The Pragmatic Embedded Podcast · 24 Aug 2026 · 59m
Joe Schneider and Jacob Beningo interview founders Luca Ingianni and Jeff Gable of the Agile Embedded Podcast, discussing their origin story as solo consultants who started the show in 2021 without prior connection. The hosts share war stories about difficult debugging challenges, including a one-line interrupt fix that took five days and a temperature-dependent DDR RAM failure that required two months to resolve. They also analyze the current state of the industry, debating whether AI is following the Gartner hype cycle like Agile did and predicting a future focus on requirements engineering and AI integration in embedded development.
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Hosts Elecia White and Christopher White answer listener emails, covering topics from I2C pitfalls and RTOS choices to advice for students and engineers dealing with legacy code. They discuss the 'March Micro Madness' dev kit tournament, automation in embedded testing, and the challenges of refactoring a 60,000-line monolithic codebase. The episode also includes career advice for undergraduates and a discussion on short stories.
Hosts Elecia White and Christopher White reflect on nine years of the Embedded.fm podcast, discussing the evolution of embedded systems from 2013 to 2022. They highlight improvements in tools like VS Code and open-source RTOSs, while criticizing persistent issues with vendor datasheets and the lack of standardized device drivers. The conversation also covers the shift in hardware capabilities, the rise of TinyML, and the hosts' personal experiences with consulting, Fitbit, and community building.
Hosts Alicia and Christopher White celebrate the 200th episode of Embedded.fm with a panel of former guests: Alvaro Prieto, Andrei Chichak, Elizabeth Brenner, Chris Svec, and Chris Gammell. The group discusses their favorite embedded tools, including Saleae logic analyzers, Digilent Analog Discovery, Beyond Compare, and HP16C calculators, while sharing humorous field stories and interview anecdotes. They reflect on the joys of working in embedded systems, such as seeing products on retail shelves and the satisfaction of debugging complex hardware-software interactions.
Elecia White and Chris White host a crossover episode with Jeff Gable and Luca Ingianni of the Agile Embedded podcast to debate the application of Agile principles to embedded systems. The group discusses redefining Agile as 'risk management through feedback loops' rather than rigid Scrum, and explores the challenges of scaling these practices in large enterprises versus small teams. They also tackle specific technical debates, including the role of unit testing, the definition of Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) for hardware, and the necessity of documentation in regulated industries like medical devices.
Hosts Elecia White and Christopher White discuss the Hackaday Prize structure, the launch of the NPR podcast 'Embedded', and Christopher's recent success in obtaining his General amateur radio license. They compare the development experience of taking a Unity game engine course to embedded systems work, highlighting the superior tooling and rapid iteration times in game development versus the friction of bare-metal embedded toolchains like IAR. The episode also touches on the sale of Boston Dynamics by Google and offers a large batch of Atmel AT32UC3 microcontrollers to listeners.
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