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#349 – An(other) Interview with Jon Oxer
We once again welcome Jonathan Oxer!
- Jon was previously on episode 123 of The Amp Hour.
- Jon runs Superhouse.tv, a channel about creating home automation. He also runs Freetronics, a kit company run out of Melbourne, Australia.
- Jon also previously had a software company, which he sold at an effective loss. During the job search, Jon got frustrated with the requirements for most jobs and posted about it on Facebook.
- In the past, Jon has felt imposter syndrome (so say we all)
- He may end up doing consulting, Chris recommended this document about being a good consultant.
- DIY home automation
- Power-Over-Ethernet isn’t talked about as much as it was, but is still a popular category for Freetronics.
- Jon helped to design the Ardusat, which had a very different set of constraints. It had a total production run of 5
- The Lightning McQueen teardown was impressive for how it was constructed.
- Jon was impressed by a totally robotic milking system.
- If you like drones, you should check out the UAVfutures YouTube channel.
- Sumo bots are small competitive robots that try to knock their competitor out of the circle.
- LIN interface Superhouse.tv episode
- Angus Gratton hung out with Jon and Chris and consulted on all things ESP32 for Jon.
- Chris discussed “replay circuits” which seems like it would make it easy to “clone” a device controller. Jon can emulate using a 433 MHz shield he designed. He has given a conference talk about it as well.
- Samy and Joe scared Chris into thinking about security (among others).
- OpenHAB is a way to control devices throughout the home.
- Jon talked in a past video about the risks of having a device “calling home” as a method of control.
- Want to hire Jon? Email him here.
- Follow him on Twitter as @JonOxer
- Check out his sites: Superhouse.tv and Freetronics.com.au