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Embedded
I am Elecia White alongside Christopher White. We're here to chat about the interests, careers, and lives of engineers, artists, educators and makers. Our diverse guest list includes names you may have heard and engineers working quietly in the trenches. Either way, they are knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and inspiring. We'd love to share our enthusiasm for science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM).
Episodes
Embedded374: Getting Rafty
Tenaya Hurst Conklin (@TenayaHurst) discussed STEAM teaching tools and kits from RAFT (@RAFTBayArea). RAFT is at raft.net. The Abiotic Dissection activity is…
Embedded142: New and Improved Appendages (Repeat)
Sarah Petkus offers to let her robot lick Christopher's leg. Christopher agrees reluctantly once we determine the saliva will be anti-bacterial hand sanitizer…
Embedded373: Docker! Docker! Docker!
It's another Elecia and Chris episode and this time we cover handling hourly work when the task doesn't neatly divide into hours, using Docker (and Conda and…
Embedded372: The Motivation of Creativity
Anne Barela (@anne_engineer) spoke with us about working as an engineer in the US Foreign Service and writing tutorials for Adafruit. Anne has also written two…
Embedded371: All Martian Things Considered
Doug Ellison (@doug_ellison), Engineering Camera Team Lead at NASA's JPL and Martian photographer, spoke with us about low power systems, cameras, clouds, and…
Embedded370: This Is the Whey
Alvaro Prieto (@alvaroprieto) spoke with us about cheese, making, work, the reverse engineering podcast, weather, and motivation. Alvaro is a host of the…
Embedded369: More Pirate Jokes
Chris and Elecia talk with each other about contracting, architecture, origami research, Digilent's new oscilloscope, TensorFlow, map files, conference talks…
Embedded250: Yolo Snarf (Repeat)
Finally! An episode with version control! And D&D! Chris Svec (@christophersvec) joins us to discuss why version control is critical to professional software…
Embedded368: Amazing That Any of This Works
Al Sweigart (@AlSweigart) spoke with us about getting better at Python programming. Al's book site is InventWithPython.com. You can find his books there as…
Embedded367: Data of Our Lives
Dr. Ayanna Howard (@robotsmarts, wiki) spoke with us about sex, race, and robots. Ayanna's Audible book is Sex, Race, and Robots: How to Be Human in the Age of…
Embedded366: All the Wrong Tools
Laurel Cummings (@justblamelaurel) teaches people how to build what is required with the material on hand. We talked with her about how to engineer survival…
Embedded365: Barbed Wire Fence and Great WiFi
Cy Keener spoke with us about sensors, Arduinos, ice, and the crossover between art and science. You can see some of his field work and gallery installations…
Embedded364: All the Abstractions
Jacob Beningo spoke with us about embedded systems, conference talks, writing articles and books, and best practices in development. Jacob is a consultant and…
Embedded363: Squishy Nature
Alana Sherman of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI, @MBARI_News) spoke with us about engineering for deep sea environments and jelly…
Embedded362: Permutations of Underscores
Chris and Elecia chat about their projects, Python, choosing boards, social media, tshirts, and self care. T Shirts are on sale until the end of February! To…
Embedded255: Jellyfish Are Pretty Badass (Repeat)
Ariel Waldman (@arielwaldman) spoke with us about how science, art, and all of the other disciplines can build a better world. Ariel does many amazing things…
Embedded361: Have a Dog for the Day
Christelle Rohaut (@chrisrohaut) spoke with us about circular economies and how innovation can build better cities. Christelle is co-founder and CEO of Codi…
Embedded360: Cats Love It!
Ben Hest of Digikey (@digikey) answered questions about finding parts, warehouses, packaging orders, and sweeping components off the floor. The Digikey…
Embedded359: You Can Never Have Too Many Socks
Thea Flowers (Stargirl, @theavalkyrie) creates open source and open hardware craft synthesizers that use Circuit Python for customization. She also writes…
Embedded358: Woodturning Influencer
Emily Velasco (@MLE_Online) spoke with us about artistic projects, retro-future aesthetics, and scientific communication. She shows and describes the projects…
Embedded357: How Do You Think Waffles Work?
