Hardware Podcasts

233: Always the Wrong Way

Embedded.fm · 9 Feb 2018 · 44m · Episode 233

What this episode covers

Hosts Elecia White and Chris Svec discuss listener emails, covering topics from the SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch to the Chordbot sequencer controller from Isla Instruments. White shares her experience writing 'Making Embedded Systems' and addresses a reader's request for resources on interrupts and timers, while also reviewing educational YouTube content and the free STM32 TrueStudio IDE. The conversation concludes with reflections on corporate product cancellations at LeapFrog and Cisco, and the technical optimization of early Pokémon games.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Isla Instruments
Products
Chordbot, Pokémon
Chips
STM32
Tools
TrueStudio
Also
Making Embedded Systems, seL4

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