121: Industrial 3D Printing & Python, Finite State Machines, and Simulating Hardware - Len Wanger
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Len Wanger works on industrial 3D printers. And I was pleased to find out that there's a bunch of Python in those printers as well.

In this episode we talk about:

• 3D printers

• What are the different types of 3D printers?

• Where are 3D printed industrial parts being used?

• Why use one type of additive manufacturing over another?

• Python in 3D printing hardware.

• What are Finite State Machines, FSMs?

• Benefits of FSMs for testing, logging, and breaking a complex behavior into small testable parts.

• Benefits of simulation in writing and testing software to control hardware.

Special Guest: Len Wanger.

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Links:

• pystate) — Python package for co-routine base state machines
• Impossible Objects) — Composite 3D Printing
• Finite-state machine, FSM)