223: Gregorian Chants and Things

Embedded.fm · 16 Nov 2017 · 1h 01m · Episode 223

What this episode covers

Hosts Elecia White and Christopher White discuss their recent personal projects, including White's work with analog synthesizers like the Kastle Synth and Roland SE-02, and White's enrollment in Udacity's Self-Driving Engineer nanodegree to learn machine learning and sensor fusion. They answer listener questions regarding microcontroller selection, the history of consulting at Logical Elegance, and the contents of a hypothetical $1,000 embedded systems training kit. The episode also covers book recommendations, amateur radio hardware like the QRP Labs Ultimate 3S, and the show's future plans.

Mentioned

Companies
Bastl Instruments, Udacity, Joby Aviation, Logical Elegance
Products
Kastle Synth, Roland SE-02, QRP Labs Ultimate 3S, Raspberry Pi
Chips
Nordic, STM, Jetson
Tools
Analog Discovery, Rigol, VS Code, GDB
Also
WSPR, YOLO, Steve Wozniak, Michael Barr, GCC

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