Natalie Friedman joins us to discuss when, where, how, and why robots should wear clothing. Natalie is a PhD candidate at Cornell Tech.  Natalie’s website is natalie-friedman.com and you can find her papers in the research section. She has an Instagram account: @natalie.victoria.f AIForGood  shows several robots dressed in home, business and social attire. Roomba cosplaying a mouse (Instructable) Pepper is an android-ish robot made by SoftBank. There are many clothing lines devoted to dressing it for whatever occasion you need, simply search for Pepper robot clothing. What could go wrong? Natalie recommended Fashion Is Spinach by Elizabeth Hawes. It is fascinating. Transcript

Natalie Friedman joins us to discuss when, where, how, and why robots should wear clothing. Natalie is a PhD candidate at Cornell Tech.  Natalie’s website is <a href="https://natalie-friedman.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">natalie-friedman.com</a> and you can find her papers in the <a href="https://natalie-friedman.com/research/#papers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">research</a> section. She has an Instagram account: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/natalie.victoria.f/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@natalie.victoria.f</a> AIForGood <a href="https://aiforgood.itu.int/how-robots-at-ai-for-good-global-summit-are-paving-the-way-for-achieving-the-sustainable-development-goals/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> shows several robots dressed</a> in home, business and social attire. Roomba cosplaying a mouse (<a href="https://www.instructables.com/Roomba-costume/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instructable</a>) <a href="https://us.softbankrobotics.com/pepper" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pepper</a> is an android-ish robot made by SoftBank. There are many clothing lines devoted to dressing it for whatever occasion you need, simply search for Pepper robot clothing. What could go wrong? Natalie recommended <a href="https://archive.org/details/fashionisspinach00hawerich" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fashion Is Spinach by Elizabeth Hawes</a>. It is fascinating. <a href="https://embedded.fm/transcripts/455" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transcript</a>

455: Snaps!

Uri Shaked surprises us with a chat about silicon design when we were expecting to talk about a web-based board simulator.  If you want to try your hand at silicon design, check out Tiny Tapeout, a way to possibly get your design on to real silicon. The digital design guide is a great way to start looking at how chips work. If you aren’t quite ready for silicon, Wokwi has a Verilog simulator where you can learn to do the digital design. The Verilog Simon Game on Wokwi is amazing.  Wokwi is a web-Based simulator, simulating processors, boards, and peripherals. You can build a whole system there, from Dancing Servos to 7-Segment display from 30  LCDs and Arduino Mega to Raspberry Pi Pico boards you can program in C when you click More Options on the front page. You can also create your own peripheral using the Chip API. Or learn to use  Zephyr on Wokwi. And now there is Wokwi for VS Code.  All that and Wokwi is open source: github.com/urish Uri recommends reading Relax for the same result by Derek Sivers Previously on Embedded 396: Untangle the Mess Transcript

Uri Shaked surprises us with a chat about silicon design when we were expecting to talk about a web-based board simulator.  If you want to try your hand at silicon design, check out <a href="https://tinytapeout.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tiny Tapeout</a>, a way to possibly get your design on to real silicon. The <a href="https://tinytapeout.com/digital_design/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">digital design guide</a> is a great way to start looking at how chips work. If you aren’t quite ready for silicon, Wokwi has a Verilog simulator where you can learn to do the digital design. The <a href="https://wokwi.com/projects/352319274216569857" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Verilog Simon Game on Wokwi</a> is amazing.  <a href="https://wokwi.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wokwi</a> is a web-Based simulator, simulating processors, boards, and peripherals. You can build a whole system there, from <a href="https://wokwi.com/projects/305336312628511297" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dancing Servos</a> to <a href="https://wokwi.com/projects/307886580731740737" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">7-Segment display from 30  LCDs and Arduino Mega</a> to <a href="https://wokwi.com/projects/new/pi-pico-sdk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raspberry Pi Pico</a> boards you can program in C when you click More Options on the front page. You can also create your own peripheral using the <a href="https://docs.wokwi.com/chips-api/getting-started" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chip API</a>. Or learn to use <a href="https://www.zephyrproject.org/getting-started-with-zephyr-as-a-breeze/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Zephyr on Wokwi</a>. And now there is <a href="https://docs.wokwi.com/vscode/getting-started" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wokwi for VS Code</a>.  All that and Wokwi is open source: <a href="https://github.com/urish" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">github.com/urish</a> Uri recommends reading <a href="https://sive.rs/relax" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Relax for the same result</a> by Derek Sivers Previously on <a href="https://embedded.fm/episodes/396" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Embedded 396: Untangle the Mess</a> <a href="https://embedded.fm/transcripts/454" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transcript</a>

454: Printf Hello

Nathan Jones has been talking about building command line interfaces, good design practices in C, creating MCU boards, wielding the PIC of destiny, and going beyond Arduino. As we are too lazy to attend the conferences, we asked him to give us the highlights.  Nathan is giving two conference talks at Crowd Supply’s Teardown 2023 June 23-24 in Portland, Oregon:    Make Your Own MCU Board    Build HackerBox #0040 and Wield the PIC of Destiny!   He spoke recently at the Embedded Online Conference about Object Oriented Programming (well, really good design practices). He has a  related github repository so you can look at the examples for yourself. He also gave a workshop on creating a simple command line interface (another excellent github repo full of examples). Probably the best place to start is his Embedded for Everyone Wiki where he collects all the bits and pieces you might want to know about getting into embedded systems. Transcript

Nathan Jones has been talking about building command line interfaces, good design practices in C, creating MCU boards, wielding the PIC of destiny, and going beyond Arduino. As we are too lazy to attend the conferences, we asked him to give us the highlights.  Nathan is giving two conference talks at <a href="https://www.crowdsupply.com/teardown/portland-2023/schedule" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crowd Supply’s Teardown 2023</a> June 23-24 in Portland, Oregon: <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.crowdsupply.com/teardown/portland-2023/short-talk/make-your-own-mcu-boards" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Make Your Own MCU Board</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.crowdsupply.com/teardown/portland-2023/workshop/build-hackerbox-0040-and-wield-the-pic-of-destiny" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Build HackerBox #0040 and Wield the PIC of Destiny!</a> </li> </ul> He spoke recently at the <a href="https://embeddedonlineconference.com/speaker/Nathan_Jones" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Embedded Online Conference</a> about Object Oriented Programming (well, really good design practices). He has a <a href="https://github.com/nathancharlesjones/Comparison-of-OOP-techniques-in-C" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> related github repository</a> so you can look at the examples for yourself. He also gave a workshop on creating a simple command line interface (<a href="https://github.com/nathancharlesjones/simple-cli" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">another excellent github repo full of examples</a>). Probably the best place to start is his <a href="https://github.com/nathancharlesjones/Embedded-for-Everyone/wiki" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Embedded for Everyone Wiki</a> where he collects all the bits and pieces you might want to know about getting into embedded systems. <a href="https://embedded.fm/transcripts/453" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transcript</a>

453: Too Dumb to Quit

Julia Evans spoke with us about how computers compute. We discussed number representation including floating point as well as Julia’s extensive collection of ‘zines and comics. Julia’s zines about debugging, managers, Linux commands, and more are available on WizardZines.com. If you want samples, check out the comics section. Also, the experiments (aka playgrounds) are great additions to the zines (and fun on their own), letting you explore without changing your own DNS or removing all the files from your root directory. If you want to check out numbers, look at  memory-spy (or from other sites like https://float.exposed/ and https://integer.exposed/) Julia also has a detailed blog on jvns.ca and active github repositories Transcript

Julia Evans spoke with us about how computers compute. We discussed number representation including floating point as well as Julia’s extensive collection of ‘zines and comics. Julia’s zines about debugging, managers, Linux commands, and more are available on <a href="https://wizardzines.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WizardZines.com</a>. If you want samples, check out the comics section. Also, the experiments (aka playgrounds) are great additions to the zines (and fun on their own), letting you explore without changing your own DNS or removing all the files from your root directory. If you want to check out numbers, look at <a href="https://memory-spy.wizardzines.com/game.html#example=8%20bytes,%20many%20meanings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> memory-spy</a> (or from other sites like <a href="https://float.exposed/0x44bf9400" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://float.exposed/</a> and <a href="https://integer.exposed/#0xaa55" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://integer.exposed/</a>) Julia also has a detailed blog on <a href="https://jvns.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jvns.ca</a> and active <a href="https://github.com/jvns" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">github repositories</a> <a href="https://embedded.fm/transcripts/452" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transcript</a>

