Factory Firmware Flashing with Pete Staples

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of flashing firmware in production with insights from Pete Staples of Blue Clover Devices.

We talk with Pete Staples, founder of Blue Clover Devices, about the often-overlooked challenge of flashing firmware in production. Pete shares insights from running a contract manufacturing operation in Shenzhen and explains why the handoff from engineering to manufacturing is more like "hucking it over a fence" than a smooth relay race.

People in this episode

Hosts: Luca Ingianni, Jeff Gable

Guest: Pete Staples

Topics covered

• firmware flashing
• manufacturing challenges
• contract manufacturing
• engineering handoff
• production processes

Keywords

• firmware
• production
• manufacturing
• engineering
• Shenzhen
• Blue Clover Devices
• contract manufacturing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Blue Clover Devices

Places: Shenzhen

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