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Learning resources Online communities
YouTube channels Subreddits
Blogs and substacks Forums and communities
Educational platforms and resources Social media groups
LinkedIn groups
Content
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Industry insights Events
06 Podcasts
News and trade publications
Tradeshows and events

Overview
By engineers, for engineers

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07 Final thoughts
Miscellaneous
Others Conclusion
About AllSpice.io Acknowledgements

High-level trends observed from the data.

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Overview About AllSpice.io

How AllSpice.io is shaping the

By engineers, for engineers
future of hardware development.
AllSpice.io built the first ever developer-led platform for collaborating on and seamlessly
The best tools for learning, collaborating, and innovating in Hardware Design validating hardware designs.

As engineers, we know the struggle of finding the right resources The world around us is enabled by novel circuit designs. Consider
to level up your work, stay ahead of industry trends, or just the seemingly trivial act of hailing a taxi from the comfort of your home.
connect with a community that speaks your language. That’s why This simple process (for you) relies on a 3 million light-emitting diode
AllSpice.io decided to create this ebook. It’s a collection of 100 display with a user interface that is logically routed to a capacitive
essential resources for hardware engineers, electrical engineers, and sensor capable of tracking your finger at sub-millimeter resolution,
PCB designers, collected from our research and real-world experience an antenna capable of transmitting to a radio tower kilometers
in the field. away at a rate of 20 Gb/s, repeated 35,000 km to a satellite, which
is able to use its own integrated sensors and drivers to maintain
Here’s an interesting stat we came across while compiling this geosynchronous orbit over decades without human interference.
list: 65% of engineers prefer learning through visual channels like The infrastructure we’ve taken for granted wasn’t designed
YouTube or by consulting with colleagues. This highlights the growing overnight and isn’t staying put. It’s constantly evolving to enable
trend towards hands-on, experiential learning. In this ebook you’ll the next generation of life-changing products. But this evolution
find everything from YouTube channels and subreddits to podcasts, is currently hamstrung by incumbent and proprietary development
and blogs; everything designed to make your hardware development infrastructure built for waterfall project management (mostly in the
process smoother and more efficient. For more stats like this read 90s), requiring manual pdf exports, emails, and in-person meetings
our “The State of Hardware 2025“ ebook, where we share trends, at each design revision. The next progression of human innovation,
challenges, and toolsets. like putting the first human colonies on Mars, requires a step-change
in how hardware designs are managed.
We hope you find this guide as useful as we’ve found it while putting
it together. Let’s keep building the future of hardware development At AllSpice.io, we’ve experienced this problem
to the next iteration.
as hardware engineers and we’ve seen the
solutions as software leaders.

Today, AllSpice allows electrical engineering teams to dramatically

accelerate their development by enabling a truly agile workflow. They
can seamlessly push a new design update in Git, open a design
review, tag stakeholders, notify them by email and Slack, all while
AllSpice automatically collects review artifacts, like visual diffs and
review checklists.

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You can quickly find the

resources you need with
this ebook’s easy to
navigate categories. 100 Essential Resources for hardware engineers:

Here’s a breakdown of the categories: LEARNING

RESOURCES
Learning resources Online Communities

Industry insights Events Miscellaneous

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 Youtube

GreatScott!

Over 1 million subscribers - from hobbyists to professional engineers.

Great Scott! is filled with electronics tutorials, projects,

and how-tos.

YouTube channels There’s a wide range of videos from creating

​​When we surveyed 1,000+ engineers, video was their go to your own Portable Retro Game Console to The
format for learning and career development. End of the Full Bridge Rectifier. One of the best
parts about this channel is that the concepts
are constantly broken down and explained while
Sometimes, visuals are they are being demonstrated, making it easy to
just more helpful. Here are follow along with the project being worked on.

some of our top favorite

hobbyists professionals how-tos tutorials
YouTube channels for
Electrical Engineers.

