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Amit Kucheria

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Prototyping with dev boards is underutilized in a lot of cases. One can fail fast by doing a series of dev board based PoCs before designing your own hardware. Custom PCB design should be the last step of the HW design journey unless your form factor prevents dev board usage.

Working with a founder in the hardware space. With lab results, he felt he was 3 months away from production. After 7 months of trying to field deploy, he now feels he is 1yr away from a product. Hardware doesn’t translate from lab to prod the way software does.



Baremetal is great to learn stuff or where every cycle matters (<1% of applications). If you want to to build a modern, connected device, why would you not use a pre-tested, well-integrated stack? 🤷‍♂️

Amit when he sees someone use baremetal or freertos



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Might have a quote for the rear side of this t-shirt design we made at the last years conf Roughly half the @makerville_io community is going to use this is what I've heard

anujdeshpandey's tweet image. Might have a quote for the rear side of this t-shirt design we made at the last years conf

Roughly half the @makerville_io community is going to use this is what I&apos;ve heard

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Regardless when you started using Zephyr, it was probably because of Amit Kucheria. Just a rule thumb now 😁


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I think the Indian government should remove the 18% GST on all kinds of electronics development kits. The people purchasing these kits are researchers, students, and engineers, and they have to bear an unnecessary extra cost compared to other countries.


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Wife’s fancy usb c display came in handy It does pd and display - so I just connected the Uno to it, and we got boot logs and a sign in screen Waiting for blinkit to deliver a usb c hub that does pd - my usual one is at the office and that’s not going to be used for this…

anujdeshpandey's tweet image. Wife’s fancy usb c display came in handy 
It does pd and display - so I just connected the Uno to it, and we got boot logs and a sign in screen

Waiting for blinkit to deliver a usb c hub that does pd - my usual one is at the office and that’s not going to be used for this…

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We started FLOSS/fund in 2024 to give up to $1 million annually to support the development of FOSS (free and open-source) projects globally. Here's what K said in a post reflecting on the past year, making the case for the Indian government also to fund FOSS for strategic tech…


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this is all you need to run linux 🐧

nixcraft's tweet image. this is all you need to run linux 🐧

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We’re acquiring @Arduino to make edge computing and #AI more accessible. Arduino will remain independent, supporting multiple silicon vendors and its community. Launching today: Arduino UNO Q, powered by Qualcomm #Dragonwing. Discover more: bit.ly/4nE0rP2

Qualcomm's tweet image. We’re acquiring @Arduino to make edge computing and #AI more accessible. Arduino will remain independent, supporting multiple silicon vendors and its community. Launching today: Arduino UNO Q, powered by Qualcomm #Dragonwing. Discover more: bit.ly/4nE0rP2

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Ardui-NO way you want to miss our live stream event! Join us on Tuesday, October 7th at 4PM CEST/7AM PST to find out why. 👀 Sign up now: arduino.cc/from-blink-to-…

arduino's tweet image. Ardui-NO way you want to miss our live stream event! Join us on Tuesday, October 7th at 4PM CEST/7AM PST to find out why. 👀

Sign up now: arduino.cc/from-blink-to-…

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Who's in Goa and works in hardware? We are having the @makerville_io conf v4 at @makersasylum this weekend - and would love to have you over for some food and drinks to talk shop! We have people working at scale with FPGAs, LEDs, PCB manufacturing, firmware tooling and a lot…


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Thanks to @EspressifSystem India Pvt Ltd for hosting our Pune meetup, to mBedrock & @makerville_io for food & drinks, and to @anujdeshpandey for coordinating the event. Huge appreciation to all the speakers and attendees for making it a great success! 🙌hubs.la/Q03qPv4w0

ZephyrIoT's tweet image. Thanks to @EspressifSystem India Pvt Ltd for hosting our Pune meetup, to mBedrock &amp;amp; @makerville_io for food &amp;amp; drinks, and to @anujdeshpandey for coordinating the event. Huge appreciation to all the speakers and attendees for making it a great success! 🙌hubs.la/Q03qPv4w0

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Next up we have Vagesh Panditharadhya from @PHYTECEmbedded talking about @ZephyrIoT + #LVGL

anujdeshpandey's tweet image. Next up we have Vagesh Panditharadhya from @PHYTECEmbedded talking about @ZephyrIoT + #LVGL

.@sh_aks91 from @mBedrock_ now talking about bruises and breakthroughs they’ve had building devices of all sizes using @ZephyrIoT



This would be an interesting second-order effect we could study in India too. As soon as you join UPSC or other government cadre, you and your family's annual weight and BMI data becomes public for the duration of your service.

China's public officials are so corrupt that, after they launched a nationwide anti-corruption initiative, they literally became skinnier. Why? Because they were using public funds to eat and drink excessively.

cremieuxrecueil's tweet image. China&apos;s public officials are so corrupt that, after they launched a nationwide anti-corruption initiative, they literally became skinnier.

Why? Because they were using public funds to eat and drink excessively.


Any system that doesn't have a transparent ticketing system is a useless system. Like our tax portal which is a one-way street for officers to demand data but that we have no proof of providing because they haven't implemented a simple ticketing system.

New helpline to assist Startups. #StartupMahakumbh



I'm in a loop!

“Diving into the heart of computing! ‘What are you running on that computer?’ with Amit Kucheria, Director at Qualcomm, explores the tech that powers our digital world. Let’s decode what’s under the hood!” #TechTalk #Qualcomm #AmitKucheria #TechConference #PuneFOSS



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.@idlethread on stage first talking about what’s running on your computer @punefoss

anujdeshpandey's tweet image. .@idlethread on stage first talking about what’s running on your computer @punefoss

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🚀 Our next speaker at PuneFOSS 3.0! 🎙️ Amit Kucheria, Director of Engineering at Qualcomm, will explore systems programming—why it matters, how it connects to FOSS, and how students can get started. 📅 April 5, 2025 🎟️ dub.sh/pf3Tickets

punefoss's tweet image. 🚀 Our next speaker at PuneFOSS 3.0!

🎙️ Amit Kucheria, Director of Engineering at Qualcomm, will explore systems programming—why it matters, how it connects to FOSS, and how students can get started.

📅 April 5, 2025
🎟️ dub.sh/pf3Tickets

Ouch, this is so close to reality😂

Requirements and process to obtain license to access world's cheapest GPUs at ₹67/hr: 1) Video KYC of every director 2) KYC of UBO of every 10%+ shareholder 3) Audited accounts of last 3 years 4) Startup / MSME certification 5) ₹6L FD collateral 6) Company to have at least 2cr…



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elonmusk's tweet image.

Something you never expect you'll hear airlines say - "you're carrying too little weight". 🤪 Let to a bad experience in the end though, since I had to go from the automated machines to the counter for baggage check-in.

idlethread's tweet image. Something you never expect you&apos;ll hear airlines say - &quot;you&apos;re carrying too little weight&quot;. 🤪

Let to a bad experience in the end though, since I had to go from the automated machines to the counter for baggage check-in.

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