Chris and Elecia talk about making albums, making progress, DIY shot reporting, getting credit, and project management. Check out the Embedded transcripts (now…
Embedded253: We'll Pay Them in Fun (Repeat)
We spoke with Kathleen Tuite (@kaflurbaleen) about augmented reality, computer vision, games with a purpose, and meetups. Kathleen's personal site (filled with…
Embedded356: Deceive and Manipulate You
Leonardo Laguna Ruiz of Vult spoke with us about modelling electronics, modular synthesizers, and modulating sound. We talked in detail about applied digital…
Embedded355: Favorite Ways to Make Noises
Helen Leigh (@helenleigh) joined us to talk about music, electronics, books, and starting a new job at CrowdSupply (@crowd_supply). Helen was previously on…
Embedded354: Better Snowmen in Finland
Becky Worledge of the Qt Company (@qtproject) spoke with us about application frameworks, organizing large code bases, and automotive regulations. The best…
Embedded353: Red for the Ones That Might Blow Up
Seth Hillbrand (@SethHillbrand), lead developer for KiCAD (@kicad_pcb), spoke with us about open source development, EDA tools, pronunciation, and inclusion…
Embedded352: Baby's First Hydrofluoric Acid
John McMaster (@johndmcmaster) told us about the process of opening up chips to see how the processors are structured and what the firmware says. See John's…
Embedded351: Dextral or Sinistral
Chris and Elecia discuss transcripts, lightsabers, seashells, python, numpy, matlab and how to get into embedded systems development. Embedded show transcripts…
Embedded350: The State of the Empire Is Good
Ben Hencke (@ledmage, @im889) updated us on blinking lights and running a small hardware business. You can find the current PixelBlaze in the Electomage store…
Embedded242: The Cilantro of Robots (Repeat)
Christine Sunu (@christinesunu) spoke with us about the feelings we get from robots. For more information about emotive design, check out Christine's website…
Embedded349: Open Down to the Transistor
Drew Fustini (@pdp7) spoke with us about building Linux, RISC-V cores, and many other things. Links, so many links! Drew is a board member of the…
Embedded348: Flop Onto the Bouncy Castle
Whitney Huang of Zipline (@zipline) spoke with us about drone delivery of medical products: technology, operations, and applications. For more information…
Embedded347: Be Careful About the Bits
Chris (@stoneymonster) and Elecia (@logicalelegance) discuss API design and team dynamics. Elecia's book: Making Embedded Systems Embedded Patreon StewMac…
Embedded346: You Have Everything You Need
Sophy Wong (@sophywong) creates projects she can wear and writes about them so others can make them as well. We talked about fashion, design, inspiration, and…
Embedded345: Do What Apple Says
Gretchen Walker gave advice on creating a BLE iOS application. Gretchen wrote The Ultimate Guide to Apple's Core Bluetooth on the PunchThrough (@PunchThrough)…
Embedded220: Cascading Waterfall of Lights (Repeat)
Ben Hencke (@im889) spoke with us about OHWS, Tindie, and blinking lights. Ben sells his Pixelblaze WiFi LED controller on his ElectroMage store on Tindie. It…
Embedded344: Superposition, Entanglement, and Interference
Kitty Yeung (@KittyArtPhysics) spoke with us about the superposition of quantum computing and fashion. If you want to learn more about quantum computing, check…
Embedded343: Getting Brains to Work
Chris and Elecia discuss transcripts, listener emails, and brains. We already have a post about the dangers of using Arduino for professional work. Elecia got…
Embedded342: That Girl's Brain
Jess Frazelle (@jessfraz) of Oxide Computer (@oxidecomputer) spoke with us about hyperscalers (large companies that make their own datacenter server hardware)…
Embedded236: The Concept of Delayed Gratification (Repeat)
Roger Linn (@roger_linn) gave us new ideas about musical instruments, detailing how wonderful expressive control, 3D buttons, and keyscanning can be. Roger's…
