Chris and Elecia went on vacation so this week we have music for you: the Ballistic Cats will be releasing a new album soon! If you like it, please check out the Ballistc Cats website . This album will be officially released on August 15, 2014.
Craig Sullender of ChipSight joined Elecia and Christopher to talk about machine, computer, and embedded vision. Craig's $20 Vision System – IoTcam Lighting control demos Slides on embedded CV technology Peep , a camera for your door'd peephole (soon to be on Kickstarter) Lattice Mach X02 O'Reilly's Practical Computer Vision with SimpleCV...
Joe Grand ( @JoeGrand ) spoke with us about his life as Kingpin, hardware hacking, hosting a TV show, and being a Hackaday judge. Joe's company is the Grand Idea Studio . His TV show Prototype This was on the Discovery Channel. He created an Atari game: SCSIcide . Joe will be giving his hardware hacking training at Black Hat USA in August (as well as some of the other security conferences in also Las Vegas at that time). Joe and Elecia are on the Hackaday Prize judging panel. There are some amaz...
Ken Milnes talked to Elecia and Chris about his career developing augmented reality for sports broadcasting. SportVision MLB Stats
Matt Haines ( @beardedinventor ) and Tom Byrne ( @tlbyrn ) spoke to Elecia and Chris about Electric Imp ( @electricimp ). This discussion goes far beyond our first with Matt ( Episode 6 !). It is more software and implementation oriented than last week's Amp Hour . In the vein of "what do I do after I've made an LED blink from a webpage?": Tom's Neopixel Weather project ( instructable !) Mars Curiosity rover that mirrors what is happening on Mars (provide your own Martian) Elecia's are-you-ok wi...
Radhika Thekkath, CEO of Agivox , joined Elecia to talk about her start up, entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley, and getting NSF SBIR grants . Contact Radhika SBIR home page
Elizabeth Brenner ( @eabrenner ) returned to the show to talk about the are-you-ok widget that she and Elecia have been working on. (The initial problem-statement show is episode 17 .) There is now a SparkFun tutorial so you can build one of the are-you-ok widgets yourself. As announced in the show, there is a contest to get a SparkFun gift card, it ends 6/13/14 so get your answer in by then (maximum of two entries per person, please). Elecia already took the name Sal Right out of the running ( ...
Elecia attended O'Reilly's Solid Conference , recording a few of the people she met there. Note: this episode is recorded in a noisy location. Erin Mulcahy at littleBits ( @littleBits ), magnetic electronics modules Jack Mudd at Onewheel ( @RideOnewheel ), powered sort-of skateboard with only one wheel and auto-balancing Laurie Yoler from Qualcomm , she spoke on Intelligent Connectivity. It’s What’s Next Taylor Stein from AutoDesk, a Fusion 360 evangelist (free for hobbyists!) Ahmed Daoud from P...
Jack Ganssle shared his wisdom on being a good embedded software engineer (hint: it takes discipline). Jack's website is filled with great essays and new videos. He's also written the Art of Designing Embedded Systems and The Embedded Systems Dictionary (with Michael Barr). We covered a lot of ground, here are some of the highlights: Spark language Capers Jones on high quality software and associated statistics Joel on Software test for good teams LDRA unit test tool James Grenning's Test Driven...
Elecia spoke with Micheal Worry, CEO of Nuvation , about engaging with and working at a design firm. Disco Fish , the autonomous Burning Man party vehicle Udacity course in autonomous vehicles ROS is Willow Garage's robot operating system Contact Nuvation at their website or on twitter ( @Nuvation ). Contact Disco Fish and its build buddies on Facebook ....
Jen Costillo ( @r0b0ts0nf1r3 ) joins Elecia and Christopher to discuss their experiences interviewing (both as interviewer and interviewee). Elecia did an hour long webinar on how to conduct technical interviews. In this show, she mentions a good post-interview ratings system . Google discovered that their brainteasers are not a very effective way to interview. Despite the news that swearing is good for you, we tried to bleep everything. Also, it is minesweeper , not minefield. What were we thin...
