# Voltage, Vibes, and VOCs

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2025-05-22
- Length: 1h 11m
- Episode: 694
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2025-05-22-voltage-vibes-and-vocs
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/694-voltage-vibes-and-vocs/

## Summary

Dave Jones and Chris Gammell discuss recent trade shows, contrasting the scale of the Australian Manufacturing Week with smaller electronics events, and review new test equipment including a Microtest impedance analyzer and a Bryman multimeter. They analyze environmental monitoring data from a lab setup using Bosch sensors to track VOCs and radiation, while also debating the real-world impact of recent US-China tariff reductions on manufacturing supply chains. The conversation concludes with a look at AI-assisted 'vibe coding' for rapid prototyping and the use of tools like Test Controller for automated instrument control.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2025-05-22-voltage-vibes-and-vocs#t=0) Introduction and Listener Survey
- [1:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2025-05-22-voltage-vibes-and-vocs#t=64) Trade Show Comparisons: Electronics vs. Manufacturing
- [12:29](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2025-05-22-voltage-vibes-and-vocs#t=749) Machining, Lathes, and Desktop Manufacturing
- [22:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2025-05-22-voltage-vibes-and-vocs#t=1330) Lab Environmental Monitoring and VOC Sensors
- [35:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2025-05-22-voltage-vibes-and-vocs#t=2145) US-China Tariffs and Manufacturing Policy
- [46:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2025-05-22-voltage-vibes-and-vocs#t=2777) Test Equipment: Bryman Multimeter and Test Controller
- [52:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2025-05-22-voltage-vibes-and-vocs#t=3147) AI Vibe Coding and Prototyping
- [1:03:23](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2025-05-22-voltage-vibes-and-vocs#t=3803) New Test Gear: Microtest Impedance Analyzer

## Topics

- [Test & measurement](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/test-and-measurement)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)
- [Sensors & measurement in products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sensors)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Fabrication & craft](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fabrication-and-craft)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Golioth (company)
- Bryman (company)
- BM 787 (product)
- Test Controller (tool)
- Microtest (company)
- 6632 (product)
- Bosch (company)
- BME 680 (chip)
- GW Instec (company)
- Klein (tool)
- Claude (other)

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