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Youtube Youtube

The Engineering Mindset ElectroBoom

Over 1 million subscribers - from hobbyists to professional engineers. Coming in hot with over 5 million followers is ElectroBOOM.

The Engineering Mindset is designed to educate and inspire This channel will not only make you laugh, but also teach you a
people at all stages as they learn about technical engineering. Their thing or two.
goal is to reduce highly complex and technical processes.

Much of the content revolves around the

basics of electrical engineering, automotive
Topics span from
engineering, and electric motors. They also offer electronics, Tesla coil
their channel in a variety of different languages.
science, rectifiers, and
many, many more.
hobbyists professionals technical engineering educational

tutorials electronics entertaining educational

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Youtube Youtube

Robert Feranec W2aew

Unlike other channels, w2aew is geared towards the hobbyist and focuses on hobby
Engineers looking to learn through tutorial-style videos and content. electronics, test and measurement, and ham radio.

Robert Feranec is passionate about creating online educational The creator of the channel, Alan, aptly chose the name w2aew
resources as the founder of FEVEL Academy and FEDEVEL to reflect his ham radio call sign. This channel is very responsive to
Education. fan questions and feedback.

This YouTube channel specializes in

digital development focusing on processor,
Well, a picture’s worth a
motherboard, and microcontroller board design. thousand words - just
There are also a ton of Altium Designer tutorials
and OrCAD, in addition to Cadence Allegro take a look at all that
tutorials.
radio equipment.
tutorials educational digital development board design

hobbyists hobbysists professionals how-tos

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Youtube Youtube

DroneBot Workshop EEVblog

Students and DIY engineers looking to expand their knowledge. Electronics engineering, engineers, hobbyists, enthusiasts, hackers, and makers.

This is an excellent channel for learning how things work to apply This Australian aims to educate “nerds like him on YouTube”.
it to your own designs.
“Off the cuff” videos covering various topics.
The DroneBot Workshop offers organized Besides this YouTube channel, there’s also an
and professional videos on Arduino, Raspberry EEVBlog website that offers a forum, store, and
Pi, ESP32, and other “cool microcontrollers, access to his weekly electronics show with Chris
components, and sensors.” Gammel called The Amp Hour podcast.

students DIY engineers arduino raspberry PI hackers hobbysists enthusiasts makers

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Youtube Youtube

Andreas Spiess Foolish Engineer

Engineers looking for a simplified overview of oftentimes otherwise complex subject A piece of advice this channel offers is to “never hesitate to ask ‘WHY’ to the world!”
matter.

Videos about Arduino, Raspberry Pi, LoRa, LoraWAN, Sigfox, Contrary to what the name suggests, the Foolish Engineer is very
ESP32, ESP8266, and sensors. smart.

Andreas Speiss, self-proclaimed “guy with All of these videos are entirely narrated and
the Swiss accent,” creates videos with helpful led by informative graphics to explain topics
graphics which break down the concepts into in automotive lighting, EV chargers, battery
easily comprehensible lessons. management systems, embedded systems, and
electronics hardware basics.

lessons graphics arduino raspberry PI graphics automotive EV electronics hardware basics

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Youtube Youtube

Advanced Assembly Jan Beta

The goal for this channel isn’t to be the most professional, but to be informative and
Engineers in frequent contact with their CMs. interesting to like-minded engineers.

Advanced Assembly focuses on relaying best practices when It’s not every day that you find a channel whose goal is to
working directly with contract manufacturers. destroy stuff on camera.

They also have a bunch of tutorials on PCB But Jan doesn’t only destroy
design, and even offer “office hours” where
you can directly ask your questions and get a
things, he also repairs, hacks,
response in real time. and makes electronics and
retrocomputing equipment.

contract manufacturers best practices PCB design tutorials

informative electronics retrocomputing equipment

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Youtube Youtube

12voltvids Learn Electronics Repair

Those looking to learn about power supply, audio equipment, GPU, and computer repairs
Engineers and even hobbyists looking to solve issues with consumer electronics. aimed to educate the viewer at all levels.