Christopher White ( @stoneymonster ) and Elecia celebrate a year in podcasting by talking about the show. Then they decide whether or not to change the name of the show to Embedded (yes). Elecia's list of current and soon activities: Hackaday Prize (SPACE!!!!!) and snooping on current entries Element14 blog based on her EELive Internet of Things talk Shopping list for the are-you-ok widget first discussed on Elizabeth's episode Circuit Cellar interview Going to SOLID conference 5/21 in SF (we di...
Tenaya Hurst ( @ArduinoWoman ) shares her incredible enthusiasm for teaching Arduino and the San Jose's Tech Museum of Innovation ( The Tech ). Being a geo-anthrop-actress, Tenaya teaches chemistry, geology, Arduino, and beginning wearables for the Tech, for their Galileo summer camp , for Oakland's Workshop Weekend , and on her own recognizance through her website . Tenaya will be at the Linino booth at the Maker Faire in San Mateo, CA on May 17-18, 2014 Tenyana's movie credits Lilypad sewable ...
Dr. Kevin Shaw, CTO of Sensor Platforms , spoke with Elecia about his career progressing from designing MEMS to building a company that makes sensor fusion algorithms. Wandering from the Internet of Things to Singularity University to power management in Android development, Kevin and Elecia had a wide-ranging conversation. Due in July, check out Sensor Platform's Open Sensor Platform project, an open source framework for developing sensor systems (sample timing is critical!)....
Nathan Tuck joined Christopher White ( @stoneymonster ) and Elecia White to chat about varied topics relating to being an embedded (and graphics) engineer (and manager). Nate works at NVidia on the Tegra K1-64 . He mentioned some openings in his team at the end of the podcast, email the show to get a connection. We also noted that Eyefluence is hiring for an EE and/or technician for work somewhere between San Jose, CA and Reno, NV. Direct resumes to Peter Milford using the email you find on thei...
Jennelle Crothers ( @jkc137 ) explained to Elecia what a technology evangelist does. Of course, it wasn't an embedded technology but it was still amusing. Plus, Elecia got to play with a Surface Pro. Check out Jennelle's blog Jennelle and Elecia met at She's Geeky in Mountain View, CA.
David Anders ( Google+ ) joined Elecia to chat about open source hardware, what it means, how to do it, and why. Dave will be speaking at the embedded Linux conference in San Jose, CA on April 30th: 9:00am: Panel: IoT and the Role of Embedded Linux and Android 4:20pm: Hardware Debugging Tools 5:20pm: Debugging - Panel Discussio n Open Source Hardware Association describes the gradient of open source hardware. Sigrok looks at open source and open source friendly tools Dave works for CircuitCo , m...
Josh Chan and Tarun Pondicherry, founders of Light Up ( @Lightup or on Facebook ), returned to the show. In episode 7 , they were midway through their kickstarter , planning to make a product to teach electronics to elementary and middle school students. They've start shipping, even distributing , their MiniKits (other kits will ship soon!). Elecia asks them if building their business and shipping the product went according to plan....
Tony Rios from MEMSIC spoke with Elecia about inertial systems and tuning algorithms used in sensor fusion (i.e. Kalman ). The IMU380 will appear soon, creating a whole line of relatively inexpensive quality inertial measurement and inertial navigation systems. Tony has a few embedded systems and algorithms positions open, for example, embedded software engineer . Email hr@memsic.com (note you heard it in the podcast so Elecia gets brownie points)....
Christopher White ( @stoneymonster ) and Elecia talk about the failed startups (and projects) they've been through, focusing on identifying how to discern the end is nigh. A nice collection of startups introspecting their failure. Wonderful, in-depth Everpix post-mortem . If you liked this episode, try 24: I AM A TOTAL FRAUD ....
