# JITX Aims to Provide Superpowers to Circuit Design Engineers

- Show: [Moore's Lobby](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby)
- Published: 2022-12-20
- Length: 1h 00m
- Episode: 8
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2022-12-20-jitx-aims-to-provide-superpowers-to-circuit-design-engineers
- Listen: https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/podcast/jitx-aims-provide-superpowers-circuit-design-engineers

## Summary

Duncan Haldane, co-founder and CEO of JITX, explains how his company uses a code-based design flow to automate circuit board design, targeting senior engineers to make expert knowledge reusable and scalable. He discusses the transition from his background as a Guinness world-record-holding roboticist at Berkeley to building a tool that generates schematics and layouts from functional descriptions rather than manual drafting. Haldane details JITX's evolution from a DARPA-funded research project and design consultancy to a commercial product, emphasizing the importance of baking verification checks into component models to handle supply chain volatility and design complexity.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2022-12-20-jitx-aims-to-provide-superpowers-to-circuit-design-engineers#t=1) Introduction and Robotics Background
- [4:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2022-12-20-jitx-aims-to-provide-superpowers-to-circuit-design-engineers#t=294) World Record Robots: VelociRoACH and Salto
- [24:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2022-12-20-jitx-aims-to-provide-superpowers-to-circuit-design-engineers#t=1467) Transition from Robotics to JITX
- [28:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2022-12-20-jitx-aims-to-provide-superpowers-to-circuit-design-engineers#t=1697) JITX Design Flow and Component Modeling
- [36:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2022-12-20-jitx-aims-to-provide-superpowers-to-circuit-design-engineers#t=2214) Verification, Sourcing, and Design Checks
- [40:09](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2022-12-20-jitx-aims-to-provide-superpowers-to-circuit-design-engineers#t=2409) Company History and Product Evolution
- [44:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2022-12-20-jitx-aims-to-provide-superpowers-to-circuit-design-engineers#t=2643) Industry Data Challenges and Future Trends
- [51:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2022-12-20-jitx-aims-to-provide-superpowers-to-circuit-design-engineers#t=3104) Advice for Entrepreneurs and Career Advice

## Topics

- [EDA & CAD tools](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/eda-and-cad-tools)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)
- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)
- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- JITX (company)
- VelociRoACH (product)
- Salto (product)
- Berkeley (company)
- STM32 (chip)
- Cadence (company)
- Mentor Graphics (company)
- Altium (company)
- Y Combinator (company)
- Sequoia (company)

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