The world of embedded systems | Elecia White

Elecia White, host of ‪@Embeddedfm‬ and author of "Making Embedded Systems", joins us to discuss all things embedded systems. We discuss programming non-computers, open source resources for embedded, self-driving cars, embedded system like the GoPro, Traeger smokers, and even birthday cards. According to Elecia, embedded is going everywhere.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Welcoming Elecia
01:41 When NPR calls
03:23 What is embedded?
07:09 Programming non-computers
11:40 How Elecia got started
14:13 The moment of discovery
15:48 Mentoring for embedded
18:43 Wokwi is cool
22:16 The chasm between sim and real
26:49 The constraints of embedded
30:13 SILICON VALLEY
30:51 How big is the embedded world?
34:49 Open source + embedded
36:19 Elecia loves Kalman filters!
40:04 Elecia's thoughts on self-driving cars
49:27 Self-driving on a closed-system
51:29 GoPro is embedded
55:29 Traeger smokers are embedded
1:01:28 What do you want to build next?
1:04:51 Crunch Labs!
1:07:58 What else is cool?
1:09:51 Embedded is going everywhere
1:15:10 IoT, let us 'opt out'
1:18:47 Embedded.fm and other places
1:22:55 Wrapping up