452: Numbers on Computers Are Weird

Phillip Johnston of Embedded Artistry, Tyler Hoffman of Memfault, and Elecia White discuss the software tasks that tend to fall through the cracks after the device has all its features but before it is in customers' hands. Noah Pendleton of Memfault was the moderator.  You can see the video on the Embedded YouTube channel or  directly from memfault (also see their other panels and webinars). Memfault’s Slack Channel and Interrupt Blog are both excellent resources for embedded information of all kinds. Transcript

Phillip Johnston of <a href="https://embeddedartistry.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Embedded Artistry</a>, Tyler Hoffman of <a href="https://memfault.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Memfault</a>, and Elecia White discuss the software tasks that tend to fall through the cracks after the device has all its features but before it is in customers' hands. Noah Pendleton of Memfault was the moderator.  You can see the video on the <a href="https://youtu.be/CyAbcA9LHXQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Embedded YouTube channel</a> or <a href="https://go.memfault.com/from-concept-launch-what-it-takes-build-ship-new-device?utm_campaign=Concept%20to%20Launch%20Panel&amp;utm_source=Panelists" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> directly from memfault</a> (also see their <a href="https://memfault.com/webinars/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">other panels and webinars</a>). <a href="https://interrupt-slack.herokuapp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Memfault’s Slack Channel</a> and <a href="https://interrupt.memfault.com/blog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Interrupt Blog</a> are both excellent resources for embedded information of all kinds. <a href="https://embedded.fm/transcripts/451" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transcript</a>

451: From Concept to Launch

Kari Love joined us to talk about soft robotics, robots in religion, and squishiness. Kari co-authored  Soft Robotics: A DIY Introduction to Squishy, Stretchy, and Flexible Robots. Her website is karimakes.com. She was previously on Embedded 189: The Squishiness Factor One of the pneumatic drives that we mentioned was a Hackaday Prize Winner: FlowIO. Another was the Soft Robotics Toolkit. However, Kari recommended Amitabh Shrivastava’s Programmable Air (Crowd Supply page for Programmable Air). Some search terms for getting started with soft robotics: “DIY Jamming gripper”,  “Positive pressure gripper”, and “bendy straw robot joints”. (That last one leads you to the delightful video Make a Robotic Hand with Straws.) Polysense conductive dye for making sensors out of found objects. (On Hackaday.) Simulation of Soft Bodies in Real World Applications (for squish and stretch) include SOFA, Abaqus, and DiffPD. Transcript An incomplete list of power systems people have used for generating soft robotic motion:   Pneumatic - air and vacuum   Hydraulic - using liquid   Electrical - using currents   Thermal - using temperatures   Cable control - using motor control   Magnetic - using magnets   Chemical - using reactions   Photonic - using light   Biological - using living cells   Hybrid systems - multiple sources in tandem     An incomplete list of things people have used to make soft robots:   Fabric   Silicone or other rubbers   Flexible plastic   Plastic films   Metallic films   Paper   Carbon fiber   Silly Putty   Shape-changing alloys   Electroactive polymers   Liquid metals   Gelatin or Gluten   Cell tissue    

Kari Love joined us to talk about soft robotics, robots in religion, and squishiness. Kari co-authored <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Soft-Robotics-Introduction-Stretchy-Flexible/dp/168045093X/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Soft Robotics: A DIY Introduction to Squishy, Stretchy, and Flexible Robots</a>. Her website is <a href="https://www.karimakes.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">karimakes.com</a>. She was previously on <a href="https://embedded.fm/episodes/189" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Embedded 189: The Squishiness Factor</a> One of the pneumatic drives that we mentioned was a Hackaday Prize Winner: <a href="https://www.softrobotics.io/flowio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FlowIO</a>. Another was the <a href="https://softroboticstoolkit.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Soft Robotics Toolkit</a>. However, Kari recommended Amitabh Shrivastava’s <a href="https://www.programmableair.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Programmable Air</a> (<a href="https://www.crowdsupply.com/tinkrmind/programmable-air" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crowd Supply page for Programmable Air</a>). Some search terms for getting started with soft robotics: “DIY Jamming gripper”,  “Positive pressure gripper”, and “bendy straw robot joints”. (That last one leads you to the delightful video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKvIygrPQvE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Make a Robotic Hand with Straws</a>.) <a href="https://www.polysense.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Polysense</a> conductive dye for making sensors out of found objects. (<a href="https://hackaday.io/project/168380-polysense" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On Hackaday</a>.) Simulation of Soft Bodies in Real World Applications (for squish and stretch) include <a href="https://softroboticstoolkit.com/sofa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SOFA</a>, <a href="https://www.3ds.com/products-services/simulia/products/abaqus/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Abaqus</a>, and <a href="http://diffpd.csail.mit.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DiffPD</a>. <a href="https://embedded.fm/transcripts/450" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transcript</a> An incomplete list of power systems people have used for generating soft robotic motion: <ul> <li> Pneumatic - air and vacuum </li> <li> Hydraulic - using liquid </li> <li> Electrical - using currents </li> <li> Thermal - using temperatures </li> <li> Cable control - using motor control </li> <li> Magnetic - using magnets </li> <li> Chemical - using reactions </li> <li> Photonic - using light </li> <li> Biological - using living cells </li> <li> Hybrid systems - multiple sources in tandem </li> </ul> An incomplete list of things people have used to make soft robots: <ul> <li> Fabric </li> <li> Silicone or other rubbers </li> <li> Flexible plastic </li> <li> Plastic films </li> <li> Metallic films </li> <li> Paper </li> <li> Carbon fiber </li> <li> Silly Putty </li> <li> Shape-changing alloys </li> <li> Electroactive polymers </li> <li> Liquid metals </li> <li> Gelatin or Gluten </li> <li> Cell tissue </li> </ul>

450: Swimming Through Nutritious Slurry

Chris and Elecia talk about internetting your thing, motivating yourself with cheese, a pile of scrabble letters, an electric ouija board, and a supervillain origin story. Elecia will be on a Memfault Panel on June 1, 2023:  From Concept to Launch: What It Takes to Build and Ship a New Device  Elecia was on Alpenglow’s Industries Solder Sesh #60 with Carrie Sundra. See the highlights (or the whole thing) on  YouTube. Chris has been working on building a  baritone ukulele from a StewMac kit. The conversation about uninteresting projects reminded Elecia of one of her favorite blog posts: Resilience Is a Skill  Classpert will be offering a self-paced version of Elecia’s Making Embedded Systems course. Sign up on  Classpert to be notified about the details. The O’Reilly Learning System will have the first looks of the second edition of Making Embedded Systems. The full book should be out in the fall. Transcript

Chris and Elecia talk about internetting your thing, motivating yourself with cheese, a pile of scrabble letters, an electric ouija board, and a supervillain origin story. Elecia will be on a Memfault Panel on June 1, 2023: <a href="https://go.memfault.com/from-concept-launch-what-it-takes-build-ship-new-device?utm_campaign=Concept%20to%20Launch%20Panel&amp;utm_source=Panelists" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> From Concept to Launch: What It Takes to Build and Ship a New Device</a> Elecia was on Alpenglow’s Industries Solder Sesh #60 with Carrie Sundra. See the highlights (or the whole thing) on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGswnsgctcE0pOIhadnD_efnw8kqzA6zP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> YouTube</a>. Chris has been working on building a <a href="https://www.stewmac.com/kits-and-projects/instrument-kits/ukulele-kits/stewmac-ukulele-kits" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> baritone ukulele from a StewMac kit</a>. The conversation about uninteresting projects reminded Elecia of one of her favorite blog posts: <a href="https://embedded.fm/blog/2016/7/18/resilience-is-a-skill" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Resilience Is a Skill</a> Classpert will be offering a self-paced version of Elecia’s Making Embedded Systems course. Sign up on <a href="https://classpert.com/classpertx/courses/making-embedded-systems/cohort" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Classpert</a> to be notified about the details. The <a href="https://www.oreilly.com/online-learning/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">O’Reilly Learning System</a> will have the first looks of the second edition of Making Embedded Systems. The full book should be out in the fall. <a href="https://embedded.fm/transcripts/449" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transcript</a>

