The Spark Gap

Corey and Karl talk about setting up your workbench.

Karl and Corey talk about the advantages and challenges of adding Ethernet capability to an embedded system.

Karl and Corey interview James Snyder about the eLua project.

Karl and Corey wax poetic about the aspects of embedded electronic engineering that can can worsen your mood and waste your time.

Karl and Corey discuss the practice of Manufacturers charging money to unlock built-in features of Test Equipment.

They give their opinion on whether unlocking those features by means of “hacking” your equipment is actually stealing.

Alternatives to paying exhorbant sums of cash to unlock existing features are considered.

Karl and Corey welcome guest Jacob Rosenthal to explain the Internet of Things.

Corey and Karl welcome their first guest Rodney McGee to talk about his research in electric vehicles and Vehicle to Grid (V2G) technology.

Corey and Karl explain the different ways to implement USB connectivity on an embedded device, from the physical layer to application layer.

Corey inquires about Karl's hobby, CNC Machining. Karl discusses his CNC Router and the decision that went into it.

Corey and Karl start off their first episode of "The Great Debates!"

Corey takes the position that RTOSes for the most part don't belong in single core embeeded systems.

Karl takes the position that the advantages of using an RTOS ,even in single core microcontrollers, far exceed their disadvantages.