MEP EP#81

Published: Aug. 18, 2017, 2:14 a.m.

Eddie Samuels and Comma.ai

  • August Hardware & Electronics Engineering Meetup by MacroFab & Mouser Electronics event is live! Come grab some food, beer, and socializing if you’re in the Houston area.
  • Eddie Samuels
    • Been soldering and dremeling since the 7th grad
    • The first thing he built was a simple 7805 mp3 battery charger, guided by one of the original hackaday.com projects
    • Went on to get his EE degree at the University of Rochester and work for a year in the defense industry before moving to San Francisco to work at comma.ai
    • Underwater Rover Project
      • Project while in college
      • Sealing the unit was the hardest part
      • Moisture sensor built with strips of aluminum tape
    • EV Jetta
  • Comma.ai
    • Open source self driving cars
    • Panda
      • The nicest universal car interface ever
      • ARM M4 - STM32F413
      • ESP8266 WiFi
      • Transceivers for CAN BUS, LIN BUS, and GM LAN
      • Can listen without the car modules knowing
      • Can interface with OpenPilot to develop a self driving car
      • Github Link
    • Car bounties
      • Earn $5 to $10k by porting the code to other vehicles
    • Cabana - Demo
    • Order a panda here! Use it with cabana here!
  • Stephens Game - How would you get a ball out of a tube? Leave your answer in the comments below!
    • Eddie - use a laser cutter
    • Stephen - potato cannon, making his own gun powder
    • Parker - squeezes the tube like toothpaste

Special thanks to whixr over at Tymkrs for the intro and outro!

Tags: 3d printing enclosures, autonomous vehicles, CAD, Comma.ai, Eddie Samuels, ESP8266, MacroFab, macrofab engineering podcast, MEP, PCB Design, Podcast, Self Driving Cars, STM32F413, Transceivers