449: Soldering the Ukulele

Carl Bugeja makes actuators out of PCBs, puts them to work flapping origami bird wings (or moving robot rovers), and takes videos of the whole process. Oh, and get this, self-soldering circuits.  First, origami: flap actuators video. Your source for the PCB actuators: flexar.io Carl’s YouTube channel is filled with hardware, software, successes, and misses. Check out his tiny foldable rover and the self-soldering circuit. His projects are open source so you can find the information on github.com/CarlBugeja Carl has a site (carlbugeja.com) and shows his projects on Instagram instagram.com/carl_bugeja Elecia worked on a  zero-heat-flux, deep tissue temperature measurement system. Transcript

Carl Bugeja makes actuators out of PCBs, puts them to work flapping origami bird wings (or moving robot rovers), and takes videos of the whole process. Oh, and get this, self-soldering circuits.  First, origami: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDhT6-6Yr_I" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">flap actuators video</a>. Your source for the PCB actuators: <a href="https://flexar.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">flexar.io</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@CarlBugeja/videos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carl’s YouTube channel</a> is filled with hardware, software, successes, and misses. Check out his tiny <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsZszv4qHu4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">foldable rover</a> and the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0csHZveVvY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">self-soldering circuit</a>. His projects are open source so you can find the information on <a href="https://github.com/CarlBugeja/Flexar-Driver" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">github.com/CarlBugeja</a> Carl has a site (<a href="https://www.carlbugeja.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">carlbugeja.com</a>) and shows his projects on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/carl_bugeja/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/carl_bugeja</a> Elecia worked on a <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&amp;hl=en&amp;user=denHs64AAAAJ&amp;citation_for_view=denHs64AAAAJ:u5HHmVD_uO8C" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> zero-heat-flux, deep tissue temperature measurement system</a>. <a href="https://embedded.fm/transcripts/448" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transcript</a>

448: Little Squiggles All Around

We spoke with Chris Gammell about IoT, podcasting, relaxing, and learning. Chris works at Golioth.io. They have a neat blog that talks about reference designs, Zephyr RTOS, and making products. We talked about ESP chips which are made by  Espressif. The ESP32 line is RISC-V. Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) Some YouTube channels we discussed:   Wendover Productions: explaining stuff   CGP Grey, especially the recent one about vexillogy and US state flags   Blacktail Studio: Soothing woodworking   Adam Neely: music theory   Shawn Hymel on Digikey’s channel explaining continuous integration and delivery: Intro to CI/CD   The H note in music   Want to know more about self-paced Making Embedded Systems?  Sign up for the waitlist at Classpert. Want to learn electronics? Check out Chris Gammell’s Contextual Electronics. Transcript

We spoke with Chris Gammell about IoT, podcasting, relaxing, and learning. Chris works at <a href="https://golioth.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Golioth.io</a>. They have a <a href="https://blog.golioth.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">neat blog</a> that talks about reference designs, Zephyr RTOS, and making products. We talked about ESP chips which are made by <a href="https://www.espressif.com/products/hardware/esp-wrover-kit/overview" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Espressif</a>. The <a href="https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp32" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ESP32</a> line is RISC-V. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constrained_Application_Protocol" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Constrained Application Protocol</a> (CoAP) Some YouTube channels we discussed: <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Wendoverproductions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wendover Productions</a>: explaining stuff </li> <li> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@CGPGrey" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CGP Grey</a>, especially the recent <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4w6808wJcU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">one about vexillogy and US state flags</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BlacktailStudio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blacktail Studio</a>: Soothing woodworking </li> <li> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AdamNeely" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adam Neely</a>: music theory </li> <li> Shawn Hymel on Digikey’s channel explaining continuous integration and delivery: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nxGcfIm-TU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Intro to CI/CD</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvT10X7_03s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The H note in music</a> </li> </ul> Want to know more about self-paced Making Embedded Systems? <a href="https://classpert.com/classpertx/courses/making-embedded-systems/cohort" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Sign up for the waitlist at Classpert.</a> Want to learn electronics? Check out Chris Gammell’s <a href="https://contextualelectronics.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Contextual Electronics</a>. <a href="https://embedded.fm/transcripts/447" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transcript</a>

447: All Sorts of Weird Problems

Chris and Elecia talk about ChatGPT, conferences, online compilers, and Ardupilot. Compiler Explorer: godbolt.org (and function pointer example) Jupyter Notebooks with colab: colab.research.google.com/ (and one of  Elecia’s origami pattern generator collabs) Sign up for the Embedded newsletter! Support us on Patreon. Conferences and happenings:   Hackaday Prize   Embedded Online Conference : late April, online    Open Hardware Summit 2023: end of April in NYC, NY   Teardown 2023 | Crowd Supply: late June in Portland, OR   SEMICON West: July in San Francisco, CA     embedded world North America: October 2024, Austin, TX    Transcript

Chris and Elecia talk about ChatGPT, conferences, online compilers, and Ardupilot. Compiler Explorer: <a href="https://godbolt.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">godbolt.org</a> (and <a href="https://godbolt.org/z/nYz3PWKcf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">function pointer example</a>) Jupyter Notebooks with colab: <a href="https://colab.research.google.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">colab.research.google.com/</a> (and one of <a href="https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1fzYIjLuT9UMiUwyxtAOIls0isZT1IvX4?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Elecia’s origami pattern generator collabs</a>) Sign up for the <a href="https://embedded.fm/newsletter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Embedded newsletter</a>! Support us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/embedded" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a>. Conferences and happenings: <ul> <li> <a href="https://prize.supplyframe.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hackaday Prize</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://embeddedonlineconference.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Embedded Online Conference</a> : late April, online </li> <li> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-hardware-summit-2023-tickets-525062294457" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Open Hardware Summit 2023</a>: end of April in NYC, NY </li> <li> <a href="https://www.crowdsupply.com/teardown/portland-2023" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Teardown 2023 | Crowd Supply</a>: late June in Portland, OR </li> <li> <a href="https://www.semiconwest.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SEMICON West</a>: July in San Francisco, CA  </li> <li> <a href="http://nuernbergmesse-north-america.com/embedded-world-north-america-october-8-10-2024/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> embedded world North America:</a> October 2024, Austin, TX </li> </ul> <a href="https://embedded.fm/transcripts/446" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transcript</a>

446: World's Best PB&J

I am Elecia White alongside Christopher White. We’re here to chat about the interests, careers, and lives of engineers, artists, educators and makers. Our diverse guest list includes names you may have heard and engineers working quietly in the trenches. Either way, they are knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and inspiring. We’d love to share our enthusiasm for science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM).

This has been helping me learn about so many parts of embedded software and hardware development.

I've learned so much!

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Great Electronics Podcast

I am Elecia White alongside Christopher White. We’re here to chat about the interests, careers, and lives of engineers, artists, educators and makers. Our diverse guest list includes names you may have heard and engineers working quietly in the trenches. Either way, they are knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and inspiring. We’d love to share our enthusiasm for science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM).

Embedded

James Grenning (@jwgrenning) joined Elecia to talk about how to be a good programmer using Test Driven Development (TDD). James' excellent book on how to use TDD: Test Driven Development for Embedded Systems  Take a class from Renaissance Software Manual test is not sustainable blog post, from James' blog Legacy code challenge from Github SOLID design principles Iterative and Incremental Development article by Craig Larman Untapped: the beer drinker's twitter To get the signed copy of James' book, email (show@embedded.fm), tweet (@logicalelegance), or hit the contact link on embedded.fm with your number between 0-99. First one with the correct number wins the book (if no one is correct, the closest number will be selected 12/25/13).

James Grenning (<a href="https://twitter.com/jwgrenning" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@jwgrenning</a>) joined Elecia to talk about how to be a good programmer using Test Driven Development (TDD). James' excellent book on how to use TDD: <a href="http://pragprog.com/titles/jgade" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Test Driven Development for Embedded Systems</a> Take a class from <a href="https://www.renaissancesoftware.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Renaissance Software</a> <a href="http://www.renaissancesoftware.net/blog/archives/206" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Manual test is not sustainable</a> blog post, from James' blog <a href="https://github.com/jwgrenning/problems-with-extended-c" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Legacy code challenge</a> from Github <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOLID_(object-oriented_design)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SOLID design principles</a> <a href="http://www.craiglarman.com/wiki/downloads/misc/history-of-iterative-larman-and-basili-ieee-computer.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Iterative and Incremental Development</a> article by Craig Larman <a href="https://untappd.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Untapped</a>: the beer drinker's twitter To get the signed copy of James' book, email (show@embedded.fm), tweet (@logicalelegance), or hit the contact link on <a href="http://embedded.fm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">embedded.fm</a> with your number between 0-99. First one with the correct number wins the book (if no one is correct, the closest number will be selected 12/25/13).

