EP#81: Eddie Samuels and Comma.ai

Podcast Notes 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 ProjectProject while in college Sealing the unit was the hardest part Moisture sensor built with strips of aluminum tape EV Jetta Built while in high school Need a custom coupler between engine and transmission Who Killed the Electric Car? Revenge of the Electric Car 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!