Hardware Podcasts

32: Woo Woo Woo

Embedded.fm · 24 Dec 2013 · 41m

What this episode covers

Patrick Kane, Director of the Cypress University Alliance at Cypress Semiconductor, discusses his work providing educational resources and the CY8CKIT-042 (PSoC 4 Pioneer Kit) to students. He explains how Cypress uses university outreach to train future engineers on programmable system-on-chip technology, which combines programmable digital logic, programmable analog, and ARM Cortex-M0 processors. The conversation covers the kit's Arduino-compatible headers, the software development environment, and Kane's dissertation on using physical hardware kits for online IoT education to democratize access to embedded systems engineering.

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early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Cypress Semiconductor, Adafruit, SparkFun, RadioShack, Xilinx, Altera, Texas Instruments, Motorola, ARM
Products
CY8CKIT-042, Raspberry Pi
Chips
PSoC 4, Electrical Imp
Tools
CodeSourcery, Keil
Also
Arduino

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