30: Eventually Lightning Strikes

Jonathan Bradshaw spoke with us about working with hardware engineers, schematic reviews, and FPGAs. At the end of the podcast, Jonathan made a pitch for folks to submit proposals for the IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference in Auckland in December. The FPGA boards Elecia mentioned were the XLR8 board and the Papillio platform (more on the latter in show #66). By the way, The Amp Hour is our “enemy podcast” but we actually like their show quite a lot. It is a joke. But do feel free to tweet their shameless advertising tweet with the link replaced with one to our show.  And weta are neat! (Image, wiki)

Jonathan Bradshaw spoke with us about working with hardware engineers, schematic reviews, and FPGAs. At the end of the podcast, Jonathan made a pitch for folks to submit proposals for the <a href="http://www.ieee-spec.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference</a> in Auckland in December. The FPGA boards Elecia mentioned were the <a href="http://www.aloriumtech.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">XLR8 board</a> and the <a href="http://papilio.cc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Papillio</a> platform (more on the latter in <a href="http://embedded.fm/episodes/2014/9/3/66-as-simple-as-possible" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">show #66</a>). By the way, <a href="http://www.theamphour.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Amp Hour</a> is our “enemy podcast” but we actually like their show quite a lot. It is a joke. But do feel free to tweet their <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Check+out+@TheAmpHour+this+week+and+I+can+win+a+@boldport+club+subscription!+%23TheAmpHour301+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theamphour.com/301-the-nerd-calendar/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">shameless advertising tweet</a> with the link replaced with one to our show.  And weta are neat! (<a href="http://folksong.org.nz/wottenwood_weta/giantweta.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Image</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weta" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wiki</a>)

155: Foot-Seeking Bullet

Dan Saks answers many questions about C++ in embedded systems: where it works, where it doesn't, and a path to getting started.  Dan Saks is the founder and president of Saks &amp; Associates. He was a columnist for The C/C++ Users Journal, Embedded Systems Design and several other publications. He also served as secretary of the ANSI and ISO C++ standards committee in its early years.  We touched on some of his articles:  Poor reasons for rejecting C++ Preventing dynamic allocation Calling constructors with placement new  Andrei suggested Sams Teach Yourself C++ in One Hour a Day, Seventh Edition by Siddhartha Rao as a good primer for experienced C programmers reluctantly learning C++. NOTE: The contest already ended.

Dan Saks answers many questions about C++ in embedded systems: where it works, where it doesn't, and a path to getting started.  <a href="http://www.dansaks.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Dan Saks</a> is the founder and president of Saks &amp; Associates. He was a columnist for The C/C++ Users Journal, Embedded Systems Design and several other publications. He also served as secretary of the ANSI and ISO C++ standards committee in its early years.  We touched on some of his articles: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.embedded.com/electronics-blogs/programming-pointers/4027504/Poor-reasons-for-rejecting-C-" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Poor reasons for rejecting C++</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.embedded.com/electronics-blogs/programming-pointers/4027626/Preventing-dynamic-allocation" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Preventing dynamic allocation</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.embedded.com/electronics-blogs/programming-pointers/4219506/Calling-constructors-with-placement-new" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">C</a><a href="http://www.embedded.com/electronics-blogs/programming-pointers/4219506/Calling-constructors-with-placement-new" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">alling constructors with placement new</a></li> </ul> Andrei suggested <a href="http://amzn.to/1o6jwv3" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sams Teach Yourself C++ in One Hour a Day, Seventh Edition by Siddhartha Rao</a> as a good primer for experienced C programmers reluctantly learning C++. NOTE: The contest already ended.

137: Pausing to Think (Repeat)

The linker post for this episode is  Be Excellent to Each Other. Dennis Jackson spoke with us about drones (and Airware), simple code, and learning.  Hobbyist drones and UAVs on Amazon: tiny and cheap,  medium (Christopher's gift), andplease-I'm-drooling-right-now. Only the last one may be an Airware platform (Dennis could neither confirm nor deny). Airware's breakdown of proposed FAA rules Simple code:  Cyclomatic complexity Chris Svec's episode on empathy driven design (he'll also be at ESC Boston!) Test Driven Development for Embedded C by James Grenning Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability  Dennis has also worked on DEKA's iBOT and at Avinger's OCT system. Dennis had a list of suggested articles and blogs on safety critical software development:  30 Pitfalls for Real Time Systems (part 1 and part 2)  Rules for defensive C programming Joel Spolsky's blog (see top 10) Why are you still using C The Power of Ten -- 10 Rules for Writing  Safety Critical Code   Dennis' other suggested reading (ongoing blogs):  Coding Horror Jason Sachs's Embedded Systems  The Old New Thing Rands in Repose (management and leadership) 

The linker post for this episode is <a href="http://www.element14.com/community/blogs/linker/2015/04/15/be-excellent-to-each-other" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Be Excellent to Each Other</a>. Dennis Jackson spoke with us about drones (and <a href="http://www.airware.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Airware</a>), simple code, and learning.  Hobbyist drones and UAVs on Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IZC6C8E/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00IZC6C8E&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=httpembefm-20&amp;linkId=BFCJD7AFNCXOGD5V" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">tiny and cheap</a>,  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D3IN11Q/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00D3IN11Q&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=httpembefm-20&amp;linkId=MDSUWXMHL44TWFAY" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">medium</a> (Christopher's gift), and<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TAN11AQ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00TAN11AQ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=httpembefm-20&amp;linkId=JSW7NMUSH4NLYHKL" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">please-I'm-drooling-right-now</a>. Only the last one may be an <a href="http://www.airware.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Airware</a> platform (Dennis could neither confirm nor deny). <a href="http://blog.airware.com/post/111102780105/a-breakdown-of-the-proposed-uas-rule" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Airware's breakdown of proposed FAA rules</a> Simple code: <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclomatic_complexity" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Cyclomatic complexity</a></li> <li><a href="http://embedded.fm/episodes/2014/11/24/78-happy-cows" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Chris Svec's episode on empathy driven design</a> (he'll also be at <a href="http://www.embeddedconf.com/boston/scheduler/speaker/svec-christopher.34903" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">ESC Boston</a>!)</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193435662X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=193435662X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=httpembefm-20&amp;linkId=CM3BRTUIDHMENF6N" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Test Driven Development for Embedded C</a> by James Grenning</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HJUBRPG/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00HJUBRPG&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=httpembefm-20&amp;linkId=KJS5I62DJVWD4R6X" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability</a></li> </ul> Dennis has also worked on <a href="http://www.dekaresearch.com/ibot.shtml" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">DEKA's iBOT</a> and at <a href="http://avinger.com/products" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Avinger</a>'s OCT system. Dennis had a list of suggested articles and blogs on safety critical software development: <ul> <li>30 Pitfalls for Real Time Systems (<a href="http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.133.761&amp;rep=rep1&amp;type=pdf" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">part 1</a> and <a href="http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.122.4906&amp;rep=rep1&amp;type=pdf" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">part 2</a>) </li> <li><a href="http://www.eetindia.co.in/ARTICLES/1999DEC/PDF/EEIOL_1999DEC01_EMS_TA_1.pdf" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Rules for defensive C programming</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Joel Spolsky's blog</a> (see top 10)</li> <li><a href="https://renaissancesoftware.net/files/articles/WhyAreYouStillUsingC.pdf" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Why are you still using C</a></li> <li><a href="http://spinroot.com/gerard/pdf/P10.pdf" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Power of Ten -- 10 Rules for Writing  Safety Critical Code </a></li> </ul> Dennis' other suggested reading (ongoing blogs): <ul> <li><a href="http://blog.codinghorror.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Coding Horror</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.embeddedrelated.com/blogs-1/nf/Jason_Sachs.php" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jason Sachs's Embedded Systems </a></li> <li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Old New Thing</a></li> <li><a href="http://randsinrepose.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Rands in Repose</a> (management and leadership)</li> </ul>

94: Don't Be Clever

James Cameron of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) tells us about Forth, science fiction, and laptops. We have some tickets for ARM's mbed Connect conference is Oct 24, 2016 in Santa Clara. Will you be in the area? Want to go? Contact us if you want one of our free tickets! (There are still some tickets remaining.)  One Laptop Per Child is one.laptop.org.  Some getting started information on Forth: Mitch Bradley's Forth and Open Firmware Lessons James has been writing about putting C Forth on a Teensy (more on the Teensy from the creator's site). He also has a post on using Forth to snoop the Milo Champions Band's BLE.  James is Quozl on most sites that require a unique ID (such as Github:  https://github.com/quozl). This is from a book called Quozl by Alan Dean Foster. The other older-sci-fi reference was to the Pern books by Anne McCaffery, specifically to the White Dragon. 