After 40 years of experience as a consumer electronics repair Richard, the creator of Learn Electronics Repair, has worked in
technician, you know a thing or two. 12voltvids is designed to share electronics for many years and learned how to repair a wide variety
their expertise with viewers on a variety of simple problems that of them with no schematics.
repeatedly appear in consumer electronics.
This channel’s name reflects its
Products in the fields of succinct goal of helping its viewers
audio, television, and VCR are understand the fault-finding process
disassembled, reviewed, fixed, in detail.
and put together again.

professionals hobbyists consumer electronics electronics computer repairs audio equipment all levels

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Youtube Youtube

The Signal Path EsteemPCB Academy

A science & electrical engineering video blog for industry professionals, students and Students to professional engineers looking to grow their hardware design skills.
hobbyists.

Since there are so many videos, keeping your eye on whether the Hosted by the instructor of EsteemPCB Academy, an Electronics
video is labelled TNP (The Noise Path) or TSP (The Signal Path) is Hardware Design Engineer, Aviral Mishra creates weekly tutorial
very helpful in differentiating the content. videos.

Each video starts out with a lovely little jingle

and good graphics, then transitions into a well-
Weekly tutorials, including
planned and entertaining equipment review, videos on Cadence OrCAD
tutorial, or repair.
Allegro, Altium Designer and
Hyperlynx.

industry professionals students hobbyists TNP TSP tutorials professionals hardware design

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Youtube

Phil’s Lab
Intermediate to expert-level engineers looking to gain professional skills or work on
more complex personal projects.

Videos created by Phil Salmony, an IPC CID+ certified PCB and

electronics design consultant.

Blogs and substacks

Analog and digital electronics Many engineers rely on written content to stay updated, gain
design, PCB design, control insights, and explore fresh ideas—especially when it’s straight
from the experts.
systems, digital signal
processing, and more! These platforms offer
everything from practical
tips to industry updates,
expert level complex projects digital electroncics PCB design
written by those who live
and breathe engineering.

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Blogs and substacks Blogs and substacks

Hardware FYI EEVblog

Engineers interested in the personal side of engineering with in-depth interviews of
individuals or companies that are actively working in the field and their experience and Looking to find a community of electrical engineers? The EEVblog forum provides just
expertise. that with its “free and open forum for electronics enthusiasts and professionals.”

Formerly known as The Analog, Hardware FYI. It’s a go-to weekly, There are a variety of unscripted tutorials and blog videos on
technical newsletter and site that covers various topics in hardware their YouTube channel designed to educate and entertain their
engineering and manufacturing hardware. viewers based on creator David L. Jones passionate charisma and
knowledge from his 25+ years in the EDI. The EEVblog is a great
site for beginners and experts alike.
The newsletter structure gives a clean and
simple look that is effectively jam-packed with Spans multiple topics from
relevant links to interesting weekly highlights,
startups, links, and jobs.
microcontrollers to thermal
imaging.

newsletter interviews hardware engineering manufacturing engineering

forum enthusiasts professionals microcontrollers

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Blogs and substacks Blogs and substacks

Hackaday Simply Smarter Circuitry Blog

Engineers looking for a mix of DIY projects, personal takes on electronics related Engineers looking for advice from circuit specialists.
current events, and podcast fans.
Periodical coverage of projects ranging from 3D printers,
Starting as the world’s largest collaborative repository of Open batteries, CNC, Arduino, and a lot more.
Hardware Projects, Hackaday became a go to standard for all
hardware.
The Circuit Specialists
Opinion pieces, tutorials, aggregation of third blog was created to bring
party content, reviews of products, a podcast
series, a very active forum, and more. knowledgeable articles on
products, tools, and fields in
which products may be used.
tutorials reviews podcast series forum
tutorials reviews product news

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Blogs and substacks Blogs and substacks

Adafruit Industries The Orbital Index

Engineers in the aerospace industry and general space enthusiasts.
Adafruit customers and engineers using similar tools / products.

