# Slapping Industries

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2022-12-13
- Length: 1h 10m
- Episode: 612
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2022-12-13-slapping-industries
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/612-slapping-industries/

## Summary

Dave Jones and Chris Gammell discuss the practical realities of buying a desktop pick-and-place machine, with Jones recounting a failed eBay purchase of a Chinese machine with Yamaha feeders and Gammell advising him to build a design first. They then review new hardware, including the WCH CH32V003 RISC-V microcontroller, which suffers from a lack of open-source tooling, and the Sony ALTI1350 IoT chip featuring integrated cellular, GPS, and satellite connectivity. The conversation shifts to industrial automation with the Arduino Opta micro PLC, noting its support for ladder logic, and concludes with a discussion on grid security and physical infrastructure vulnerabilities based on the book The Grid by Alexandra Lange.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2022-12-13-slapping-industries#t=0) Introduction: Dave Jones and the Pick and Place Callback
- [2:09](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2022-12-13-slapping-industries#t=129) Dave Jones's Failed eBay Purchase of a Chinese Pick and Place Machine
- [14:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2022-12-13-slapping-industries#t=847) WCH CH32V003 RISC-V Microcontroller and Tooling Challenges
- [35:29](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2022-12-13-slapping-industries#t=2129) Arduino Opta Micro PLC and Industrial Automation
- [44:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2022-12-13-slapping-industries#t=2679) Sony ALTI1350 IoT Chip and Silicon Antennas
- [53:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2022-12-13-slapping-industries#t=3212) Grid Security, Physical Attacks, and The Grid Book

## Topics

- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Wireless & RF](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/wireless-and-rf)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)

## Most relevant to

founders before launch

## Mentioned

- YY1 (product)
- Yamaha (other)
- WCH (company)
- CH32V003 (chip)
- Arduino (company)
- Opta (product)
- Sony (company)
- ALTI1350 (chip)
- Fronius (company)
- EYD (other)

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