James Cameron of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) tells us about Forth, science fiction, and laptops. We have some tickets for ARM's <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arm-mbed-connect-2016-usa-registration-26322338824" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mbed Connect conference</a> is Oct 24, 2016 in Santa Clara. Will you be in the area? Want to go? Contact us if you want one of our free tickets! (There are still some tickets remaining.)  One Laptop Per Child is <a href="http://one.laptop.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">one.laptop.org</a>.  Some getting started information on Forth: <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Forth_Lesson_0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mitch Bradley's Forth and Open Firmware Lessons</a> James has been writing about putting <a href="http://quozl.netrek.org/cforth-on-teensy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">C Forth on a Teensy</a> (more on the <a href="https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Teensy</a> from the creator's site). He also has a post on <a href="http://quozl.netrek.org/cforth-milo-champions-band/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">using Forth to snoop the Milo Champions Band's BLE</a>.  James is Quozl on most sites that require a unique ID (such as Github:  <a href="https://github.com/quozl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://github.com/quozl</a>). This is from a book called <a href="http://amzn.to/2doVK80" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quozl by Alan Dean Foster</a>. The other older-sci-fi reference was to the <a href="http://amzn.to/2erpXp9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pern books by Anne McCaffery</a>, specifically to the <a href="http://amzn.to/2eCeCpP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">White Dragon</a>.

172: Tell Forth You Me Please

Paul Sidenblad spoke to us about his engineering career, starting off with GE's work on theGambit spy satellite.   Google Protobufs Elecia read Eye in the Sky: The Story of the CORONA Spy Satellites a few years ago and remembers liking it, though this was the first time the information was useful. 

Paul Sidenblad spoke to us about his engineering career, starting off with GE's work on the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KH-7_Gambit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gambit</a> spy satellite.   <a href="https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Protobufs</a> Elecia read <a href="http://amzn.to/1WhgNNF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eye in the Sky: The Story of the CORONA Spy Satellites</a> a few years ago and remembers liking it, though this was the first time the information was useful.

151: Captain Stochastic

Chris and Elecia babble up a show about gifts, conferences, and makers. Embedded Systems Conference is put on by UBM. The conference is in Boston May 6-7, 2015, Santa Clara July 20-22, and Minneapolis November 4-5. The Santa Clara proposal deadline is January 9th. O'Reilly's Solid Conference is June 22-25 in San Francisco. Proposals are due January 12th. Fitbit Surge (Amazon) Kerbal Space Program and some controllers and telemetry boards from other people CrossyRoad is on iOS and Android (This is bad, do not start. Also unihorse is the best!) Elecia's Wordy project on Hackaday Magnetoception in humans is controversial (wiki) but the magnetometer/motor anklet is neat.

Chris and Elecia babble up a show about gifts, conferences, and makers. <a href="http://www.embeddedconf.com/boston/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Embedded Systems Conference</a> is put on by UBM. The conference is in Boston May 6-7, 2015, Santa Clara July 20-22, and Minneapolis November 4-5. The Santa Clara proposal deadline is January 9th. <a href="http://solidcon.com/internet-of-things-2015" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">O'Reilly's Solid Conference</a> is June 22-25 in San Francisco. Proposals are due January 12th. <a href="https://www.fitbit.com/surge" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fitbit Surge </a>(<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N2BWF6Q/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00N2BWF6Q&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=httpembefm-20&amp;linkId=FH5S3I2SBPSHGBUI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a>) <a href="https://kerbalspaceprogram.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kerbal Space Program</a> and some controllers and telemetry boards from other people <a href="http://www.crossyroad.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CrossyRoad </a>is on iOS and Android (This is bad, do not start. Also unihorse is the best!) Elecia's <a href="http://hackaday.io/project/3577-wordy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wordy project on Hackaday</a> Magnetoception in humans is controversial (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetoception" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wiki</a>) but the <a href="http://sensebridge.net/projects/northpaw/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">magnetometer/motor anklet</a> is neat.

81: Two of Those People Can't Be Ducks

Elecia spoke with Micheal Worry, CEO of Nuvation, about engaging with and working at a design firm.  Disco Fish, the autonomous Burning Man party vehicle Udacity course in autonomous vehicles ROS is Willow Garage's robot operating system Contact Nuvation at their website or on twitter (@Nuvation). Contact Disco Fish and its build buddies on Facebook. 

Elecia spoke with Micheal Worry, CEO of <a href="http://www.nuvation.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nuvation</a>, about engaging with and working at a design firm.  <a href="http://www.nuvation.com/blog/news/discofish-and-burning-man-2013-recap" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Disco Fish</a>, the autonomous Burning Man party vehicle <a href="https://www.udacity.com/course/cs373" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Udacity course</a> in autonomous vehicles <a href="http://www.ros.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ROS </a>is Willow Garage's robot operating system Contact Nuvation at their <a href="http://www.nuvation.com/contact" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a> or on twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/nuvation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Nuvation</a>). Contact Disco Fish and its build buddies on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thediscofish" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.

52: Maximize the Sonic Boom

Atmel’s Andreas Eieland (@AndreasMCUguy) spoke with us about low power chips and benchmarks, including tips for measuring and achieving the lowest power possible. EEMBC has a low power benchmark: ULPBench. EETimes wrote up a great introduction to the benchmark. Atmel’s SAM-L posted some excellent numbers for ULPBench. Chris wanted to look at processors between Cortex-M4 and phone chips. Andreas suggested the SAM7, SAM E, and Cortex-A5.  Programmable logic blocks (Look Up Tables) Coding tips and tricks for AVR micros (most things apply for all embedded development) App Note:  Ultra Low Power Techniques App Note:  Performance Levels and Power Domains Andreas was also on Episode 15: Robot on the Front, speaking about how the AVR processor line came to life, why there is an AVR in Arduino, and the spirit of making things. The Planet contest ends Friday June 12 (at midnight your time). Check out their jobs and send in your contest entry. Also, check out  Elecia’s BLE Intro.

Atmel’s Andreas Eieland (<a href="https://twitter.com/AndreasMCUguy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@AndreasMCUguy</a>) spoke with us about low power chips and benchmarks, including tips for measuring and achieving the lowest power possible. EEMBC has a low power benchmark: <a href="http://eembc.org/ulpbench/about.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ULPBench</a>. <a href="http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1326124&amp;print=yes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EETimes</a> wrote up a great introduction to the benchmark. Atmel’s <a href="http://www.atmel.com/products/microcontrollers/ARM/SAM-L.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SAM-L</a> posted some excellent numbers for ULPBench. Chris wanted to look at processors between Cortex-M4 and phone chips. Andreas suggested the <a href="http://www.atmel.com/products/microcontrollers/arm/sam7s_se.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SAM7</a>, <a href="http://www.atmel.com/products/microcontrollers/arm/sam-e.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SAM E</a>, and <a href="http://www.atmel.com/microsite/sama5/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cortex-A5</a>. <a href="http://www.atmel.com/Images/Atmel-42419-SAM-L21-CCL-AT03716_Application-Note.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Programmable logic blocks (Look Up Tables)</a> <a href="http://www.atmel.com/images/doc8453.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Coding tips and tricks for AVR micros</a> (most things apply for all embedded development) App Note: <a href="http://www.atmel.com/Images/Atmel-42411-Ultra-Low-Power-Techniques-AT06549_Application-Note.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Ultra Low Power Techniques</a> App Note: <a href="http://www.atmel.com/Images/Atmel-42412-Understanding-Performance-Levels-and-Power-Domains-AT04296_Application-Note.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Performance Levels and Power Domains</a> Andreas was also on <a href="http://embedded.fm/episodes/2013/8/20/robot-on-the-front" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 15: Robot on the Front</a>, speaking about how the AVR processor line came to life, why there is an AVR in Arduino, and the spirit of making things. The Planet contest ends Friday June 12 (at midnight your time). <a href="https://www.planet.com/careers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out their jobs</a> and <a href="http://embedded.fm/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">send in your contest entry</a>. Also, check out <a href="http://www.element14.com/community/blogs/linker/2015/06/01/get-smart-bluetooth-smart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Elecia’s BLE Intro</a>.

