Hackaday Podcast · 12 Sept 2025 · 1h 03m · Episode 337
Hosts Elliot Williams and Dan Maloney review a wide range of hardware hacks, including a 3D-printed wire connector by Ibanis Sorenzo, homebrew inductors by Nick using TDK ferrite cores, and the history of the Action! programming language for Atari computers. They also discuss a 1967 BBC segment on home teletype terminals, the legacy of IRC, and a DIY ultralight helicopter build, before highlighting GPS module integration by Arya and Android development guides by Maya Posh and Al Williams.
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Hosts Elecia White and Christopher White discuss the intersection of science fiction and engineering inspiration, review Digilent's Analog Discovery 2 and Digital Discovery test equipment, and detail Christopher's experience building a QRP Labs Ultimate 3S ham radio kit for WSPR. They also cover Elecia's struggles with Ubuntu and the NVIDIA Jetson TX2, the choice of programming languages for embedded firmware, and Elecia's appearance on the Jennylyn Show.
Hosts Elecia White and Christopher White discuss personal projects, including Christopher building a high-frequency GPS logger for a radio-controlled airplane using an ESP32 and Arduino, and Elecia’s journaling habit. They also cover listener questions on breaking into embedded software, the necessity of personal projects for engineers, and strategies for preventing burnout. The episode concludes with a technical discussion on designing event-driven serial communication stacks for bare-metal and RTOS environments.
Hosts Elecia White and Christopher White discuss the value of show transcripts, compare NumPy and MATLAB for computational work, and detail Christopher's 3D printed Star Wars lightsaber and Elecia's Python-based origami seashell modeling. They also address listener questions regarding career transitions into embedded systems, emphasizing the importance of internships, open-source contributions, and building tangible projects like using Rust or Linux tools. The episode concludes with commentary on the hardware ecosystem, including ARM Macs and GPU shortages.
Elecia White discusses the development of the second edition of her book 'Making Embedded Systems' with O'Reilly, detailing updates to chapters on state machines, RTOS, and the transition from Arduino to production. Chris White shares his struggles with motivation while working on a StewMac baritone ukulele kit, specifically mentioning a cracked top during gluing, and his progress on a Morse code antenna project. The hosts also answer listener questions regarding IDE configuration, interface design for embedded devices, and strategies for documenting legacy software.
Hosts Elecia White and Christopher White discuss the Hackaday Prize structure, the launch of the NPR podcast 'Embedded', and Christopher's recent success in obtaining his General amateur radio license. They compare the development experience of taking a Unity game engine course to embedded systems work, highlighting the superior tooling and rapid iteration times in game development versus the friction of bare-metal embedded toolchains like IAR. The episode also touches on the sale of Boston Dynamics by Google and offers a large batch of Atmel AT32UC3 microcontrollers to listeners.
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