The world of embedded systems (Interview)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Elecia White, host of Embedded.fm 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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Featuring:

• Elecia White – Website, LinkedIn
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Embedded.fm
• Making Embedded Systems: Patterns for Software Development (Amazon)
• Making Embedded Systems (ClasspertX)
• Wokwi
• MicroPython on GitHub
• Nordic Thingy:91 X – Prototyping cellular IoT and Wi-Fi locationing
• FreeRTOS
• Adafruit
• Kalman filter (Wikipedia)
• Chibitronics
• CrunchLabs
• FIRST Inspires
• Hackster.io
• Hackaday
• Instructables Circuits
• A Smart Lamp That Wakes You Up at the Optimal Time (Instructables)
• Open Source Hardware Summit (2025)
• CrowdSupply Teardown (Portland 2025)
• Hackaday SuperCon (2024)
• Hardwear.io
• Electronica

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Розділи

1. This week on The Changelog (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Augment Code (00:01:07)

https://www.augmentcode.com

3. Start the show!! (00:04:36)

4. When NPR calls (00:06:40)

5. What is embedded? (00:08:22)

6. Programming non-computers (00:12:08)

7. How Elecia got started (00:16:40)

8. The moment of discovery (00:19:12)

9. Mentoring for embedded (00:20:48)

10. Wokwi is cool (00:23:42)

11. The chasm between sim and real (00:27:15)

12. The constraints of embedded (00:31:48)

13. Sponsor: Fly.io (00:36:01)

https://fly.io/

14. How big is the embedded world? (00:38:30)

15. Open source + embedded (00:42:27)

16. Elecia loves Kalman filters! (00:43:57)

17. Elecia's thoughts on self-driving cars (00:47:42)

18. Self-driving on a closed-system (00:57:05)

19. GoPro is embedded (00:59:07)

20. Traeger smokers are embedded (01:03:07)

21. Sponsor: DeleteMe (01:09:14)

https://joindeleteme.com

22. What do you want to build next? (01:11:09)

23. CrunchLabs! (01:14:30)

24. What else is cool? (01:17:37)

25. Embedded is going everywhere (01:19:30)

26. IoT, let us 'opt out' (01:24:49)

27. Embedded.fm and other places (01:28:26)

28. Wrapping up (01:32:34)

29. Closing thoughts and stuff (01:32:58)

30. BONUS teaser :) (01:35:54)