Also a manufacturer of some incredible gift ideas for EEs, their A newsletter summarizing news and resources related to
customer forums have 100,000s of posts. aerospace.

The news leans more towards the

Many posts are useful to
corporate side, although each issue
even non Adafruit customers;
is also has a technical theme / topic
for example, there are over
to supplement the aggregated links.
20,000 posts troubleshooting
microcontrollers alone.
enthusiasts newsletter technical theme

forums posts troubleshooting

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Fedevel Platform

Engineers of any expertise level looking to expand their skillset and awareness of new
tools.

FEDEVEL Academy offers top-notch courses led by a

Motherboard Designer that explain advanced hardware design,
advanced PCB layout, how to design your own board, and the
Educational platforms and resources essentials of creating uBoot, Linux, and more for your boards.
The best engineers never stop learning. From structured
courses to hands-on tutorials, education is the foundation You should also check out their YouTube
of innovation. channel, which centers around schematic and
PCB design.
Perfect for anyone looking
to build a strong foundation all levels new tools hardware design PCB layout
or expand their expertise.

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Educational platforms and resources

IEEE Xplore

Any and all engineers ready to learn.

IEEE, the global professional organization, has created a

database of every piece of content in its existence.

1.5 million engineering related pieces of

content! The most popular categories of which
being conference notes, academic papers,
magazines, books, and standards. 100 Essential Resources for hardware engineers:

ONLINE
all levels conference notes academic papers COMMUNITIES

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Reddit r/embedded

With over 70k members, there is no shortage of EE to converse with and assist you with
any questions that arise.

Embedded is a sub thread dedicated to discussions and

questions about embedded systems.

Subreddits There is also an Embedded Wiki with a

job FAQ for concerns like breaking into the
Engineers often turn to Reddit’s niche communities for real-
time advice, troubleshooting, and inspiration. embedded systems design positions and a
technical FAQ that handles resource concerns
for developmental tools and CI/CD.
Jump in to connect with
peers, ask questions, and
share your expertise in a
collaborative environment.
sub thread discussions questions FAQs includes AI

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Subreddits

r/ElectricalEngineering
This subreddit of 180k is “for electronics and electrical engineering professionals,
students, and enthusiasts.”

One of the largest and most active, with any EE related topic
imaginable.

Forums and communities

Beyond the third party
article shares, search for the Forums are where engineers gather to share ideas,
troubleshoot, and support one another in tackling challenges.
troubleshooting answers you’re
looking for - chances are some From niche forums to
one has found a fix. larger communities, these
platforms are perfect for
deep discussions, problem
enthusiasts professionals students troubleshooting solving, and learning from
others’ experiences.

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Forums and communities Forums and communities

Hacker News The Contextual Electronics Forums

Throughout the threads, humor and wit are by default from this community of engineers Its community is smaller than some of the other forums but has threads that are
and technologists. thorough in troubleshooting and analyzing specific topics.

Run by Y Combinator, a startup accelerator, Hacker News has With a bulk of the subthreads focusing on PCB Design and
widely-ranging topics. KiCAD, Contextual Electronics is a great place to troubleshoot with
fellow engineers.

According to them, posts with Worth a search if you’re stuck in

relevant content should be on error on projects. Common, and very
“anything that gratifies one’s niche Q&As.
intellectual curiosity.”

engineers technologists community

troubleshooting PCB design Q&As

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Forums and communities Forums and communities

EDABoard Elektroda.com

Its user groups also help further focus on topics and get quicker responses. Its parent site boasts over 3 million readers and has been active since 1999.

Run by the publication Design World, EDA Board is one of the Elektroda is one of the widest-ranging forums on this list, has
better-organized forums, with a “Best Answers” section to drill down more of an emphasis on news and consumer electronics.
into some of the more helpful Q&A boards.