104: Only the Paranoid Survive

Elecia gushes about her favorite logic (and protocol) analyzer to Saleae co-founder Mark Garrison. They also discuss start-ups, manufacturing, and covering yourself with rum and pretending to be a pirate when harbor patrol arrives.  Saleae Logic 8 on Amazon (or from Saleae) Saleae Logic 16 on Amazon (or from Saleae) Space X reusable rocket video Saleae's blog talks about Mark and Joe's boat, start here The mooshimeter multimeter (as seen on Hackaday and Dragon Innovation)

Elecia gushes about her favorite logic (and protocol) analyzer to <a href="http://www.saleae.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Saleae</a> co-founder Mark Garrison. They also discuss start-ups, manufacturing, and covering yourself with rum and pretending to be a pirate when harbor patrol arrives.  Saleae Logic 8 on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004G4ZKA6/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B004G4ZKA6&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=httpembefm-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> (or from <a href="http://www.saleae.com/logic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Saleae</a>) Saleae Logic 16 on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006BJSXA8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B006BJSXA8&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=httpembefm-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> (or from <a href="http://www.saleae.com/logic16" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Saleae</a>) Space X <a href="http://www.space.com/23230-spacex-falcon9-reusable-rocket-milestone.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">reusable rocket video</a> Saleae's <a href="http://blog.saleae.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blog</a> talks about Mark and Joe's boat, start <a href="http://blog.saleae.com/tuning-a-perfectly-good-sailboat-into-an-engineering-project/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> The <a href="http://moosh.im/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mooshimeter</a> multimeter (as seen on <a href="http://hackaday.com/2014/01/08/mooshimeter-the-why-didnt-i-think-of-that-multimeter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hackaday</a> and <a href="http://www.dragoninnovation.com/projects/34-mooshimeter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dragon Innovation</a>)

36: Drive the Boat with a Wii Mote

Chris and Elecia talk about memetics, learning, and processors.  Elecia was coy about the Pasadena party May 9th and 10th, but Hackaday announced it so you can invite yourself. She will also be speaking at the Solid conference in June in SF (email for a coupon!). She'll also be at ESC-Silicon Valley in July.  Star Wars Teaser #2 and SpaceX almost-landing BLE fun: TI's CC2640 and Nordic nRF51822 (Elecia likes the BLE Nano with the free, online mbed compiler for getting started with the nRF5122). Everything seems to be a Cortex-M0 these days (including the aforementioned CC2640 and nRF51822). The new Atmel SAM-L series is Cortex-M0 and even more low power than usual. On the other hand, the MSP432 is low power and is a more powerful Cortex-M4 (and inexpensive dev kits!), Elecia has a book: Making Embedded Systems. It makes a great gift.

Chris and Elecia talk about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memetics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">memetics</a>, learning, and processors.  Elecia was coy about the Pasadena party May 9th and 10th, but <a href="http://hackaday.com/2015/04/20/hackaday-los-angeles-event-develop-your-hacking-superpowers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hackaday announced it</a> so you can <a href="http://worldwide-la.hackaday.io/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">invite yourself</a>. She will also be speaking at the <a href="http://solidcon.com/internet-of-things-2015" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Solid conference</a> in June in SF (email for a coupon!). She'll also be at <a href="http://www.embeddedconf.com/silicon_valley/scheduler/list" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ESC-Silicon Valley in July</a>.  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngElkyQ6Rhs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Star Wars Teaser #2</a> and <a href="http://youtu.be/BhMSzC1crr0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SpaceX almost-landing</a> BLE fun: T<a href="http://www.ti.com/product/cc2640" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I's CC2640</a> and <a href="https://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/Products/Bluetooth-Smart-Bluetooth-low-energy/nRF51822" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nordic nRF51822</a> (Elecia likes the <a href="http://redbearlab.com/blenano/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BLE Nano</a> with the free, online mbed compiler for getting started with the nRF5122). Everything seems to be a Cortex-M0 these days (including the aforementioned CC2640 and nRF51822). The new <a href="http://www.atmel.com/products/microcontrollers/ARM/SAM-L.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Atmel SAM-L</a> series is Cortex-M0 and even more low power than usual. On the other hand, the <a href="http://www.ti.com/tool/MSP-EXP432P401R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MSP432</a> is low power and is a more powerful Cortex-M4 (and inexpensive dev kits!), Elecia has a book: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005ZTO0LG/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B005ZTO0LG&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=httpembefm-20&amp;linkId=GDXEUZ3IFCIY3A3O" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Making Embedded Systems</a>. It makes a great gift.

98: Figments of My Imagination

James Grenning (@jwgrenning) returns to discuss TDD, Agile, and web courses.  James was on Embedded.fm episode 30: Eventually Lighting Strikes. James' new company is Wingman Software. His excellent book is TDD for Embedded C.  James suggested Training From the Back of the Room! as resource to people looking to put together a class. He uses and recommends CyberDojo as a coding instruction tool. Before Agile was Agile-for-business, it was Extreme Programming. James recommends Extreme Programming Explained. James will be the keynote speaker at AgileDC in October.

James Grenning (<a href="http://twitter.com/jwgrenning" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@jwgrenning</a>) returns to discuss TDD, Agile, and web courses.  James was on <a href="http://Embedded.fm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Embedded.fm</a> episode <a href="http://embedded.fm/episodes/2013/12/11/eventually-lightning-strikes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">30: Eventually Lighting Strikes</a>. James' new company is <a href="https://wingman-sw.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wingman Software</a>. His excellent book is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193435662X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=193435662X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=httpembefm-20&amp;linkId=BI6PW4FCS3236WUJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TDD for Embedded C</a>.  James suggested <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0787996629/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0787996629&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=httpembefm-20&amp;linkId=ZAQL7MKR37SQB2FZ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Training From the Back of the Room!</a> as resource to people looking to put together a class. He uses and recommends <a href="http://cyber-dojo.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CyberDojo</a> as a coding instruction tool. Before Agile was Agile-for-business, it was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_programming" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Extreme Programming</a>. James recommends <a href="http://amzn.to/1J0zX3v" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Extreme Programming Explained</a>. James will be the keynote speaker at <a href="http://agiledc.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AgileDC</a> in October.

109: Resurrection of Extreme Programming

Chris and Elecia explain when and why to use an operating system on a microcontroller (real-time or not). Thank you to our Embedded Patreon supporters, particularly to our corporate patreon, InterWorking Labs (iwl.com).

Chris and Elecia explain when and why to use an operating system on a microcontroller (real-time or not). Thank you to our <a href="https://patreon.com/embedded" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Embedded Patreon</a> supporters, particularly to our corporate patreon, InterWorking Labs (<a href="http://iwl.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iwl.com</a>).

307: Big While Loop

Chris (@stoneymonster) and Elecia (@logicalelegance) chat about the year 2038, their projects, their new finds, and future shows. The year 2038 problem is real. Elecia read some of this tweet thread about it. Single file libraries list on github: (https://github.com/nothings/single_file_libs), including the STB image handling library Chris was originally looking for. Chris is working on a MIDI project with a NUCLEO-144 (STM32F303ZE) board and various breakout boards from Adafruit and Sparkfun. Elecia talked about the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Program (NIAC) and  curved crease origami. She also talked about PID controllers and Tiny ML. We are now soliciting sponsorship!

