# 405: Bacta Tank for Your Brain

- Show: [Embedded.fm](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm)
- Published: 2022-03-11
- Length: 51m
- Episode: 405
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2022-03-11-405-bacta-tank-for-your-brain
- Listen: https://embedded.fm/episodes/405

## Summary

Elecia White and Christopher White discuss Elecia's recent burnout while teaching her Making Embedded Systems course on Classpert, and Christopher's debugging of a subtle SPI + FreeRTOS bug on a Cypress PSoC chip. They also cover Elecia's recommendations for the book 'Thanks for the Feedback', the Wokwi simulator for Raspberry Pi Pico, and listener projects like Serial Wombat and Cyanobyte.

## Chapters

- [0:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2022-03-11-405-bacta-tank-for-your-brain#t=6) Introduction and Burnout Discussion
- [5:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2022-03-11-405-bacta-tank-for-your-brain#t=302) Elecia's Burnout and Classpert Course
- [20:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2022-03-11-405-bacta-tank-for-your-brain#t=1214) SPI and RTOS Bug on Cypress PSoC
- [31:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2022-03-11-405-bacta-tank-for-your-brain#t=1904) Receiving Feedback and Book Recommendations
- [42:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2022-03-11-405-bacta-tank-for-your-brain#t=2569) Listener Projects: Serial Wombat and Cyanobyte
- [46:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2022-03-11-405-bacta-tank-for-your-brain#t=2811) Show Housekeeping and Podcast Format

## Topics

- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [Founder wellbeing](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/founder-wellbeing)
- [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)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Classpert (company)
- Wokwi (tool)
- Cypress (company)
- PSoC (chip)
- FreeRTOS (tool)
- Serial Wombat (product)
- Cyanobyte (company)
- Qualcomm (company)
- TheAnalog.io (other)
- The Prepared (other)

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