Hardware Podcasts

303: Kids, Turn in Your Chips

Embedded.fm · 19 Sept 2019 · 1h 46m · Episode 303

What this episode covers

Jay Carlson, a PhD student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, discusses his pedagogical approach to teaching embedded systems, arguing against traditional lecture-based models in favor of project-based learning and the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition. He critiques the use of Arduino for education, advocating instead for bare-metal microcontrollers like the PIC16 and STM32 to teach fundamental concepts like memory-mapped peripherals and debugging. Carlson also shares insights from his blog posts on the '$1 Microcontroller' and '3 cent micros,' highlighting how ultra-low-cost chips are changing the landscape of hardware design and prototyping.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Digilent
Products
Arduino
Chips
PIC16, STM32, 8051, Parallax Propeller
Tools
MPLAB, TrueSTUDIO, STM32CubeIDE, SDCC
Also
Jay Carlson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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