Hardware Podcasts

369: More Pirate Jokes

Embedded.fm · 15 Apr 2021 · 1h 02m · Episode 369

What this episode covers

Elecia White and Christopher White discuss the transition from corporate engineering to consulting, emphasizing the importance of professional networks and emotional detachment. Elecia details her research-driven approach to preparing a conference talk on map files and her origami Python scripts, contrasting this with Christopher's structured architectural methods. Christopher shares his experience building a GStreamer plugin for TensorFlow on NVIDIA Xavier hardware, highlighting the difficulties of cross-compilation and API complexity, while also announcing his upcoming vinyl album release via Kickstarter.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Digilent
Products
Analog Discovery Pro ADP3450, 12AX7
Chips
NVIDIA Xavier
Tools
TensorFlow, GStreamer

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