Many questions include MATLAB, It also has subs on PCB Design,

HFSS, and Industrial PLC and electronic components, robotics,
Automation. development boards, electro tools,
and beginner to advanced tutorials.

forum news consumer electronics tutorials

forum Q&As “best answers” section

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Forums and communities Forums and communities

Electrical Engineering Stack

All About Circuits
Exchange
Highly engaged community troubleshooting or tackling new design projects. According to its media kit, it has over 1.5 million monthly readers.

Most of its nearly 200k subthreads being purely Q&A, this forum Sharing the name of its news and resource publication, All About
is less about finding industry news and events. Circuits splits its community into multiple forums. The forums are
split into Hardware Design, Embedded & Programming, Education,
Math & Science, as well as Community.
Hyper focused and specific
questions answered in great detail. The hardware design section has
general chat on, news, test and
measurement, and many others.

troubleshooting Q&As forum news events

forums hardware design news chat includes AI

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 Social media groups

International Society of Product

Design Engineers/Entrepreneurs
Inventors, Entrepreneurs and Design Engineers.

A Facebook group created by the ISPDEE professional

organization, but open to all.

Social media groups

Social platforms have evolved into valuable spaces for
Networking, support,
engineers to network and exchange ideas. events, and questions.
These groups bring
together engineers from all professional inventors enterpreneurs

over the world to discuss

projects, share advice, and
connect with like-minded
professionals.

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Social media groups Social media groups

Avionics Technicians LoRaWAN Hardware Developers

Aircraft Technicians all around the world. Engineers with a focus in IoT, hardware manufacturing

The 15+ years of posts may be of interest even to those not in A place where 9k engineers working in or interested in the
avionics. wireless technology convene.

Some posts are highly technical Discussions about IoT and

and would only be relevant to those LoRaWAN based topics
whose titles are that of the group.

IoT hardware manufacturing LoRaWan

avionics highly technical global

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Social media groups Social media groups

Hardware Startups PCB Designers

Founders, hobbyists, curious engineers. Staff engineers, contractors, and hobbyists building PCBs.

Its purpose is “aiming to bring out physical products” into the Very large group of PCB Designers, open to all.
world.

Smaller group with occasional Pros of it being a large group is that

updates. Interesting, but won’t there are frequent posts. You’ll have to do
some digging, however, through some more
clutter your feed. of the spammy posts.

physical products founders hobbyists staff engineers hobbyists frequent posts

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Social media groups Social media groups

PCB Design, Manufacturing,

Industrial Robotics
Assembly
A platform for people in PCB, PCB design, component, PCB assembly and Electronics All involved in the application of robotics to Industry.
industries.

Private, but easy to get approval group. Over 30k engineers. For a large group, the frequency of posts is more ideal than
others; around 10 per day.

Anyone can ask questions,

provide photos, seek answers, find Professional networking and
partnership, make friends, and more! company specific news.

PCB design components electronics industry

frequency of posts robotics networking

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Social media groups Social media groups

Aerospace, Engineering, Airplanes,

PCB Design Engineers
& Composites
A mix of engineers and those who are just curious about the subject matter. Professionals, engineers, managers, owners, consultants

Not specifically around hardware (although some posts are) Questions and resources for design engineers and management.
Just an interesting assortment of everything from vintage ads,
prototypes, tradeshows, etc.

Anything and everything to do with Circuit design, contract manufacturing,

Airplanes, Engineering, Composites, product development, and general
and Aerospace. industrial manufacturing.

curious engineers prototypes tradeshows circuit design Q&As professionals

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Social media groups Social media groups

Electrical & Electronics Engineering Electronics Engineers (DIY & FAQs)

Electrical and Electronics Engineers, technologists and students. Hobbyists and Engineers

A place to connect, collaborate, solve challenges and share Specific projects, both complete and WIP.
knowledge among a growing community.

