# 439: Ditches and Psychology

- Show: [Embedded.fm](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm)
- Published: 2023-01-06
- Length: 47m
- Episode: 439
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-01-06-439-ditches-and-psychology
- Listen: https://embedded.fm/episodes/439

## Summary

Hosts Elecia White and Chris White discuss personal projects and burnout, with Chris detailing his experience using CircuitPython and the MIKROE 8800 board to run Conway's Game of Life, and Elecia sharing her paper engineering class. They explore the psychology of creativity, the desire for obscurity versus recognition, and the operational strain of maintaining a weekly podcast schedule, announcing a potential reduction in frequency.

## Chapters

- [0:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-01-06-439-ditches-and-psychology#t=33) House Maintenance and Sump Pumps
- [3:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-01-06-439-ditches-and-psychology#t=194) Chris White's CircuitPython and MIKROE 8800 Project
- [7:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-01-06-439-ditches-and-psychology#t=460) CAD Tools: Onshape vs Fusion 360
- [8:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-01-06-439-ditches-and-psychology#t=538) The Psychology of Boredom and Creativity
- [12:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-01-06-439-ditches-and-psychology#t=757) Elecia White's Paper Engineering Class
- [20:26](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-01-06-439-ditches-and-psychology#t=1226) Boxes.py and Maker Tools
- [24:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-01-06-439-ditches-and-psychology#t=1495) Burnout, Obscurity, and Podcast Sustainability

## Topics

- [Founder wellbeing](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/founder-wellbeing)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [EDA & CAD tools](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/eda-and-cad-tools)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Creator business](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/creator-business)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- MIKROE (company)
- MIKROE 8800 (product)
- CircuitPython (tool)
- Raspberry Pi Pico (product)
- Onshape (tool)
- Fusion 360 (tool)
- Boxes.py (tool)
- SparkFun (company)
- Sugarcube (product)
- Amanda Ghassaei (other)

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