Adam Stacoviak

Yeah. Maybe for, like, brothers, you know, they're in different rooms. Like, good night, brother, kind of thing. Not a walkie-talkie. It's more like, I'm betting mine, you're betting yours.

Yeah. Maybe for, like, brothers, you know, they're in different rooms. Like, good night, brother, kind of thing. Not a walkie-talkie. It's more like, I'm betting mine, you're betting yours.

Because it's a two-person system. Yeah, it's a peer-to-peer with two peers.

Because it's a two-person system. Yeah, it's a peer-to-peer with two peers.

Yeah. That's cool.

Yeah. That's cool.

I just like, I think I'm liking this idea more than what we're talking about. I mean, I've always liked this idea, but this idea of software paired with hardware that creates these newer experiences that isn't software only, like an iPhone or a computer screen or a browser software, which is like, maybe that's the kind of software I'm thinking of.

I just like, I think I'm liking this idea more than what we're talking about. I mean, I've always liked this idea, but this idea of software paired with hardware that creates these newer experiences that isn't software only, like an iPhone or a computer screen or a browser software, which is like, maybe that's the kind of software I'm thinking of.

But then I'm also thinking like, not just that GoPro, but I use, so if you didn't know this, Alicia, I'm a, I like to barbecue. And so I own a Trigger. A trigger is a smoker, but it's basically a computer. It's an embedded system, right? Somebody wrote software to have sensors that says, how many pellets should I push through to maintain this temperature? What temperature is it in the ambient?

But then I'm also thinking like, not just that GoPro, but I use, so if you didn't know this, Alicia, I'm a, I like to barbecue. And so I own a Trigger. A trigger is a smoker, but it's basically a computer. It's an embedded system, right? Somebody wrote software to have sensors that says, how many pellets should I push through to maintain this temperature? What temperature is it in the ambient?

What temperature is it at the burner? This thing that I just push the button, turn the dial, set it to 275 and wait an hour or two, that's a computer, an embedded system that somebody invented. Because they were like, well, doing it with the old wood method was too cumbersome. It wasn't ubiquitous enough because too many people didn't want to tend a fire.

What temperature is it at the burner? This thing that I just push the button, turn the dial, set it to 275 and wait an hour or two, that's a computer, an embedded system that somebody invented. Because they were like, well, doing it with the old wood method was too cumbersome. It wasn't ubiquitous enough because too many people didn't want to tend a fire.

And so now triggers exist as a smoker to give way more people access to push button oven light control of a barbecue system. Exactly. That's crazy. I never really thought about this trigger as this embedded system until this conversation. Obviously it is, but I never thought about the fact that I could have made that.

And so now triggers exist as a smoker to give way more people access to push button oven light control of a barbecue system. Exactly. That's crazy. I never really thought about this trigger as this embedded system until this conversation. Obviously it is, but I never thought about the fact that I could have made that.

If the things were more accessible. And I think that's a lot of this conversation, like how accessible is this technology to, to people, to, to lay folks like Jared and I, or we're seasoned in software development, but not in embedded systems necessarily. Yeah.

If the things were more accessible. And I think that's a lot of this conversation, like how accessible is this technology to, to people, to, to lay folks like Jared and I, or we're seasoned in software development, but not in embedded systems necessarily. Yeah.

I know exactly how it works. I'll tell you. So there's a hopper. Yeah. Right. And in the hopper, you fill it up. It uses gravity to, as you know, drops the pellets. Yeah. As the pellets fall down, it falls into this space that there's an auger and the auger just turns. And so it slowly just moves the pellets along the system. And so, um,

I know exactly how it works. I'll tell you. So there's a hopper. Yeah. Right. And in the hopper, you fill it up. It uses gravity to, as you know, drops the pellets. Yeah. As the pellets fall down, it falls into this space that there's an auger and the auger just turns. And so it slowly just moves the pellets along the system. And so, um,

you fine tune the temperature within the firebox based on the speed of the auger. So if you slow down the auger, no pellets feed it. If you speed it up, it speeds it faster. And you probably have some, maybe an algorithm or machine learning of like, how the speed of the auger versus temperature control, and you're obviously maintaining temperature, but it's just literally a turning mechanism.

you fine tune the temperature within the firebox based on the speed of the auger. So if you slow down the auger, no pellets feed it. If you speed it up, it speeds it faster. And you probably have some, maybe an algorithm or machine learning of like, how the speed of the auger versus temperature control, and you're obviously maintaining temperature, but it's just literally a turning mechanism.