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The parts of electronics nobody writes down.

Sixteen years of The Amp Hour — the rules of thumb, failure modes, and real numbers that never reach a datasheet — distilled into cited, browsable articles.

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Experiential subjects that the frequency ranking is structurally blind to — what the work is actually like, rather than what a component is. These were curated by hand and built from a wider evidence net.

Automotive ElectronicsECU counts, CAN security, AEC qualification torture, tier-supplier structure Big Company vs Small CompanyWhat died with the giants; sign-off culture vs move-fast; semiconductor consolidation from inside Crowdfunding AftermathWhat happens after funding: fulfillment, oversubscription hazards, the redesign-eats-the-raise arc Defense and Mil-Spec WorkITAR realities, paperwork-as-engineering, decade-scale projects, qualification culture Failures, Fires, and RecallsShipped disasters and their mechanisms; the one-cent coin-cell cost-down that bricked the product Getting Hired and Getting GoodPortfolio-over-resume, blog-as-career-lever, interview war stories, self-teaching paths Life at a Hardware StartupEquity math, runway reality, spin-cost culture, founder-engineer transitions Medical Device DevelopmentThe FDA gauntlet, why a thermometer takes three years, liability-shaped design Radar and RF Black MagicThrough-wall radar, mm-wave, RF-as-plumbing tradition, the black-magic pedagogy Retrocomputing and Electronics ArchaeologyCommodore bring-up, ROM recovery, why the old tricks still teach Space ElectronicsRadiation tolerance, version-locked toolchains, 20-year-old silicon, test-like-you-fly Stage, Broadcast, and Giant InstallationsMike Harrison territory: very big, very public electronics and its odd physics The Teardown TraditionWhat teardowns teach: cost-down archaeology, how professionals read a board, the EEVblog tradition

Topics

Kicad, Altium, Open Source Hardware

18 articles

Altium Design Review Design Rule Checking EAGLE Gerber GitHub KiCad Open Source Open Source Hardware Open Source Software PCB Design PCB Footprint PCB Layout PCB Routing Reference Design Revision Control Schematic SPICE

Pcb Fabrication, Pcb, Pick And Place Machine

17 articles

BGA Breadboard Flex PCB FR-4 Hand Soldering PCB PCB Assembly PCB Fabrication PCB Lead Time PCB Milling Pick and Place Machine Reflow Oven Reflow Soldering Solder Mask Solder Paste Surface Mount Technology Via

Capacitor, Led, Op Amp

17 articles

Capacitor DC-DC Converter Inductor Integrated Circuit LED Magnetic Field MOSFET Op-Amp Pull-Up Resistor Relay Resistor Soldering Switching Power Supply Transformer Transistor Troubleshooting Voltage Regulator

Linux, Usb, Ethernet

16 articles

Bootloader CAN Bus EEPROM Ethernet Firmware Update Flash Memory Linux Operating System RAM RTOS SD Card Serial Port USB USB-C Virtual Machine Zephyr

Fpga, Arm, Risc V

15 articles

ARM ASIC Compiler CPU FPGA Hardware Description Language Intellectual Property Power Consumption Processor Register RISC-V State Machine System on Chip Verilog VHDL

Analog To Digital Converter, I2C, Spi

13 articles

Accelerometer Analog to Digital Converter Bandwidth Digital-to-Analog Converter DMA GPIO I2C PWM Sampling Rate Signal to Noise Ratio SPI Temperature Sensor UART

Bluetooth, Wifi, Internet Of Things

13 articles

Antenna API Bluetooth Bluetooth Low Energy Cloud Computing ESP32 GPS Ground Plane Internet of Things LoRa Radio Frequency Vector Network Analyzer Wi-Fi

Microcontroller, Arduino, Raspberry Pi

13 articles

Arduino Assembly Language Breakout Board Computer Vision Development Board Electronics Education Embedded System Maker Faire Microcontroller Prototyping Python Raspberry Pi SparkFun

Kickstarter, Startup, Venture Capital

12 articles

Crowdfunding Hardware Startup Kickstarter Mass Production Patent Product Development Product Pricing Professional Networking Profit Margin Prototype Startup Funding Venture Capital

Digi Key, Component Sourcing, Bill Of Materials

9 articles

Bill of Materials Component Availability Component Lead Time Component Obsolescence Component Sourcing Connector Contract Manufacturer Digi-Key Supply Chain

Oscilloscope, Multimeter, Soldering Iron

9 articles

Calibration Logic Analyzer Multimeter Oscilloscope Power Supply Research and Development Soldering Iron Spectrum Analyzer Test Equipment

3D Printing, 3D Printer, Injection Molding

7 articles

3D Printer 3D Printing Design for Manufacturing Economies of Scale Hackerspace Injection Molding Rapid Prototyping

Battery, Electric Vehicle, Tesla

7 articles

Battery Battery Life Low Power Design Power Grid Solar Panel Solar Power Vertical Integration

Firmware, Engineering Education, Software

6 articles

Automated Testing Continuous Integration Engineering Education Firmware JTAG Reverse Engineering

Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Sensor

5 articles

Artificial Intelligence Automation Machine Learning Robotics Sensor

Youtube, Twitter, Consulting

5 articles

Camera Career Transition Consulting Engineering Career YouTube

Intel, Texas Instruments, Semiconductor Fab

4 articles

Moore's Law Semiconductor Fab Silicon Wafer

Datasheet, Internet, 555 Timer

2 articles

555 Timer Datasheet

Digital Signal Processing, Software Defined Radio, Microphone

2 articles

Digital Signal Processing Software Defined Radio

Signal Integrity, Differential Signaling, Electromagnetic Interference

2 articles

Electromagnetic Interference Signal Integrity

Lcd, Electronics Industry, Off The Shelf Component

1 articles

LCD

Hiring, Resume, Jeff Kaiser

1 articles

Resume

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