You can ask question share your

Half a million members! Troubleshooting, projects, have opinions and best
sharing projects, product reviews, and a ideas for them. All kind of helps
lot more.
related technical work are always
here.
troubleshooting technologists students hobbyists professionals technical work

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 LinkedIn groups

IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society

(SSCS)
Engineers evaluating relevant materials and interconnections for a variety of projects.

Another higher quality group by a subset of IEEE members.

LinkedIn groups
For professionals, LinkedIn is a powerful platform for
Fabricated integrated
connecting, learning, and growing your career. circuit designs (as opposed
to simulated and analyzed
These groups are specifically
circuits)
designed for hardware and
electrical engineers, offering
discussions, job opportunities, professionals fabricated integrated circuits

and valuable insights from

industry leaders.

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LinkedIn groups LinkedIn groups

Electronics Hub - Design &

PCB Design Engineers
Manufacturing Professionals Group
Hundreds of electrical engineers, hardware engineers, managers, CTOs, and students
More professional than hobbyist - PCB Designers, Hardware and Electrical Engineers. would respond to our polls.

This group is privately listed but worth joining. A variety of We ran a bunch of polls in this LinkedIn PCB Design Engineers
companies showcasing products, resources (i.e. ebooks / webinars) group and found that the PCB Design Engineer community was the
and podcast episodes. most engaged – and relevant – in terms of titles who responded to
our questions.
The list goes on and on, but some listed are
“VLSI ASIC FPGA Design Verification, Power
Electronics, Analog Mixed Signal Circuit Design, There is a decent mix of
DSP Signal Processing, Electronics Hobby
Circuits, Embedded System Design, Aerospace/ news articles, crowdsourcing
Avionics & Military Design, Automotive design issues, as well as
Electronics, Biometric Security Devices, Energy
Harvesting and Power Electronics, Batteries & industry trade shows/events.
Fuel Cells” for starters.
electrical engineers hardware engineers PCB design

professionals PCB designers podcasts variety of topics

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LinkedIn groups LinkedIn groups

Electronic Hardware/Software
Worldwide PCB Design Professionals
(Firmware) Designers
The title says it all - PCB Designers! Electronic hardware/software firmware designers from.

A platform for Worldwide PCB Design professionals to interact A great place for teams that work in parallel but are often siloed
and network with each other. to run ideas and questions by one another.

A great mix of everything from trivia, Questions and resources

questions for the group, webinars, in
person events, and interesting fab
ranging from Asic design to
footage from around the world. back end and pcb design.

electronic hardware firmware PCB design

PCB designers professionals networking

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LinkedIn groups LinkedIn groups

The Hardware Startup Hardware Design

Founders, recruiters, and individual engineers working to bring their products to market. Job seekers, PCBA video enthusiasts, and those who attend webinars.

Smaller professional group that may also be of interest to A smaller group with occasional posts. A recommended add if
engineers working at enterprises. you’d prefer a lower frequency of resources popping up in the feed.

Job listings, sources of Semiconductors and

inspiration, survey results, Electromechanical components,
and more. events, and videos.

founders recruiters smaller group

job seekers PCBA enthusiasts lower frequency

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LinkedIn groups LinkedIn groups

PCB Design, Manufacturing,

KiCAD Users
Assembly
Audience is the title - KiCAD users! Engineers involved in the procurement process.

A great place to troubleshoot and learn new functionality with A bit more vendor / customer centric - this would be a place to
fellow KiCAD users. evaluate suppliers moreso than to learn.

Tools, tutorials, tips and The occasional academic

tricks. paper, but mostly matchmaking
for suppliers and engineers.

troubleshoot tools tutorials

suppliers vendor / customer

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LinkedIn groups LinkedIn groups

Mixed Signal Electronics/PCB

Design Engineers Group
Design
Engineers evaluating vendors, academics, and R&D. Any engineer involved at any stage of the design process.

Everything involved in mixed-signal electronics design Very active group that does a great job in keeping spam to a
minimum and moderating high quality posts.

