# Benjamin Cabé Nose Zephyr

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2023-12-11
- Length: 1h 06m
- Episode: 653
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2023-12-11-benjamin-cabe-nose-zephyr
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/653-benjamin-cabe-nose-zephyr/

## Summary

Benjamin Cabé, Developer Advocate for the Zephyr Project, explains that Zephyr is an open-source RTOS and ecosystem that provides hardware abstraction, device trees, and subsystems to simplify embedded development. He highlights how major vendors like STMicroelectronics, NXP, and Espressif integrate with Zephyr, allowing developers to swap silicon without rewriting application code, a feature that proved crucial during recent silicon shortages. Cabé also shares his personal project, an 'artificial nose' for sourdough monitoring, which he migrated from Arduino to Zephyr to leverage its multitasking, state machines, and simulation tools like Renode.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2023-12-11-benjamin-cabe-nose-zephyr#t=0) Introduction: Benjamin Cabé and the Zephyr Project
- [2:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2023-12-11-benjamin-cabe-nose-zephyr#t=124) Zephyr as an RTOS with Batteries Included
- [7:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2023-12-11-benjamin-cabe-nose-zephyr#t=452) Vendor Involvement and Device Tree Abstraction
- [14:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2023-12-11-benjamin-cabe-nose-zephyr#t=879) Target Audience and Hardware Support Range
- [17:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2023-12-11-benjamin-cabe-nose-zephyr#t=1075) Simulation, Emulation, and Testing with Renode
- [23:25](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2023-12-11-benjamin-cabe-nose-zephyr#t=1405) Hardware Abstraction Layers and Driver Ecosystem
- [30:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2023-12-11-benjamin-cabe-nose-zephyr#t=1857) Open Source Community and Custom Keyboards
- [46:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2023-12-11-benjamin-cabe-nose-zephyr#t=2763) Case Study: Migrating an Artificial Nose from Arduino to Zephyr
- [55:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2023-12-11-benjamin-cabe-nose-zephyr#t=3350) Recommended Starter Hardware and M5Stack Kits
- [1:03:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2023-12-11-benjamin-cabe-nose-zephyr#t=3790) Community Resources and Zephyr Developer Summit

## Topics

- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Open-source hardware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/open-source-hardware)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Zephyr Project (other)
- Zephyr RTOS (other)
- STMicroelectronics (company)
- NXP (company)
- Espressif (company)
- ESP32 (chip)
- Arduino (other)
- Renode (tool)
- QEMU (tool)
- M5Stack (product)
- Bosch (company)
- BME280 (product)
- TensorFlow Lite (other)
- Edge Impulse (other)

## Related episodes from other shows

- [Zephyr with Luka Mustafa](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast/2025-11-09-zephyr-with-luka-mustafa) (The Pragmatic Embedded Podcast)
- [479: Make Your Voice Heard](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2024-06-13-479-make-your-voice-heard) (Embedded.fm)
- [#009: Zephyr’s Meteoric Rise and What It Means for the Future of Embedded](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/coredump-sessions/2025-05-27-009-zephyrs-meteoric-rise-and-what-it-means-for-the-future-of-embedded) (Coredump Sessions)
- [475: Stuffed Animal or Colleague](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2024-04-19-475-stuffed-animal-or-colleague) (Embedded.fm)
- [Eli Hughes' Nordic and i.MX powered Guitar, Pico Operating System, WiFi over LoRaWAN and more!](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2024-05-24-eli-hughes-nordic-and-i-mx-powered-guitar-pico-operating-system-wifi-over-lorawa) (The Electromaker Show)

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