Chris <a href="https://twitter.com/stoneymonster" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(@stoneymonster)</a> and Elecia <a href="https://twitter.com/logicalelegance" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(@logicalelegance)</a> chat about the year 2038, their projects, their new finds, and future shows. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">year 2038 problem</a> is real. Elecia read some of <a href="https://twitter.com/jxxf/status/1219009308438024200" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this tweet thread</a> about it. Single file libraries list on github: (<a href="https://github.com/nothings/single_file_libs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://github.com/nothings/single_file_libs</a>), including the <a href="https://github.com/nothings/stb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">STB</a> image handling library Chris was originally looking for. Chris is working on a MIDI project with a NUCLEO-144 (STM32F303ZE) board and various <a href="https://www.adafruit.com/product/3678" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">breakout</a> boards from <a href="https://www.adafruit.com/product/358" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adafruit</a> and <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12898" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sparkfun</a>. Elecia talked about the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Program (NIAC)</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=curved+crease+origami&amp;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS746US746&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwinjLuhqb3nAhWiMX0KHTS_CiUQ_AUoAnoECA0QBA&amp;biw=1391&amp;bih=526&amp;dpr=1.25" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> curved crease origami</a>. She also talked about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PID_controller" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PID controllers</a> and <a href="https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/tinyml/9781492052036/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tiny ML</a>. <a href="https://embedded.fm/sponsor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">We are now soliciting sponsorship!</a>

319: Squidly Tentacles

We talked to Craig Cook about learning embedded systems. He recently attended an embedded edX course through University of Texas.   The microcontroller and boards used in the course Craig's next course will be Interactive Python through Coursera As we discussed Craig's alarm clock we mentioned many parts including:  FM Module ESP8266 WiFi Module Electric Imp (Sparkfun or Digikey, don't forget the April breakout board)  Chris has also been looking at Particle.io's Photon board for WiFi + cloud development. This will be mentioned on other shows (as well as on The Amp Hour).

We talked to Craig Cook about learning embedded systems. He recently attended an <a href="https://www.edx.org/course/embedded-systems-shape-world-utaustinx-ut-6-02x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">embedded edX course through University of Texas</a>.   <a href="http://www.element14.com/community/community/learning-center/online-learning/moocs/edxutexas-embedded/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The microcontroller and boards used in the course</a> Craig's next course will be <a href="https://www.coursera.org/course/interactivepython1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Interactive Python through Coursera</a> As we discussed Craig's alarm clock we mentioned many parts including: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11083" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FM Module</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13252" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ESP8266 WiFi Module</a></li> <li>Electric Imp (<a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11395" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sparkfun</a> or <a href="http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en?mpart=IMP001-US-R-ENG&amp;vendor=1413" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Digikey</a>, don't forget the April breakout board)</li> </ul> Chris has also been looking at <a href="https://store.particle.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Particle.io's Photon</a> board for WiFi + cloud development. This will be mentioned on other shows (as well as on The Amp Hour).

107: Until They Are Spaghetti

Daniel Hienzsch (@rheingoldheavy) spoke with us about reverse engineering a board, bypass capacitors, and serial protocols. Rheingold Heavy is Dan's company for educational boards. The one he started with was the I2C and SPI education board (its fulfilled kickstarter page). He brought us the theGraphic Equalizer Kit and Bubble Display Experimentation Pack. Dan's Arduino from Scratch blog series looks at the Arduino hardware in great detail.  Contextual Electronics course for learning to build boards Chris wrote about his Photon based garage door opener on the Linker blog TinEye for searching schematic snippets

Daniel Hienzsch (<a href="https://twitter.com/rheingoldheavy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@</a><a href="https://twitter.com/rheingoldheavy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rheingoldheavy</a>) spoke with us about reverse engineering a board, bypass capacitors, and serial protocols. <a href="https://rheingoldheavy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rheingold Heavy</a> is Dan's company for educational boards. The one he started with was the <a href="https://rheingoldheavy.com/product/i2c-and-spi-education-shield/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I2C and SPI education board</a> (its fulfilled <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1080546871/the-i2c-and-spi-education-system" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kickstarter page</a>). He brought us the the<a href="https://rheingoldheavy.com/product/msgeq7-graphic-equalizer-kit/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Graphic Equalizer Kit</a> and <a href="https://rheingoldheavy.com/product/bubble-display-experimentation-pack-copy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bubble Display Experimentation Pack</a>. Dan's <a href="https://rheingoldheavy.com/category/education/fundamentals/arduino-from-scratch-series/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arduino from Scratch</a> blog series looks at the Arduino hardware in great detail.  <a href="https://contextualelectronics.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Contextual Electronics</a> course for learning to build boards Chris wrote about his Photon based garage door opener on the <a href="http://www.element14.com/community/blogs/linker/2015/07/08/zero-to-iot-in-five-minutes-part-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Linker blog</a> <a href="https://www.tineye.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TinEye</a> for searching schematic snippets

115: Datasheeps

Christopher (@stoneymonster) and Elecia (@logicalelegance) babble about their current projects involving ants, guitars, machine learning, and party planning. A video of Christopher’s ants Some tweet threads about our tour of Santa Cruz Guitar Company.   Arrival (also: very old wood)   Wood is awesome   Adding science to precision craft   Elecia has been reading  Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras, and TensorFlow by Aurélien Géron. While the 2nd edition preview is on  O’Reilly’s electronic library (formerly Safari Online), it will be available via Amazon on July 5th. Or pick up the first edition. Phillip Johnston of Embedded Artistry (290: Rule of Thumbs) is looking for blog posts, exchanging editing and exposure for posts that make sense on the site. Contact him with a topic idea before jumping in. For the Embedded blog, related to the show with Phillip, Elecia wrote a post about learning to give feedback. Listener Brian asked about a CS degree for going into firmware. We mentioned our show with Dennis Jackson (211: 4 Weeks, 3 Days). Listener Craig asked about PICs. We suggested taking a look at Jay Carlson’s Amazing $1 Microcontroller. We talked to Jay in 226: Camp AVR vs. Camp Microchip. Listener Happyday asked about UL testing. We added FCC testing then asked if any of you could help us. Hit the contact link on Embedded.fm. Embedded has a Patreon. There are new sponsorship levels! Nothing has changed though.

Christopher (<a href="https://twitter.com/stoneymonster" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@stoneymonster</a>) and Elecia (<a href="https://twitter.com/logicalelegance" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@logicalelegance</a>) babble about their current projects involving ants, guitars, machine learning, and party planning. <a href="https://twitter.com/stoneymonster/status/1140434108444639233" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A video of Christopher’s ants</a> Some tweet threads about our tour of <a href="https://santacruzguitar.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Santa Cruz Guitar Company</a>. <ol> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/logicalelegance/status/1129211833108258816" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arrival</a> (also: <a href="https://twitter.com/logicalelegance/status/1129163270181478400" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">very old wood</a>) </li> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/logicalelegance/status/1129217129796915201" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wood is awesome</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/logicalelegance/status/1129217129796915201" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adding science to precision craft</a> </li> </ol> Elecia has been reading  Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras, and TensorFlow by Aurélien Géron. While the 2nd edition preview is on <a href="https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/hands-on-machine-learning/9781492032632/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> O’Reilly’s electronic library</a> (formerly Safari Online), it will be available via <a href="https://amzn.to/2WVd5fB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon on July 5th</a>. Or pick up the <a href="https://amzn.to/2WVd5fB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">first edition</a>. Phillip Johnston of Embedded Artistry (<a href="https://embedded.fm/episodes/290" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">290: Rule of Thumbs</a>) is looking for <a href="https://embeddedartistry.com/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blog posts</a>, exchanging editing and exposure for posts that make sense on the site. <a href="https://embeddedartistry.com/contact" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Contact him</a> with a topic idea before jumping in. For the Embedded blog, related to the show with Phillip, Elecia wrote a post about <a href="https://embedded.fm/blog/2019/6/4/giving-feedback" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">learning to give feedback</a>. Listener Brian asked about a CS degree for going into firmware. We mentioned our show with Dennis Jackson (<a href="https://embedded.fm/episodes/211" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">211: 4 Weeks, 3 Days</a>). Listener Craig asked about PICs. We suggested taking a look at Jay Carlson’s <a href="https://jaycarlson.net/microcontrollers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazing $1 Microcontroller</a>. We talked to Jay in <a href="https://embedded.fm/episodes/226" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">226: Camp AVR vs. Camp Microchip</a>. Listener Happyday asked about UL testing. We added FCC testing then asked if any of you could help us. Hit the <a href="https://embedded.fm/contact" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact link on Embedded.fm</a>. Embedded has a <a href="https://www.patreon.com/embedded" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a>. There are new sponsorship levels! Nothing has changed though.

