Best Microcontrollers Podcasts (2024)

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Ep 276: A Mac on a Pico, Ropes on the Test Stand, A Battleship up on Blocks 1:09:16

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The week gone by was rich with fun hacks, and Elliot and Dan teamed up this time around to run them down for everyone. The focus this week seemed to trend to old hardware, from the recently revived Voyager 1 to a 1940s car radio, a homebrew instrument from 1979, a paper tape reader, and a 128k Mac emulator built from an RP2040. Newer hacks include …

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Episode 404 - AI Trust: The Philippine Airlines Journey

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In this interview, we speak with Mac Munsayac, Head of Customer Experience at Philippine Airlines, to explore the transformative role of AI in the aviation industry. Mac elaborates on the integration of generative AI and tools to enhance customer interactions by providing personalized, proactive, and frictionless experiences, especially in scenario…

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Episode 403 - Beyond AI Hype - Trust, Transparency & Security

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As Vice President and CTO, Solutions, for Salesforce ASEAN, Gavin Barfield leads a team of Salesforce engineers across the region to develop and drive integrated technology solutions for Salesforce customers. Gavin works closely with customers in ASEAN on their digital transformations, bringing together the full value of the Salesforce platform to …

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Episode 275: Mud Pulse Telemetry, 3D Printed Gears in Detail, and Display Hacking in our Future 1:09:10

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Join Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi for a review of the best stories to grace the front page of Hackaday this week. Things kick off with the news about Raspberry Pi going public, and what that might mean for everyone's favorite single-board computer. From there they'll cover the technology behind communicating through mud, DIY press…

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Episode 0008 - Embedded Control in Medical Devices and the COVID-19 Global Pandemic 26:03

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COVID-19 impacted the world. In December of 2019 news reports out of Wuhan, the capital of Central China's Hubei province, detailed the emergence of an atypical pneumonia-like illness that did not respond well to standard treatments. By January 2020 world health officials had identified the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. By February 2020 the World Health …

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Ep 274: Capstan Robots, Avionics of Uncertain Purpose, and What the Frack? 51:15

13d ago51:15

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What do capstans, direct conversion receivers, and fracking have in common? They were all topics Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams found fascinating this week. If you wonder what makes an electrical ground a ground, or what a theodolite is, you should check it out. Al struck on on the What's That Sound, but [Ferric Bueler] didn't so …

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Ep 273: A Tube Snoot, Dynamic Button Blobs, and Tokamaks Aren't Whack 42:21

20d ago42:21

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This week, it was Kristina's turn in the hot seat with Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams. First up in the news: Germany's solar expansion and a lot of wind have resulted in excess energy, which some people think is bad. In Hackaday news, the entries in the 2024 Business Card Challenge are really stacking up. Then it's on to What's That Sound, which K…

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Ep 272: Desktop EDM, Silence of the Leaves, and the Tyranny of the Rocket Equation 1:16:18

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With Elliot off on vacation, Tom and Dan made a valiant effort to avoid the dreaded "clip show" and provide you with the tastiest hacker treats of the week. Did they succeed? That's not for us to say, but if you're interested in things like non-emulated N64 games and unnecessarily cool filament sensors, this just might be one to check out. We also …

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Episode 402 - AI Security - Backdoors and Poisoned Data

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In this interview at Black Hat Asia 2024, we spoke with Adrian Wood and Mary Walker, security engineers from Dropbox, about the critical issues surrounding AI security, backdoors, and malware. Adrian and Mary explained that many users rely on pre-existing machine learning (ML) models from public repositories rather than creating their own. This int…

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Episode 0007 - Sensors, Microcontrollers, and Water Conservation in Smart Agriculture 29:37

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Water is the most precious substance on earth and a primary building block of life. Humans can’t live more than a few days without it. Yet in order to grow, cultivate, process, and transport our food, we waste a tremendous amount of it. So much so that we need to pull more of it out of the ground just to satisfy our agricultural needs, making matte…

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Ep 271: Audio Delay in a Hose, Ribbon Cable Repair, and DIY Hacker Metrology 54:21

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What did Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams find interesting on Hackaday this week? Well, honestly, all the posts, but they had to pick some to share with you in the podcast below. There's news about SuperCon 2024, and failing insulin pumps. After a mystery sound, the guys jump into reverbing garden hoses, Z80s, and even ribbon cable …

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Episode 401 - Episode 2 - Security & Risk Professional Insight Series 2024

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Now in its fourth year we'll be starting this year's series at a heightened time of risk and significant activity across the security domain - the opening episodes will be discussing how these events impact private security and emergency services and what may be the broader requirements and implications. To open the series, which will run regular e…

