Embedded

Mike Harrison challenged us to a PIC fight on twitter. Surprisingly, no blood was shed and we mostly talked about LEDs and art installations. Mike's YouTube Channel and his website electricstuff.co.uk...

25 Aug 20221h 4min

Professor Barbara Liskov spoke with us about the Liskov substitution principle, data abstraction, software crisis, and winning a Turing Award. See Professor Liskov's page at MIT, including her incredi...

18 Aug 202250min

Gustavo Pezzi spoke with us about using fun and simple systems to explain low-level concepts and how they work in higher-level engineering tasks. For example, teaching microprocessor concepts using At...

11 Aug 20221h 4min

Phillip Johnston joined us to talk about how engineering approaches can change over time. This conversation started with Phillip's Embedded Artistry blog post How Our Approach to Abstract Interfaces...

4 Aug 20221h 8min

Chris and Elecia chat about origami, learning, whether to future proof tools or buy the cheaper option, simulators, and classes. Elecia is gearing up to teach another Making Embedded Systems course. S...

28 Jul 202255min

Chris Hobbs talks with Elecia about safety critical systems. Safety-critical systems keep humans alive. Writing software for these embedded systems carries a heavy responsibility. Engineers need to un...

21 Jul 20221h 16min

Dan White, CEO of Filament Games, spoke to us about educational games, how to make play part of learning, and simulating robots. We also discussed what makes a good (or bad) learning experience, the l...

14 Jul 20221h 5min

Mohit Bhoite makes functional electronic sculptures from components and brass wire. We spoke with him on the hows and whys of making art. Mohit's sculptures, including the Tie Fighter. More on his ins...

7 Jul 20221h 1min