# 233: Always the Wrong Way

- Show: [Embedded.fm](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm)
- Published: 2018-02-09
- Length: 44m
- Episode: 233
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2018-02-09-233-always-the-wrong-way
- Listen: https://makingembeddedsystems.libsyn.com/233-always-the-wrong-way

## Summary

Hosts Elecia White and Chris Svec discuss listener emails, covering topics from the SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch to the Chordbot sequencer controller from Isla Instruments. White shares her experience writing 'Making Embedded Systems' and addresses a reader's request for resources on interrupts and timers, while also reviewing educational YouTube content and the free STM32 TrueStudio IDE. The conversation concludes with reflections on corporate product cancellations at LeapFrog and Cisco, and the technical optimization of early Pokémon games.

## Chapters

- [0:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2018-02-09-233-always-the-wrong-way#t=5) Introduction: SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch Discussion
- [2:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2018-02-09-233-always-the-wrong-way#t=150) NVIDIA Jetson Challenge and Chordbot Sequencer
- [10:43](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2018-02-09-233-always-the-wrong-way#t=643) Embedded.fm Blog Resources and Making Embedded Systems
- [14:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2018-02-09-233-always-the-wrong-way#t=898) Critique of Educational YouTube Content
- [24:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2018-02-09-233-always-the-wrong-way#t=1468) Product Cancellations at LeapFrog and Cisco
- [32:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2018-02-09-233-always-the-wrong-way#t=1960) seL4 Kernel and STM32 TrueStudio IDE
- [36:25](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2018-02-09-233-always-the-wrong-way#t=2185) USB Type-C Adoption and Pokémon Game Optimization

## Topics

- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Direct-to-consumer & e-commerce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/direct-to-consumer)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Isla Instruments (company)
- Chordbot (product)
- Making Embedded Systems (other)
- seL4 (other)
- STM32 (chip)
- TrueStudio (tool)
- Pokémon (product)

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