Hardware Podcasts

293: Skateboard Tricks (Repeat)

Embedded.fm · 23 Dec 2021 · 43m · Episode 293

What this episode covers

Limor Fried, founder of Adafruit, discusses the company's 13-year history of manufacturing open-source hardware in New York, highlighting recent products like the PyGamer and PyBadge. She explains the engineering philosophy behind TinyUSB, an open-source USB stack developed by engineer Hathach to replace proprietary vendor stacks, and details the business model of supporting a community of 4,000 products. Fried emphasizes that while hardware design is easy, the value lies in firmware, documentation, and tutorials, which she balances with business operations and education.

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Companies
Adafruit, SparkFun, Digi-Key, Radio Shack, MicroCenter, OSHPark, Saleae, Tindie, Crowd Supply
Products
PyGamer, PyBadge
Tools
TinyUSB, CircuitPython, MakeCode Arcade
Also
Hathach, Bunnie Huang, ATMakers, Stephen Hawking, Becky, Phil, Bre, Collin, Alicia Gibb, Ben Hencke, Alexander, Bailey, Matt, Ada King, Ada Lovelace, Elecia White, Christopher White

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