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Episode 400 - Episode 1 - Security & Risk Professional Insight Series 2024

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Now in its fourth year we'll be starting this year's series at a heightened time of risk and significant activity across the security domain - the opening episodes will be discussing how these events impact private security and emergency services and what may be the broader requirements and implications. To open the series, which will run regular e…

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Ep 270: A Cluster of Microcontrollers, a rocket engine from scratch, and a look inside Voyager 1:08:25

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Join Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi as they get excited over the pocket-sized possibilities of the recently announced 2024 Business Card Challenge, and once again discuss their picks for the most interesting stories and hacks from the last week. There's cheap microcontrollers in highly parallel applications, a library that can easil…

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Episode 399 - Ask the Hackers session on the Dark Stage - interview with Ethical Hacker

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We speak with Alina Tan, Ethical Hacker and Security Architect based in Singapore. Alina is a former Top 30 Women in Cybersecurity Singapore (now the Top Women in Security ASEAN Region Awards). GISEC Global 2024 attracted more than 20,000 attendees from over 130 countries to the Dubai World Trade Center. Taking place over three days, April 23-25, t…

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Episode 398 - Filipino spokesperson for Armed Forces advocating for international cybersecurity collaboration

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We speak with Col Francel Margareth Padilla-Taborlupa, Armed Forces of the Philippines Spokesperson. A C4S Officer with 27 years experience in Technology and Security, Francel is an International Lecturer, Moderator/Panelist and experienced Information Technology Professional with a demonstrated history of working in the Army Management Information…

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Episode 397 - Milipol Asia Pacific - TechX Summit 2024 strategic partner highlights

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We speak with THNG, Chin Hwee, Vice President, Public Safety & Security, ST Engineering and NG Yeow Boon, Deputy Chief Executive (Development), HTX at the inaugural Milipol Asia-Pacific - TechX Summit (MAP-TXS) that took place from 3 to 5 April 2024 at Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore. Co-organised by Singapore’s HTX, GIE Milipol, and Come…

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Ep 269: 3D Printed Flexure Whegs, El Cheapo Bullet Time, and a DIY Cell Phone Sniffer 48:45

2M ago48:45

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This week, it was Kristina's turn in the hot seat with Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams. First up in the news -- the results are in for the 2024 Home Sweet Home Automation contest! First and second place went to some really gnarly, well-documented hacks, and third went to the cutest pill-dispensing robot you'll probably see before you hit the retire…

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Episode 0006 - Core Independent Peripherals and the battle against Child Asthma 27:17

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Asthma is a global phenomenon. According to the World Health Organization, Asthma affected an estimated 262 million people in 2019. In the United States alone, the Centers for Disease Control estimates there are over 4.6 million children under the age of 18 with Asthma. According to the Global Asthma Report in 2022, Asthma is ""well controlled"" in…

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Ep 268: RF Burns, Wireless Charging Sucks, and Barnacles Grow on Flaperons 1:11:02

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Elliot and Dan got together to enshrine the week's hacks in podcast form, and to commiserate about their respective moms, each of whom recently fell victim to phishing attacks. It's not easy being ad hoc tech support sometimes, and as Elliot says, when someone is on the phone telling you that you've been hacked, he's the hacker. Moving on to the ha…

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Ep 267: Metal Casting, Plasma Cutting, and a Spicy 555 1:03:38

2M ago1:03:38

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What were some of the best posts on Hackaday last week? Elliot Williams and Al Williams decided there were too many to choose from, but they did take a sampling of the ones that caught their attention. This week's picks were an eclectic mix of everything from metal casting and plasma cutters to radio astronomy and space telescope budgets. In betwee…

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Ep 266: A Writer's Deck, Patching Your Battleship, and Fact-Checking the Eclipse 1:10:44

2M ago1:10:44

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Before Elliot Williams jumps on a train for Hackaday Europe, there was just enough time to meet up virtually with Tom Nardi to discuss their favorite hacks and stories from the previous week. This episode's topics include the potential benefits of having a dual-gantry 3D printer, using microcontrollers to build bespoke note taking gadgets, the exci…

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Episode 0005 - Sensors, Microcontrollers, and Automation in Smart Agriculture 30:45

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The old parable of the country kid moving to the big city and leaving the farm behind is a timeless yarn of youth, ambition, and Hope. In recent years, that trope has become a reality. The number of farmers in the United States alone has been steadily dropping. The percentage of first-generation farmers is close to 78%. It can be a tough business. …

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Episode 396 - Strategic Overview of AI and Homeland Security: Current States and Future Directions

