451: From Concept to Launch, a Memfault Panel Dicussion

Elecia joined?Phillip Johnston of Embedded Artistry?and?Tyler Hoffman of Memfault?to?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.

Note that the?full show notes have Elecia's slides on Public Key Encryption.

The?transcript?from the show is now available, feel free to read, search and repost at your leisure.

Job Posting

Volta Labs, an MIT spin-off, is developing a novel lab automation platform for genome sequencing. They raised $20 million as part of their Series-A funding and are?hiring for several roles?related to embedded software. All roles are full-time, 100% onsite in Boston, MA, and require the ability to thrive in an early-stage startup.

• Senior Firmware Engineer?- Design/develop/debug firmware for our instrument platform. Requires strong experience with RTOS, C/C++, ARM-based microcontrollers
• Tech Lead, Instrument Software?- Lead design/development of instrument control software. Requires prior experience as a tech lead and strong experience programming control systems in Python on Linux.
• Tech Lead, Electrical and Embedded Systems?- Lead design/development of electrical subsystems and firmware. Prior experience as a tech lead, strong experience with electrical design / bring-up, and integration between firmware and electromechanical systems.

Items of interest:

• How Do You Stay on the Path and Make it to “Done”??Philip Johnston responds to a viewer's follow-up question from the Concept To Launch Panel.
• Microchip's Compiled Tips ‘N Tricks Guide?(a lot of these apply to more than just PIC parts). h/t Nathan Jones on the Embedded Patreon Slack.
• “Hello World” Programs to Exercise Common Features on MPC5500 & MPC5600 Microcontrollers.?h/t Andrei Chichak on the Embedded Patreon Slack.
• Finally, one that is specifically click-bait for Chris:?Ben Eater Runs Apple 1 software on a breadboard computer (Wozmon).
• The previous item reminded Chris to mention that he really enjoyed?The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal by Laine Nooney. It's a case-study based view of the personal computer era, how it came to be, and what it meant for society.

Upcoming Show

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