# Uncle Al's Eating Garbage Again

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2024-02-13
- Length: 1h 07m
- Episode: 658
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2024-02-13-uncle-als-eating-garbage-again
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/658-uncle-als-eating-garbage-again/

## Summary

Chris Gammell of Contextual Electronics and Dave Jones of EEVlog discuss various hardware topics, including Gammell's work with the CH32V003 microcontroller and RISC-V ecosystem, and Jones's troubleshooting of a Maddie Mac pool robot. They explore the technical details of 32-bit audio recording in microphones, the ease of setting up a Home Assistant smart home system using Zigbee, and the reliability issues of wireless light controllers. The conversation also covers the use of NRF24 radio modules, the physics of relativistic time dilation, and critiques of consumer devices like the Humane AI Pin and Apple Vision Pro.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2024-02-13-uncle-als-eating-garbage-again#t=0) Introduction and Podcast Editing Logistics
- [6:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2024-02-13-uncle-als-eating-garbage-again#t=363) 32-bit Audio Recording and Microphone Design
- [11:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2024-02-13-uncle-als-eating-garbage-again#t=666) Maddie Mac Pool Robot Firmware Issues
- [19:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2024-02-13-uncle-als-eating-garbage-again#t=1187) Home Assistant and Zigbee Smart Home Setup
- [30:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2024-02-13-uncle-als-eating-garbage-again#t=1839) CH32V003 Microcontroller and RISC-V Development
- [36:26](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2024-02-13-uncle-als-eating-garbage-again#t=2186) NRF24 Radio Modules and Drone Show Synchronization
- [41:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2024-02-13-uncle-als-eating-garbage-again#t=2461) Relativistic Time Dilation and Atomic Clocks
- [52:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2024-02-13-uncle-als-eating-garbage-again#t=3160) Critique of Humane AI Pin and Apple Vision Pro

## Topics

- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Wireless & RF](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/wireless-and-rf)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Contextual Electronics (company)
- EEVlog (company)
- Maddie Mac (product)
- Home Assistant (other)
- Raspberry Pi (chip)
- Silicon Labs (company)
- EFR32 (chip)
- Zigbee (other)
- CH32V003 (chip)
- WCH (company)
- NRF24 (chip)
- Nordic Semiconductor (company)
- Humane AI Pin (product)
- Apple Vision Pro (product)
- Google Glass (product)
- Narrative Pin (product)

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- [233: Always the Wrong Way](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2018-02-09-233-always-the-wrong-way) (Embedded.fm)
- [Ep052: Shorting Components, Printing Typewriter Balls, Taking Time Lapse, and Makerspace Movie Prop](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2020-01-31-ep052-shorting-components-printing-typewriter-balls-taking-time-lapse-and-makers) (Hackaday Podcast)
- [Analog Clock goes Digital, Nordic goes WiFi, Espressif goes NO-WIFI?](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2023-02-01-analog-clock-goes-digital-nordic-goes-wifi-espressif-goes-no-wifi) (The Electromaker Show)
- [Ep 367: Radioactive Weather, Continuous Pickles, and Moon Junk](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2026-04-24-ep-367-radioactive-weather-continuous-pickles-and-moon-junk) (Hackaday Podcast)

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