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What are the strategic directions for AI in homeland security. Attending Milipol APAC and TechX Summit 2024, we speak with Physicist and former Yale University Professor, Dimitri Kusnezov, Under Secretary for S&T, US Department of Homeland Security. Nominated by President Biden in 2021, Dimitri Kusnezov was the deputy under secretary for artificial…

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Episode 395 - Securing Borders: Threats and Challenges

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With the rapidly evolving challenges in global travel, trade, and security, we speak to Australian Border Force Commissioner, Michael Outram APM at the Milipol APAC and TechX Summit 2024 in Singapore. We discuss how border security been affected by technology and the current landscape, emerging threats, and the importance of fostering collaboration…

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Ep 265: Behind the Epic SSH Hack, 1980s Cyber Butler, The Story of Season 7 42:44

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This week, Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos convened once again to give the lowdown on this week's best hacks. First up in the news -- it's giga-sunset time for Gigaset IoT devices, which simultaneously became paperweights on March 29th. And all that Flipper Zero panic? It has spread to Australia, but still remains exactly that: p…

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Episode 394 - Automated pentesting in the cloud - visit Pentera at Booth B20, Hall 8 at GISEC Global 2024

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Pentera is an automated pentesting platform. Validate every attack surface in your network, and test continuously to maintain control over your true security posture. Be proactive in fixing vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, leaked credentials, and privileges before they are exploited. We speak with Jannis Utz, VP Global Sales Engineering at Pente…

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Episode 393 - Building the AI Data Foundation

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In this interview, Renen Hallak, Founder and CEO, Vast Data navigates the dynamic landscape of AI adoption and evolution, tracing its trajectory from the early days in 2016 to today’s diverse applications across various business sectors. Prior to founding VAST, Renen led the architecture and development of an all-flash array at XtremIO, from incept…

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Ep 264: Cheap Minimills, 65-in-1 Electronics, and Time on Moon 1:03:59

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It was Dan's turn behind the mic with Elliot this time as we uncovered the latest from the world of hacking, and what an eclectic mix it was. It was slightly heavy on machining, with a look at mini-mills that are better than nothing, and a DIY DRO that's A-OK. We also kicked the nostalgia bucket over -- whatever that means -- and got a new twist on…

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Episode 392 - Visit Booth 1910 at Milipol APAC 2024 with ST Engineering

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Headquartered in Singapore, ST Engineering is a global technology, defence and engineering group with customers and partners in more than 100 countries around world. We speak with Mr THNG Chin Hwee, Vice-President, Public Safety & Security Cluster, ST Engineering about the capabilities on display at Milipol APAC and a must see at Booth 1910. Find o…

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Episode 391 - Visit Booth 1810 and meet the leader in hybrid attack detection, investigation and response.

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Sharat Nautiyal, Director of Security Engineering, APJ, Vectra AI. Sharat has over 15 years of experience assisting organisations in the areas of security architecture, threat detection and threat hunting. He has a strong focus on leading security engineering, security architecture, and the sales engineering team across APJ. The global cybersecurit…

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Ep 263: Better DCMA, AI Spreadsheet Play, and Home Assistants Your Way 1:08:54

3M ago1:08:54

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No need to wonder what stories Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams were reading this week. They'll tell you about them in this week's podcast. The guys revisit the McDonald's ice cream machine issue to start. This week, DIY voice assistants and home automation took center stage. But you'll also hear about AI chat models implemented as …

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Episode 0004 - Power over Ethernet and Natural Disasters 31:33

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Severe Storms. Wildfires. Floods. According to Statista, there were 421 natural disaster events recorded worldwide in 2022. Among the most damaging are tropical cyclones, what the World Health Organization would refer to as typhoons or hurricanes. As damaging as the wind can be, the greatest damage to life and property is not from the wind, but fro…

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Episode 390 - Gen AI – Shaping Tomorrow’s Workforce

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We speak with Grant Wright, General Manager of Marketplace and AI Products, SEEK. Grant leads SEEK's global AI and Analytics teams at SEEK, who build and support the AI services that power SEEK's products including search, recommendations, candidate quality and pricing; and provide internal analytics and experimentation capability to better underst…

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Ep 262: Wheelchair Hacking, Big Little Science at Home, Arya Talks PCBs 1:02:45

3M ago1:02:45

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Join Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi as they go over their favorite hacks and stories from the past week. This episode starts off with an update on Hackaday Europe 2024, which is now less than a month away, and from there dives into wheelchairs with subscription plans, using classic woodworking techniques to improve your 3D printer’s…

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