# 464: Please Make This Monster Look Scary

- Show: [Embedded.fm](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm)
- Published: 2023-11-16
- Length: 59m
- Episode: 464
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-11-16-464-please-make-this-monster-look-scary
- Listen: https://embedded.fm/episodes/464

## Summary

Elecia White and Christopher White discuss Elecia's upcoming third edition of 'Making Embedded Systems' and Christopher's contract work with Logical Elegance. They debate the design of a potential embedded.fm branded PCB, weighing the utility of a simple radio against the complexity of a full development board, and explore the ethical implications of using Large Language Models for creative and professional tasks. Christopher also provides an update on his progress assembling a QRP Labs QCX+ transceiver for amateur radio communication with his father.

## Chapters

- [0:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-11-16-464-please-make-this-monster-look-scary#t=6) Introduction: Elecia White and Christopher White
- [7:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-11-16-464-please-make-this-monster-look-scary#t=424) Designing an embedded.fm PCB: Radio vs. Dev Board
- [16:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-11-16-464-please-make-this-monster-look-scary#t=974) Ethical Considerations of Large Language Models
- [30:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-11-16-464-please-make-this-monster-look-scary#t=1805) Lightning Round: Microcontrollers and Job Regrets
- [43:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-11-16-464-please-make-this-monster-look-scary#t=2600) Building the QRP Labs QCX+ Transceiver
- [49:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-11-16-464-please-make-this-monster-look-scary#t=2982) Elecia's Book: Making Embedded Systems, 3rd Edition

## Topics

- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Wireless & RF](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/wireless-and-rf)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Power Profiler Kit II (product)
- STM32 (chip)
- QRP Labs QCX+ (product)
- CircuitPython (other)
- OpenAI (company)
- ChatGPT (product)
- Google Bard (product)
- Adobe Firefly (product)
- OpenAI Whisper (product)
- DALL-E (product)
- Nordic Thingy:52 (product)
- TI Piccolo (chip)
- Arduino Uno (product)
- Raspberry Pi Pico (product)
- Byte Magazine (other)
- Making Embedded Systems (product)

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