Christmas 2021: Trains in the tree
Christmas 2020: Trains IN the tree
Quarantine Project: Amazon Alexa, Raspberry Pi, and EDA Functional Verification tools
One of my quarantine projects has been to experiment with Amazon’s Alexa technologies. Specifically, I’ve started by using the Alexa SDK to turn a Raspberry Pi into an Alexa itself. As was compiling the code, I recalled a brainstorming session at work were we joked about how great it would be if our customers could just ask Alexa to run their Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools for them. Thus inspired, I decided to teach Alexa a new skill …
(The EDA tool shown in the video is Questa AutoCheck)