Embedded341: Big Hugs to Everybody
Phoenix Perry (@phoenixperry) returns to speak with us about education and the importance of merging art and technology. Phoenix's website is phoenixperry.com…
Embedded340: The Left Bunny Slipper
Chris and Elecia talk about getting transcriptions, accessibility, operating systems, and networking. Elecia recommends reading Haben by Haben Girma…
Embedded339: Integrity of the Curling Club
Dan Zimmerman (@dmz) spoke with us about voting, voting machines, building trust in software, and transparency. Dan works for Galois (https://galois.com/ …
Embedded338: Working With People Is Terrible
In a surprising turn of tables, Christopher White (@stoneymonster) joins the show as a guest to talk about his career, burnout, and musical instruments…
Embedded337: Not Completely Explode
Kate Temkin (@ktemkin) explained USB: how to get started, general orientation, useful tools, and when you'd use it in embedded systems. Kate's website is…
Embedded336: Common Sense Is Not Common Sense
Philana Benton (@TechnoPHILiANA) spoke with us about mentoring: how to be a good mentor, what to expect, and what not to do. If you'd like to try mentoring…
Embedded335: Patching on the Surface of Mars
Joel Sherrill (JoelSherrill) spoke with us about choosing embedded operating systems and why open source RTEMS (RTEMS_OAR) is a good choice. Embedded #307: Big…
Embedded226: Camp AVR Vs. Camp Microchip (Repeat)
Jay Carlson (@jaydcarlson), author of The Amazing $1 Microcontroller, joined us to talk about comparing microcontrollers and determining our biases. This was…
Embedded334: Bag of Heuristics
Matt Godbolt (@mattgodbolt) joined us to talk about assembly code, becoming a verb, 6502s, exploring compilers, and application binary interfaces. Compiler…
Embedded333: Project Purgatory
Bailey Steinfadt (@baileysteinfadt) spoke with us about the makerspaces, communities, following many paths, and misbehaving robots. Bailey works at Dojo Five…
Embedded332: There Were Fires
Doug Harriman of Simplexity (@SimplexityPD) spoke with us about motors, controllers, and designing mechatronic systems. Simplexity (or if you want to contact…
Embedded331: Friendly Tea Kettle
Dr. Katy Huff (@katyhuff) spoke with us about nuclear engineering, effective software development, and the apropos command. Katy wrote an O'Reilly book…
Embedded330: I Just Want a Dog
Chris Svec (@christophersvec) chatted with us about going from engineer to manager and working from home. Chris had many book recommendations (these are…
Embedded190: Trust Me, I'm Right (Repeat)
Matt Godbolt (@mattgodbolt) spoke with us about settling arguments with Compiler Explorer. March Micro Madness is here! Compiler Explorer comes in different…
Embedded329: At Least 32-Bits, Thank You
Kate Stewart (@_kate_stewart) of the Linux Foundation spoke with us about the Zephyr operating system (@ZephyrIoT). Some Zephyr docs: Getting Started Guide…
Embedded328: Debugging Like a Monkey
Christopher (@stoneymonster) and Elecia (@logicalelegance) discuss listener questions about USB, thesis projects, prototype iterations, motivation, and…
Embedded327: A Little Bit of Human Knowledge
Daniel Situnayake (@dansitu) spoke with us about machine learning on microcontrollers. Dan is the author of TinyML: Machine Learning with TensorFlow Lite on…
Embedded326: Wrong in the Right Way
Erin Talvitie of Harvey Mudd College spoke with us about machine learning, hallucinating data, and making good decisions based on imperfect predictions. Paper…
Embedded325: Hasn't Been R2D2'd
John Saunders (@NYCCNC) spoke with us about building a Johnny Five robot on his NYC CNC YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/saunixcomp). You can find…
Embedded324: I'll Let You Name Your Baby
Adam Wolf (@adamwwolf) of Wayne and Layne (www.wayneandlayne.com) spoke with us about making kits, museum exhibit engineering, working on KiCad, and…