A/D, D/A, CVSD, Delta- Resources around CATIA,

Sigma, SAR, and Flash ProE, SolidWorks, Unigraphics &
Converters. AutoCAD software.

vendors academics R&D design process minimum spam high quality posts

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 Podcasts
Engineers love podcasts for their ability to turn downtime
into learning time.

100 Essential Resources for hardware engineers: Whether you’re commuting,

working out, or taking a
INDUSTRY break, these podcasts
deliver expert insights,
INSIGHTS interviews, and stories
to keep you inspired and
informed.

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Podcasts Podcasts

Agile Embedded Podcast The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast

This podcast focuses on topics that get your embedded device Partnered with Hackaday, the hosts are engineers themselves.
to market faster and have higher quality with an emphasis on This is one of the most popular engineering related podcast.
safety-critical industries.

Agile methodologies and how they apply Varies from the hobbyist level, fun projects,
to embedded systems development. Although growing startups, and engineers at larger
covering a wide range of topics, there is an companies.
emphasis particularly on medical devices.

embedded systems medical devices startups larger companies

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Podcasts Podcasts

The EEcosystem PCB Chat

Hosted by Judy Warner, an ECAD industry expert, this podcast A design centric podcast hosted by the president of the
has been around for several years and also has a video component professional organization, PCEA.
to it.

Founders in software spaces that support Attendees of PCB West and

hardware teams, electrical engineers, and
oftentimes engineering leadership. East (run by the PCEA), software
and hardware leaders.

ECAD podcast hardware teams includes AI software hardware professional

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Podcasts Podcasts

EE Journal All About Circuits

A supplemental podcast to the 20+ year site who has a staff of A widely listened to podcast that oftentimes supplements the
reporters. articles covered on the site bearing the same name.

Think electronics Fortune 500 engineering

journalism in audio format. leaders, academics, and
startup founders.

engineers podcasts articles includes AI

podcast electronics includes AI

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Podcasts Podcasts

EDA Cafe OpenSystems Media

Hundreds of videos interviewing founders, engineers, and Applications covered by Embedded Computing Design include
product managers. industrial, automotive, medical/healthcare, and consumer/mass
market.

There is an emphasis on industry trends, Within those buckets are AI/ML,

upcoming predictions, and how engineers
security, and analog/power.
can identify new tools to ease the burdens
of the design process.

industrial automotive medical

founders engineers design process

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Podcasts Podcasts

MAKO Design Podcast Pick Place Podcast

Run by a design firm, the host brings on guests that include An electronics manufacturing brought to you by CircuitHub and
engineers and founders scaling their companies. Worthington

Industrial Design, Mechanical Design, & The hosts discuss everything

Electrical Development for Product Startups &
Small Businesses. related to getting a circuit
board into the world.

industrial design startups small businesses

circuit board electronics manufacturing

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Podcasts Podcasts

The BOM Python Bytes Podcast

A weekly Supplyframe DesignLab Podcast hosted by Head of Python Bytes is a weekly podcast hosted by Michael Kennedy
Design & Partnerships Majenta Strongheart. and Brian Okken.

Interesting conversations with The show is a short discussion on the

headlines and noteworthy news in the
engineers, startup founders, and
Python, developer, and data science space.
investors. Although software heavy, how these teams
interact with hardware is a recurring topic.

engineers startups founders investors

news software python

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Podcasts Podcasts

Power Electronics News Tradeoffs.fm

Extended conversations oftentimes based on the posts written The co-hosts explore the hardware startup ecosystem by talking
on the sister newsite. with founders and investors.

New technologies, trends, design Design best practices, how to succeed

methods & more. as an entrepreneur, and the tradeoffs
that have to be made when creating a
hardware company from scratch.

posts news trends

best practices startups founders

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Podcasts

etech49

Tech49’s founder Ryan Maughantalks with subject matter experts

to learn more about their specific niches in various industries.

