February 21, 2020

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Zephyr on a Hearing Aid

Zephyr on a Hearing Aid

The adventure of porting Zephyr to a hearing aid, a life-changing device that uses almost no power, almost no space and will be produced in millions.This is the story of molding Zephyr into a project …

Talk Title Zephyr on a Hearing Aid
Speakers Mark Ruvald Pedersen (Firmware Developer, Oticon A/S), Klaus Petersen (Engineer, Oticon)
Conference Open Source Summit + ELC North America
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Location San Diego, CA, USA
Date Aug 19-23, 2019
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The adventure of porting Zephyr to a hearing aid, a life-changing device that uses almost no power, almost no space and will be produced in millions.This is the story of molding Zephyr into a project that also supports the most exotic development environments, like those found in the making of an FDA approved medical device like a hearing aid sold to millions of users.The challenges, to name a few;- Zephyr as a modular component- Porting Zephyr to a custom processor- Making Zephyr (bluetooth stack) endianess portable- Supporting a fully proprietary toolchain- Improving and generalizing tracing infrastructure - Making it run with a lemon as a battery

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