An Interview with Ian Daniher - Nascent Nonolith Numquid

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Welcome, Ian Daniher of Nonolith Labs!

• Ian was one of two developers on the CEE, a USB analog multitool.
• This was kicked off as a Kickstarter Project, which more than trebled their funding goal!
• They also pitched the idea to Imagine K12, a funding source similar to Y Combinator (but for educational purposes).
• They assembled much of their Kickstarter kits in house (the mechanical sections at least):
• Hardware startups are definitely different than the app "startups" that seem to pop up all over the landscape lately.
• 3D Printing Consortium Rep Rap had a successful funding drive through the Kickstarter alternative, Indie Go Go.
• HAXLR8R (mentioned on the show a few times before) is actively investing in hardware.
• The Startup Bus was a set of buses the drove to SXSW from different cities, "creating apps" on the way. Oof.
• The US based JOBS act could potentially inject more startup capital into the market. Now individual investors can invest up to $10,000 in a company in exchange for stock (up to $1 million).
• While the JOBS act could have potential abuse, Kickstarter has similar issues as well. A drones project was cancelled when the product to be delivered was in question.
• Another dicey looking project was the bluetooth DVM (or iVoltmeter) , based upon what is promised and the relatively low cost.
• Is the CEE test equipment? Ian calls it "Cavalier Instrumentation"
• Rigol does call themselves test equipment and are now selling a 2000-series scope (or will be, eventually), a long awaited successor to their 1052E model.
• Chip of the Week: 
  • The Atmel ATXMEGA32A4U, used on the CEE (which Chris then decided to use on his project).

NOTE: For those who asked, the Open Source Hardware Definition. Point 4, you cannot call your product "Open Source Hardware" or "Open Hardware" if you use any form of Non-Commercial clause in a license, nor can you use the OSHW logo.