Hardware Podcasts

466: Attacked by a Goose on the Way to the Office

Embedded.fm · 14 Dec 2023 · 1h 08m · Episode 466

What this episode covers

Ralph Hempel, formerly Senior Manager of Firmware at the Lego Group and currently a staff firmware engineer at Edwards Fire and Safety, discusses the engineering and community hacking surrounding Lego Mindstorms. He details the reverse engineering of the original RCX brick, the transition to Linux-based NXT and EV3 systems, and the integration of MicroPython which led to the fan-created Pybricks firmware. Hempel also shares his experiences implementing Test-Driven Development (TDD) and automated CI/CD pipelines at Lego, while contrasting the safety-critical constraints of fire alarm systems with the playful openness of toys.

Most relevant to

large enterprises

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Edwards Fire and Safety
Products
Lego Mindstorms, RCX, NXT, EV3, Pybricks
Tools
MicroPython
Also
Hasselin

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