# Mashuppery (with MEP)

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2016-09-16
- Length: 1h 19m
- Episode: 315
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2016-09-16-mashuppery-with-mep
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/315-mashuppery-with-mep/

## Summary

Chris Gammell joins Parker Dillman and Stephen Craig from Macrofab for a crossover episode discussing the state of hardware manufacturing, component discovery, and industry trends. They detail Macrofab's growth from a small team to a scaling operation with 24 employees, their web-based manufacturing platform, and a high-power open-source power supply project called SSPS. The conversation also covers the impact of semiconductor consolidations like the Intersil acquisition, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 battery recall, and the use of GitHub for hardware version control.

## Chapters

- [0:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2016-09-16-mashuppery-with-mep#t=16) Introduction and Macrofab Overview
- [2:59](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2016-09-16-mashuppery-with-mep#t=179) Discovering New Components and Chips
- [7:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2016-09-16-mashuppery-with-mep#t=430) Macrofab's Operations and Growth
- [13:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2016-09-16-mashuppery-with-mep#t=780) Quality Control and Repair Diagnostics
- [17:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2016-09-16-mashuppery-with-mep#t=1037) Semiconductor Consolidation and USB Killer
- [26:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2016-09-16-mashuppery-with-mep#t=1580) Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Battery Recall Analysis
- [37:43](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2016-09-16-mashuppery-with-mep#t=2263) IMTS Trade Show and Industrial Scale
- [51:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2016-09-16-mashuppery-with-mep#t=3105) ESP32 Microcontroller and Connectivity
- [58:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2016-09-16-mashuppery-with-mep#t=3525) SSPS Power Supply Project and EDA Tools

## Topics

- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [EDA & CAD tools](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/eda-and-cad-tools)
- [Batteries & low-power design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/batteries-and-low-power)
- [Analog & power electronics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/analog-and-power-electronics)
- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Macrofab (company)
- Intersil (company)
- Samsung Galaxy Note 7 (product)
- ESP32 (chip)
- SSPS (product)
- OPA541 (chip)
- Eagle (tool)
- KiCad (tool)
- DipTrace (tool)
- Altium (tool)
- Altium Designer (tool)
- Fritzing (tool)
- GitHub (tool)

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