# 197: Smell the Transistor

- Show: [Embedded.fm](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm)
- Published: 2017-04-26
- Length: 1h 05m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-04-26-197-smell-the-transistor
- Listen: https://makingembeddedsystems.libsyn.com/197-smell-the-transistor

## Summary

Hosts Elecia White and Christopher White discuss the intersection of science fiction and engineering inspiration, review Digilent's Analog Discovery 2 and Digital Discovery test equipment, and detail Christopher's experience building a QRP Labs Ultimate 3S ham radio kit for WSPR. They also cover Elecia's struggles with Ubuntu and the NVIDIA Jetson TX2, the choice of programming languages for embedded firmware, and Elecia's appearance on the Jennylyn Show.

## Chapters

- [0:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-04-26-197-smell-the-transistor#t=6) Introduction and Science Fiction
- [8:29](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-04-26-197-smell-the-transistor#t=509) Digilent Test Equipment Review
- [17:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-04-26-197-smell-the-transistor#t=1022) Ham Radio and WSPR Project
- [28:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-04-26-197-smell-the-transistor#t=1684) Elecia's TV Appearance and Embedded Accessibility
- [39:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-04-26-197-smell-the-transistor#t=2355) Ubuntu, Jetson TX2, and Windows Development
- [54:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-04-26-197-smell-the-transistor#t=3252) Programming Language Selection for Firmware

## Topics

- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [EDA & CAD tools](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/eda-and-cad-tools)
- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Digilent (company)
- Analog Discovery 2 (product)
- Digital Discovery (product)
- QRP Labs (company)
- Ultimate 3S (product)
- NVIDIA Jetson TX2 (chip)
- PyBoard (product)
- ESP8266 (chip)
- Arduino (product)
- Ada (other)

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