Aug 10, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min · 11 segments
In this episode we are joined by CircuitHub co-founder Andrew Seddon for a conversation about the origins of CircuitHub and the future of high-mix electronics manufacturing. Andrew shares how his…
Andrew SeddonGuest
Chris DenneyHost
Melissa HogueHost
We definitely identified, like I, I just really hated back in the day creating symbols and footprints.
It's this kind of rote task that you have to do, but you have to get it perfectly right.
And I've had experiences where you don't get it right, and like you swap a couple of pins-
... and then two months down the line you, you spend a month like chasing your tail trying to figure out why the thing doesn't work, and you realize that you swapped the, maybe swapped the pins.
And so like the, the risk there is really high, but it's like super monotonous work.
Like now today, like people have done a good job of that, and you can go onto Digi-Key and you can like download-
I still recommend people verify them because man, ugh I ca- [laughs] So many times I've downloaded stuff, and I've looked at them.
Well, because what happens is we see it all the time, and it's actually quite annoying on the manufacturing side of things, 'cause we haven't really come up with great systems to manage it properly.
We definitely identified, like I, I just really hated back in the day creating symbols and footprints.
It's this kind of rote task that you have to do, but you have to get it perfectly right.
And I've had experiences where you don't get it right, and like you swap a couple of pins-
... and then two months down the line you, you spend a month like chasing your tail trying to figure out why the thing doesn't work, and you realize that you swapped the, maybe swapped the pins.
And so like the, the risk there is really high, but it's like super monotonous work.
Like now today, like people have done a good job of that, and you can go onto Digi-Key and you can like download-
I still recommend people verify them because man, ugh I ca- [laughs] So many times I've downloaded stuff, and I've looked at them.
Well, because what happens is we see it all the time, and it's actually quite annoying on the manufacturing side of things, 'cause we haven't really come up with great systems to manage it properly.
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