Hardware Podcasts

Making Electronics Culture Cool Again: The Circuit Pulse Show

OnTrack · 21 May 2024 · 34m · Episode 267

What this episode covers

Inga Woods-Waight and Joel Higgins, co-hosts of the Circuit Pulse Show on the Octopart YouTube channel, discuss their mission to make electronics culture accessible and engaging for a diverse audience. They explain how their conversational format, featuring segments on supply chain news, guest interviews, and component deep-dives, contrasts with traditional corporate communications to attract younger students, women, and international viewers. The hosts highlight the importance of representation and community building in addressing the industry's talent shortage and fostering a more inclusive engineering culture.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Octopart, Altium
Products
Circuit Pulse Show, Altium Academy, Arduino
Also
PCB East, PCB West, SMTA, Chips Act

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