Hardware Podcasts

107: Until They Are Spaghetti

Embedded.fm · 1 Jul 2015 · 58m

What this episode covers

Craig Cook, an IT systems administrator from New Zealand, discusses his experience completing the 'Embedded Systems' MOOC from the University of Texas via edX, which utilized Texas Instruments Tiva microcontrollers. He details the rigorous 15-week course, covering low-level C programming, interrupt handling, and finite state machines, while highlighting the challenges of transitioning from high-level scripting to hardware-specific coding. Cook is now planning to build an open-source alarm clock with Wi-Fi and FM radio capabilities, exploring hardware options like the ESP8266, Particle Photon, and Electric Imp to balance cost, functionality, and manufacturability.

Most relevant to

founders before launch

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Texas Instruments, SparkFun, Adafruit
Products
Raspberry Pi, Particle Photon, Electric Imp
Chips
Tiva, ESP8266
Also
edX, University of Texas

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