Hardware Podcasts

197: Smell the Transistor

Embedded.fm · 26 Apr 2017 · 1h 05m

What this episode covers

Hosts Elecia White and Christopher White discuss the intersection of science fiction and engineering inspiration, review Digilent's Analog Discovery 2 and Digital Discovery test equipment, and detail Christopher's experience building a QRP Labs Ultimate 3S ham radio kit for WSPR. They also cover Elecia's struggles with Ubuntu and the NVIDIA Jetson TX2, the choice of programming languages for embedded firmware, and Elecia's appearance on the Jennylyn Show.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Digilent, QRP Labs
Products
Analog Discovery 2, Digital Discovery, Ultimate 3S, PyBoard, Arduino
Chips
NVIDIA Jetson TX2, ESP8266
Also
Ada

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