# An Interview with Elecia White - Wirewove Worshipping Wookieist?

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2014-03-05
- Length: 1h 42m
- Episode: 187
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-03-05-an-interview-with-elecia-white-wirewove-worshipping-wookieist
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/187-an-interview-with-elecia-white-wirewove-worshipping-wookieist/

## Summary

Elecia White, founder of Logical Elegance and host of the Making Embedded Systems podcast, discusses her O'Reilly book and her career as an embedded software consultant. She shares insights on bare-metal programming, the pitfalls of using floating-point math in interrupts, and the importance of power optimization in wearable devices like Fitbit. White also reflects on her past work at LeapFrog, the challenges of hiring engineers, and her vision for future haptic feedback technology.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-03-05-an-interview-with-elecia-white-wirewove-worshipping-wookieist#t=0) Introduction and Background
- [4:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-03-05-an-interview-with-elecia-white-wirewove-worshipping-wookieist#t=268) Documentation and Engineering Discipline
- [9:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-03-05-an-interview-with-elecia-white-wirewove-worshipping-wookieist#t=545) Hiring, Management, and Consulting
- [26:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-03-05-an-interview-with-elecia-white-wirewove-worshipping-wookieist#t=1594) Microcontroller Selection and Architecture
- [41:43](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-03-05-an-interview-with-elecia-white-wirewove-worshipping-wookieist#t=2503) Power Optimization and Firmware Strategy
- [48:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-03-05-an-interview-with-elecia-white-wirewove-worshipping-wookieist#t=2885) Product History: LeapFrog and Fitbit
- [56:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-03-05-an-interview-with-elecia-white-wirewove-worshipping-wookieist#t=3387) Embedded Programming Best Practices
- [1:23:48](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-03-05-an-interview-with-elecia-white-wirewove-worshipping-wookieist#t=5028) Writing the Book and Future Tech

## Topics

- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Batteries & low-power design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/batteries-and-low-power)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)

## Most relevant to

established companies

## Mentioned

- Logical Elegance (company)
- Making Embedded Systems (product)
- O'Reilly (company)
- Arduino (product)
- Cortex-M3 (chip)
- Cortex-M0 (chip)
- TI C2000 (chip)
- Fitbit (company)
- LeapFrog (company)
- Nest Protect (product)
- Git (tool)
- KiCad (tool)

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