292: Now I Feel Less Cool

In this in-depth technical discussion, Dr. Ken Lunde helps Elecia understand how to internationalize her (memory constrained) device. CJVK Information Processing, Ken’s excellent O’Reilly book on internationalization [Note: there is a 40% off print and 50% off ebook coupon in the last few minutes of the show.] Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP) Images of the bone ideograph that is different between Chinese and Japanese (U+9AA8) can be found on  Wikipedia. Other sources of information:   Ken’s CJK Type Blog at Adobe Unicode specification, surprisingly readable though large  An introductory tutorial  Elecia found helpful  Open source type faces  Source Sans Pro OpenType font family (for UIs) Source Code Pro OpenType font family (for programming environments)  Adobe’s open source projects and Ken’s contribution to those:  Adobe Blank is a special-purpose OpenType font, making webpages wait to load fonts until they have the correct one AGL and AGLFN (Adobe Glyph List) maps glyph names to Unicode values CMap Resources are used to unidirectionally map character codes CSS Orientation Test are lightweight and special-purpose OpenType fonts that map all Unicode code points to glyphs that indicate their orientation based on the writing direction. Kenten Generic OpenType Font  provides glyphs suitable for typesetting emphasis marks in Japanese. Mapping Resources for PDF are used to derive content from PDF files that include CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) information.   You can also reach Ken via lunde "at" adobe.com  

In this in-depth technical discussion, <a href="http://embedded.fm/?offset=1397077484060" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Ken Lunde</a> helps Elecia understand how to internationalize her (memory constrained) device. <a href="http://oreil.ly/CJKV2E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CJVK Information Processing</a>, Ken’s excellent O’Reilly book on internationalization [Note: there is a 40% off print and 50% off ebook coupon in the last few minutes of the show.] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapping_of_Unicode_character_planes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP)</a> Images of the bone ideograph that is different between Chinese and Japanese (U+9AA8) can be found on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_unification#Examples_of_language_dependent_characters" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Wikipedia</a>. Other sources of information:  <ul> <li>Ken’s <a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/CCJKType/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CJK Type Blog</a> at Adobe</li> <li><a href="http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.3.0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unicode specification</a>, surprisingly readable though large </li> <li>An <a href="http://rishida.net/docs/unicode-tutorial/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">introductory tutorial</a>  Elecia found helpful</li> </ul> Open source type faces <ul> <li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/adobe/sourcesans/wiki/Home/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Source Sans Pro</a> OpenType font family (for UIs)</li> <li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/adobe/sourcecodepro/wiki/Home/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Source Code Pro</a> OpenType font family (for programming environments)</li> </ul> Adobe’s <a href="http://sourceforge.net/adobe/wiki/Projects/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">open source projects</a> and Ken’s contribution to those: <ul> <li><a href="https://sourceforge.net/adobe/adobe-blank/wiki/Home/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adobe Blank</a> is a special-purpose OpenType font, making webpages wait to load fonts until they have the correct one</li> <li><a href="https://sourceforge.net/adobe/aglfn/wiki/Home/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AGL and AGLFN</a> (Adobe Glyph List) maps glyph names to Unicode values</li> <li><a href="https://sourceforge.net/adobe/cmap/wiki/Home/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CMap Resources</a> are used to unidirectionally map character codes</li> <li><a href="https://sourceforge.net/adobe/csso9ntestfonts/wiki/Home/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CSS Orientation Test</a> are lightweight and special-purpose OpenType fonts that map all Unicode code points to glyphs that indicate their orientation based on the writing direction.</li> <li><a href="https://sourceforge.net/adobe/kenten-generic/wiki/Home/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kenten Generic OpenType Font</a>  provides glyphs suitable for typesetting emphasis marks in Japanese.</li> <li><a href="https://sourceforge.net/adobe/mapping-for-pdf/wiki/Home/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mapping Resources for PDF</a> are used to derive content from PDF files that include CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) information. </li> </ul> You can also reach Ken via lunde "at" <a href="http://adobe.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adobe.com</a>

26: The Tofu Problem

Professor Ayanna Howard of Georgia Tech joins us to talk about robotics including how androids interact with humans.  Some of her favorite robot include the Darwin, the Nao, and, for home-hacking, the Darwin Mini. Ayanna has a profile on EngineerGirl.org, a site that lets young women ask questions of women in the engineering profession. Elecia has been working on a typing robot named Ty, documented on the Embedded.fm blog. It uses a MeArm, on sale in July 2017 at Hackaday.com, with coupon noted in show. (don't use PayPal to check out or you can't apply the coupon).  Other robots for trying out robots: Lego Mindstorms (lots of books, project ideas, and incredible online tutorials!), Cozmobot, Dash and Dot. Some robotics competition leagues include Vex, Botball, and FIRST. 

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayanna_Howard" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Professor Ayanna Howard</a> of <a href="http://howard.ece.gatech.edu/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Georgia Tech</a> joins us to talk about robotics including how androids interact with humans.  Some of her favorite robot include the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARwIn-OP" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Darwin</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nao_(robot)" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Nao</a>, and, for home-hacking, the <a href="http://amzn.to/2uKgC2s" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Darwin Mini</a>. Ayanna has a profile on <a href="https://www.engineergirl.org/2974.aspx" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">EngineerGirl.org</a>, a site that lets young women ask questions of women in the engineering profession. Elecia has been working on a typing robot named Ty, documented on the <a href="http://embedded.fm/search?q=Ty" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Embedded.fm blog</a>. It uses a <a href="https://store.hackaday.com/products/mearm-pocket-sized-robot-arm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">MeArm, on sale in July 2017 at Hackaday.com</a>, with coupon noted in show. (don't use PayPal to check out or you can't apply the coupon).  Other robots for trying out robots: <a href="http://amzn.to/2sMKzh7" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Lego Mindstorms</a> (lots of <a href="http://amzn.to/2tR3Q66" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">books</a>, <a href="http://amzn.to/2tQT4wy" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">project ideas</a>, and <a href="https://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms/build-a-robot" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">incredible online tutorials</a>!), <a href="http://amzn.to/2tJ1p54" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Cozmobo</a>t, <a href="http://amzn.to/2tR10hh" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Dash and Dot</a>. Some robotics competition leagues include <a href="https://www.vexrobotics.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Vex</a>, <a href="http://www.botball.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Botball</a>, and <a href="https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">FIRST</a>.

207: I Love My Robot Monkey Head (Repeat)

Chris Savage (@SavageCircuits) talks about building a community and about stopping projects when life intrudes. His site is Savage Circuits. He has a YouTube channel. He has Savage Circuit TV which are the longer, more in depth videos and Short Circuit for the shorter ones. Also see his forums. Chris works for Parallax and had some kit suggestions: BOE-BOT (board of education bot), its successor the ActivityBot, and the ELEV-8 Quadcopter Kit. Chris is also a writer for Nuts and Volts. At the top of the show, we mentioned Chris' wife. Here is Ken Gracey's request for help. Or you can skip that and use the PayPal link on the Savage Circuits thank you page. (No PayPal account required.)

Chris Savage (<a href="https://twitter.com/savagecircuits" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@SavageCircuits</a>) talks about building a community and about stopping projects when life intrudes. His site is <a href="http://www.savagecircuits.com/content.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Savage Circuits</a>. He has a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/savagecircuits" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a>. He has <a href="http://www.savagecircuits.com/content.php?6-savage-circuits-tv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Savage Circuit TV</a> which are the longer, more in depth videos and <a href="http://www.savagecircuits.com/content.php?7-short-circuits" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Short Circuit</a> for the shorter ones. Also see his <a href="http://www.savagecircuits.com/forum.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">forums</a>. Chris works for <a href="http://www.parallax.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Parallax</a> and had some kit suggestions: <a href="http://www.parallax.com/product/28832" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BOE-BOT</a> (board of education bot), its successor the <a href="http://www.parallax.com/product/32500" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ActivityBot</a>, and the <a href="http://www.parallax.com/product/80000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ELEV-8 Quadcopter Kit</a>. Chris is also a writer for <a href="http://www.nutsvolts.com/index.php?/magazine/contributor/chris_savage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nuts and Volts</a>. At the top of the show, we mentioned Chris' wife. Here is Ken Gracey's <a href="http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php/160131-Parallax-s-Chris-and-Wendy-Savage-an-important-call-to-our-customers-for-assistance" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">request for help</a>. Or you can skip that and use the PayPal link on the Savage Circuits <a href="http://www.savagecircuits.com/content.php?218-Generosity-and-Gratitude" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thank you page</a>. (No PayPal account required.)

89: I Have New Batteries

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