# 223: Gregorian Chants and Things

- Show: [Embedded.fm](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm)
- Published: 2017-11-16
- Length: 1h 01m
- Episode: 223
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-11-16-223-gregorian-chants-and-things
- Listen: https://makingembeddedsystems.libsyn.com/223-gregorian-chants-and-things

## Summary

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.

## Chapters

- [0:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-11-16-223-gregorian-chants-and-things#t=6) Introduction: No guests, listener questions and pineapple on pizza
- [2:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-11-16-223-gregorian-chants-and-things#t=135) Shipping products and the reality of firmware updates
- [3:41](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-11-16-223-gregorian-chants-and-things#t=221) Christopher White's analog synthesizer projects: Kastle Synth and Roland SE-02
- [16:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-11-16-223-gregorian-chants-and-things#t=1000) Elecia White's Udacity Self-Driving Engineer nanodegree and machine learning
- [31:24](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-11-16-223-gregorian-chants-and-things#t=1884) Microcontroller selection and the history of Logical Elegance
- [38:25](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-11-16-223-gregorian-chants-and-things#t=2305) Amateur radio: QRP Labs Ultimate 3S and WSPR
- [41:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-11-16-223-gregorian-chants-and-things#t=2480) Non-fiction book recommendations: Spirals in Time, How to Read Water, The Grid
- [49:59](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-11-16-223-gregorian-chants-and-things#t=2999) Designing a $1,000 embedded systems training box

## Topics

- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Kastle Synth (product)
- Roland SE-02 (product)
- Bastl Instruments (company)
- Udacity (company)
- QRP Labs Ultimate 3S (product)
- WSPR (other)
- Nordic (chip)
- STM (chip)
- Raspberry Pi (product)
- Jetson (chip)
- YOLO (other)
- Joby Aviation (company)
- Logical Elegance (company)
- Steve Wozniak (other)
- Michael Barr (other)
- Analog Discovery (tool)
- Rigol (tool)
- GCC (other)
- VS Code (tool)
- GDB (tool)

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