Hardware Podcasts

An Interview with Trey German - Launchpad Laden Lodesman

The Amp Hour · 20 Aug 2014 · 1h 14m · Episode 212

What this episode covers

Trey German, an Applications Engineer at Texas Instruments, discusses his work with the C2000 microcontroller family, including porting USB stacks and validating silicon. He details the design and production of the C2000 Launchpad and the Energia software platform, explaining how they lower the barrier to entry for digital control applications. German also shares insights into InstaSpin technology for sensorless motor control and describes his personal hobby project: a low-cost, open-source quadcopter built using these TI technologies.

Most relevant to

large enterprises

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Texas Instruments, Sima Software, HobbyKing
Products
Launchpad
Chips
C2000, MSP430
Tools
Energia
Also
InstaSpin, Rose-Hulman

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