# An Interview with Trey German - Launchpad Laden Lodesman

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2014-08-20
- Length: 1h 14m
- Episode: 212
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-08-20-an-interview-with-trey-german-launchpad-laden-lodesman
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/212-an-interview-with-trey-german-launchpad-laden-lodesman/

## Summary

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.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-08-20-an-interview-with-trey-german-launchpad-laden-lodesman#t=0) Introduction: Trey German and Texas Instruments
- [3:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-08-20-an-interview-with-trey-german-launchpad-laden-lodesman#t=185) Education at Rose-Hulman and Early Career at Sima Software
- [9:09](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-08-20-an-interview-with-trey-german-launchpad-laden-lodesman#t=549) Bootloaders, CAN Bus, and Automotive Networking
- [17:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-08-20-an-interview-with-trey-german-launchpad-laden-lodesman#t=1038) Joining TI and Porting USB Stacks to C2000 Architecture
- [29:23](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-08-20-an-interview-with-trey-german-launchpad-laden-lodesman#t=1763) The C2000 Launchpad and Energia Software Platform
- [34:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-08-20-an-interview-with-trey-german-launchpad-laden-lodesman#t=2057) Digital Power and Motor Control Applications
- [44:09](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-08-20-an-interview-with-trey-german-launchpad-laden-lodesman#t=2649) InstaSpin and Sensorless Field-Oriented Control
- [1:00:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-08-20-an-interview-with-trey-german-launchpad-laden-lodesman#t=3649) Personal Quadcopter Project and Future Plans

## Topics

- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Energy & climate tech](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/energy-and-climate-tech)
- [Open-source hardware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/open-source-hardware)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

- Texas Instruments (company)
- C2000 (chip)
- Launchpad (product)
- Energia (tool)
- MSP430 (chip)
- InstaSpin (other)
- Sima Software (company)
- Rose-Hulman (other)
- HobbyKing (company)

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