# B Plus Boards and D Minus Cities - Uneath Urban Ubication

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2014-07-16
- Length: 56m
- Episode: 207
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-07-16-b-plus-boards-and-d-minus-cities-uneath-urban-ubication
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/207-b-plus-boards-and-d-minus-cities-uneath-urban-ubication/

## Summary

Hosts Dave Jones and Chris Gammell discuss Chris's recent trip to Detroit, highlighting the city's economic struggles and the emerging tech community, including visits to Backyard Brains and Pinocchio. They critique the ease of raising venture capital and the resulting flood of incompetent crowdfunding campaigns, citing a failed USB password dongle project as an example of wasted funds. The conversation also covers the release of the Raspberry Pi B Plus, the commercial viability of open-source hardware platforms like BeagleBone, and Dave's research into the history of 7400 series logic chips in vintage electronics magazines.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-07-16-b-plus-boards-and-d-minus-cities-uneath-urban-ubication#t=0) Introduction and Detroit Trip
- [2:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-07-16-b-plus-boards-and-d-minus-cities-uneath-urban-ubication#t=130) Detroit's Economy and Tech Scene
- [17:21](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-07-16-b-plus-boards-and-d-minus-cities-uneath-urban-ubication#t=1041) Crowdfunding Failures and Easy Money
- [27:25](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-07-16-b-plus-boards-and-d-minus-cities-uneath-urban-ubication#t=1645) Internet of Things and Pet Rocks
- [30:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-07-16-b-plus-boards-and-d-minus-cities-uneath-urban-ubication#t=1832) Maker Faires and Detroit Maker Fair
- [37:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-07-16-b-plus-boards-and-d-minus-cities-uneath-urban-ubication#t=2272) Raspberry Pi B Plus and BeagleBone
- [46:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-07-16-b-plus-boards-and-d-minus-cities-uneath-urban-ubication#t=2780) History of 7400 Series Logic Chips

## Topics

- [Crowdfunding & preorders](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/crowdfunding)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists, early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Raspberry Pi B Plus (product)
- BeagleBone (product)
- Backyard Brains (company)
- Pinocchio (product)
- Spark (product)
- Electric Imp (product)
- Hackcelerator (other)
- CC3000 (chip)
- Element14 (company)
- Texas Instruments (company)
- 7400 series (chip)
- Silicon Chip (other)

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