Hardware Podcasts

237: Break All the Laws of Physics

Embedded.fm · 9 Mar 2018 · 48m · Episode 237

What this episode covers

Jan Jongboom, a developer evangelist at Arm, discusses the Mbed ecosystem, including its online compiler, Mbed OS, and a new browser-based simulator for Cortex-M devices. He explains how the simulator allows developers to test code and peripherals without physical hardware, addressing the slow feedback loop of traditional embedded development. Jongboom also introduces uTensor, an inference framework that enables TensorFlow models to run on microcontrollers, and highlights the benefits of LoRa for long-range, low-power IoT connectivity.

Most relevant to

large enterprises

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Mbed, Arm, Arduino, Mozilla
Products
Mbed OS, uTensor, TensorFlow, LoRa, Nordic nRF51, Daplink, Mbed Cloud
Tools
Keil MDK, IAR, GCC

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