# 498: To Consume Stickers

- Show: [Embedded.fm](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm)
- Published: 2025-04-04
- Length: 1h 06m
- Episode: 498
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2025-04-04-498-to-consume-stickers
- Listen: https://embedded.fm/episodes/498

## Summary

Hosts Elecia White and Christopher White discuss personal projects, including Christopher building a high-frequency GPS logger for a radio-controlled airplane using an ESP32 and Arduino, and Elecia’s journaling habit. They also cover listener questions on breaking into embedded software, the necessity of personal projects for engineers, and strategies for preventing burnout. The episode concludes with a technical discussion on designing event-driven serial communication stacks for bare-metal and RTOS environments.

## Chapters

- [0:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2025-04-04-498-to-consume-stickers#t=7) Introduction and Personal Catch-up
- [18:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2025-04-04-498-to-consume-stickers#t=1080) Christopher's GPS Logger Project
- [9:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2025-04-04-498-to-consume-stickers#t=597) Elecia's Journaling and Mental Health
- [46:59](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2025-04-04-498-to-consume-stickers#t=2819) Listener Questions: Breaking into Embedded
- [52:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2025-04-04-498-to-consume-stickers#t=3137) Listener Questions: Personal Projects and Burnout
- [1:00:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2025-04-04-498-to-consume-stickers#t=3605) Technical Discussion: Serial Communication Stack

## Topics

- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Founder wellbeing](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/founder-wellbeing)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Nordic Semiconductor (company)
- ESP32 (chip)
- Arduino (tool)
- TinyGPS (tool)
- SparkFun Thing (product)
- Adafruit Bluefruit (product)
- JetPens (company)

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