Hardware Podcasts

357: How Do You Think Waffles Work?

Embedded.fm · 9 Jan 2021 · 1h 09m · Episode 357

What this episode covers

Hosts Elecia White and Christopher White discuss a variety of topics, including the release of a new Embedded.fm T-shirt and the availability of old transcripts. Christopher White details the complex process of producing a vinyl album with his band 12AX7, covering recording, mixing, and mastering challenges. The hosts then analyze how to build a DIY gunshot detection system using off-the-shelf hardware like the BeagleBone Black and MEMS microphones, before offering advice on workplace credit and project management tool consolidation.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Qt, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
Products
ShotSpotter
Chips
BeagleBone Black
Tools
Logic, Listento
Also
12AX7, DigitalNest, Smalltalk, Objective-C, Swift, Tessellations for Everyone, Risk Up Front, Software Project Survival Guide, Manager's Path, Object-oriented design patterns in the kernel

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