)
- Elon Musk (other)
- Contextual Electronics (company)
- FreeRouting.net (tool)
- Zuken (company)
- Udacity (company)
- Texas Instruments (company)
- KiCad (tool)
- MQTT (other)
- BenchBuddy (product)

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