414: Puff, the Magically Secure Dragon
Laura Abbott of Oxide Computing spoke with us about a silicon bug in the ROM of the NXP LPC55, affecting the TrustZone. More information about the two issues are in the Oxide blog: Another vulnera...
26 Maj 202258min
413: Puppy-Like Glee
Chris and Elecia chat about practice, software quality, and empathy for seemingly unmotivated team members. Elecia is teaching another cohort of Making Embedded Systems in the fall, starting late Aug...
19 Maj 20221h 8min
412: Inductors Don't Have Feelings
Tom Anderson returned to the show to describe how transistors and passives work. We discuss everything from vacuum tubes to diodes to transistors (PNP and NPN) to resistors and capacitors. We search f...
12 Maj 20221h 15min
411: Batteries Get Upset
Ethan Slattery joined us to talk about animals, animal trackers, and how they work. Ethan works for Wildlife Computers. They use the Argos Network for data transfer. He was previously at MBARI and wor...
5 Maj 20221h 7min
305: Humans Have a Terrible Spec Sheet (Repeat)
Amanda "w0z" Wozniak spoke with us about her career through biomedical engineering and startups. Amanda contributed a chapter to Building Open Source Hardware: DIY Manufacturing. (A book we spoke wi...
28 Apr 20221h 4min
410: Emacs From the Future
Chris and Elecia chat about tools, interrupts, and general happenings. Thank you to Newark for supporting the show! The part that was not guessed was an RF FET: MRF1K50HR5. Elecia found MCU on Eclip...
21 Apr 202251min
409: A Better World
Dr. Shirley Davis spoke with us about her book: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion For Dummies. Dr. Davis is a speaker and consultant on diversity, equity, and inclusion topics; her website is drshirleydav...
14 Apr 202259min
295: In the Key of Lime (Repeat)
This week we talk about CircuitPython with Adafruit's Kattni Rembor and Scott Shawcroft. The suggested first board is CircuitPlayground Express with LEDs, sensors, and buttons. CircuitPython is also a...
7 Apr 20221h 11min