Micah Elizabeth Scott ( @scanlime ) came to talk about Fadecandy , a really neat way to control smart LEDs ( NeoPixel , AdaFruit's term for the WS2812). The conversation ranged from beautiful LED control algorithms and open source embedded projects to triangle tessellations , art, and identity. AdaFruit has a great intro to Fadecandy . Fadecandy is open source hardware and software, see the repository . Micah's blog is a combo of art and technology. Burning Man's Ardent Mobile Cloud (also a love...
Evil Mad Scientist's Lenore Edman ( @EMSL ) talks about what evil mad scientists do on their path to world domination. Surprisingly, it consists largely of art, education, and soldering. Some EMSL items we talked about: LED Menorah kit ( solderless breadboard and soldering version ). ATtiny2313 Target Boards Bristlebot : a very cute, easy to build mini robot We also mentioned Maker Faire , a wonderful community, and Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog . There is a give away on this show: EMS's Snap-O...
Jen Costillo ( @r0b0ts0nf1r3 ) joined Elecia to talk about Jen's start-up: Bia Sport ( @BiaSport ). They discuss the difficulties of being in an underfunded start-up as well as the joys of shipping a new product and their upcoming conference talks. Jen discussed the company's focus on safety and privacy at the DesignCon sponsored Geek Girl Dinner . She will be speaking at : Wearables Device Conference . Beyond Activity Trackers: Sport Wearables Thursday, March 6, 2014 3:15pm. (Use the coupon cod...
Producer Chris White ( @stoneymonster ) and Elecia discuss some insurmountable problems and some strategies for approaching them. Google it (or look on Stack Exchange ). Explain the problem to someone else… even if they aren't there (use a stuffed animal or write a really detailed email, anticipating potential questions). Draw a picture (system/subsystem architecture or code block diagram or a doodle). Make sure you are running what you think you are, start over from a blank slate, making no ass...
Dr. Karen Shell and Elecia talk about modelling vs. building models, ocean albedo vs. ice, climate vs. weather, and science vs. policy. They gloat about being on vacation only intermittently. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) NASA's climate change home Help run climate models on your home computer at climateprediction.net Karen's class will be looking at data from NOAA's Climate at a Glance...
Elecia gushes about her favorite logic (and protocol) analyzer to Saleae co-founder Mark Garrison. They also discuss start-ups, manufacturing, and covering yourself with rum and pretending to be a pirate when harbor patrol arrives. Saleae Logic 8 on Amazon (or from Saleae ) Saleae Logic 16 on Amazon (or from Saleae ) Space X reusable rocket video Saleae's blog talks about Mark and Joe's boat, start here The mooshimeter multimeter (as seen on Hackaday and Dragon Innovation )...
Want to learn how to get from idea to schematic, through layout, all the way to physical boards? Elecia spoke with Chris Gammell about his Contextual Electronics course to teach the missing steps between what an EE learns in college and what an design engineer's job entails. Chris is co-host of the excellent electronics podcast The Amp Hour and author of Chris Gammell's Analog Life . On twitter, contact Chris via @Chris_Gammell or ask questions about the course @ContextualElec . We mentioned UT ...
Elecia describes to Christopher ( @stoneymonster ) how to design and create a firmware update mechanism. Hilarity ensues. 4k PC emulator Making Embedded Systems, the book, on O'Reilly (coupon in last 2 minutes of the show) or on Amazon ....
Alison Chaiken ( Google+ ) and Elecia discuss what you need to know to get into development for the automotive market. Check out Alison's she-devel site for a big list of links and resources or go to a Silicon Valley Automotive Open Source Group meetup to say hello. A small subset: Open source engine management system on DIYEFI Car hacking site MP3 Car Vehicle standards ISO-26262 CORRECTION: In the show, Elecia talks about airplane certification levels as though only the size of the plane matter...
Patrick Kane ( @PSoC_Nation ) is the director of the Cypress University Alliance , working with colleges to provide development kits and information to college (and high school) students. Happily, Patrick brought Elecia a new dev kit: CY8CKIT-042 .
