# No One Even Missed Us?

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2015-11-20
- Length: 1h 17m
- Episode: 275
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2015-11-20-no-one-even-missed-us
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/275-no-one-even-missed-us/

## Summary

Chris Gammell of Contextual Electronics and Dave Jones of EEV Blog discuss the recent Superconference, highlighting the innovative badge mods and the influence of media like Mythbusters on STEM education. They detail Dave's struggles setting up a live streaming bench, specifically dealing with HDMI capture issues and monitor scaling problems, before analyzing the consolidation in the semiconductor industry, including the On Semiconductor acquisition of Fairchild and the decline of legacy brands like Dialog and Intersil. The conversation concludes with a critique of the Prometheus PCB milling machine Kickstarter for its redundant custom CAD tool and a discussion on the future of embedded programming languages like Go and Rust.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2015-11-20-no-one-even-missed-us#t=0) Introduction: Superconference Recap and Jack Gansel Interview
- [8:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2015-11-20-no-one-even-missed-us#t=482) Live Show Logistics and Time Zone Challenges
- [11:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2015-11-20-no-one-even-missed-us#t=693) Dave's Live Bench Setup: HDMI Capture and Monitor Scaling Issues
- [19:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2015-11-20-no-one-even-missed-us#t=1175) Superconference Badge Mods and Mythbusters' Influence on STEM
- [37:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2015-11-20-no-one-even-missed-us#t=2252) TI Student Program Cancellation and Company Formation Advice
- [48:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2015-11-20-no-one-even-missed-us#t=2930) Semiconductor Consolidation: On Semi, Fairchild, and Dialog
- [59:24](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2015-11-20-no-one-even-missed-us#t=3564) Embedded Programming Languages: Go, Rust, and C
- [1:06:29](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2015-11-20-no-one-even-missed-us#t=3989) Prometheus PCB Milling Machine and Custom CAD Critique

## Topics

- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Contextual Electronics (company)
- EEV Blog (company)
- Hackaday (company)
- Mouser (company)
- Mythbusters (product)
- Togano microscope (product)
- Mantis Elite cam microscope (product)
- Dell monitor (product)
- TI (company)
- On Semiconductor (company)
- Fairchild (company)
- Dialog (company)
- Intersil (company)
- ESP32 (chip)
- ESP8266 (chip)
- Prometheus (product)
- Upverter (tool)

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- [016 - Supercon 2018 Part 1](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2018-11-10-016-supercon-2018-part-1) (Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast)
- [422: It's Not a Bug, It's a Feature](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2022-07-28-422-its-not-a-bug-its-a-feature) (Embedded.fm)
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