Electric and autonomous News and trade publications

vehicle technology and the EV Staying ahead in the fast-moving world of engineering
and CAV industries. requires the right sources for news and updates.

These publications offer

niches subject matter experts vehicles
the latest developments,
industry trends, and thought
leadership, giving you the
information you need to
stay on the cutting edge.

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News and trade publications News and trade publications

Design News EDN

Hardware, software, electrical, and firmware engineers looking to stay up to date on the Electrical Engineers looking for a centralized newsource. Those who like watching
latest trends. electronics being taken apart!

One of the larger news websites for electronics design, their In addition to news and regular industry subject matter experts
editorial team publishes everything from white papers to webinars, regularly contributing pieces, EDN also has a lot of resources.
and articles.

Though leadership, op-eds, These include tools, courses, and community

feedback on questions or your design ideas.
interviews, industry news and In our spare time, we also love following their
more. teardown series! Highly recommended for those
who enjoy looking under the hood of consumer
electronics. EDN’s weekly newsletter is also a
great read if you don’t have time to browse all
of the site sections.

news electronics design editorial team includes AI

tools courses electronics news includes AI

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News and trade publications News and trade publications

EEPower Maker Pro

Engineers interested in high-profile leaders discussing industry trends, human stories Engineers who need some inspiration for a they’re working on professionally, or just
behind organizations and engineering teams, and, above all, circuits. want to create for fun.

Boasts a massive archive of content, including a podcast with Along with videos, hardware projects are often written like
senior-level engineers at Fortune 500 companies recipes, with the hardware listed like ingredients and necessary
tools as if they are in the kitchen.

Frequent news, datasheets, A massive community offering tutorials and

guides full of videos, diagrams, boards, and 3D
technical articles, market insights, models to guide you through DIY projects.
and white papers.

videos boards 3D professionals

datasheets podcast archives includes AI

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EE World IEEE Spectrum

Those looking for in denser reads. Their whitepapers provide in-depth research on
topics such as prototyping, overvoltage prevention, and signal chains. IEEE members and engineers looking to stay up to date with industry trends.

EE World focuses far beyond just industry news. The ‘Digital

Issues’ section is essentially handbooks covering broader topics, A site funded by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
like IoT and power electronics. Engineers organization, IEEE Spectrum, provides daily news on
startups and enterprise inventions.
Their blog and youtube series span Chroma
systems, microchips, GaN systems, Digi-Key, Like the professional association that created
and even oscilloscopes. it, IEEE Spectrum’s news coverage is global
and covers many industries, including Biomed,
Aerospace, AI, Consumer electronics, Robotics,
Telecommunications, Transportation, and more.
IoT electronics prototypes includes AI

professionals trends global includes AI

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The EEcosystem EMSNow

Carrying the same name as its widely known podcast, the site The global source for the electronics manufacturing services
offers written interviews and resources. industry.

News analysis, partnered webinars,

Founders in software spaces and company related milestones.
that support hardware teams,
electrical engineers, and oftentimes
engineering leadership.

founders engineers leadership webinars manufacturing global

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Printed Circuit Design & Fab Online

Electronics News
Magazine

Also in print, a well established trade publication covering The design engineers’ resource guide to news, products and
different aspects of the hardware design industry. technology from the global electronics industry.

Interviews, product launches, Product and industry news,

academic columns and in person datasheets and whitepapers.
events.

interviews product hardware products technology global includes AI

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EEJournal EDACafe

20+ years of high quality writing from an editorial staff that EDA portal with everything from job listings to blogs, and events.
supplements their podcasts.

Interviews, op-eds, and Editorials, blog posts, press

chalk talks. releases, and in person events.

podcasts interviews chalk talks includes AI blog posts press releases events

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Wired 3D CAD Editor

The original TechCrunch! Still available in print. Technical content and resources to help design products faster,
smarter, and under budget.

Longer form journalism, interviews, a growing New product information, technical tutorials,
YouTube channel, and some electronics related videos, 3D CAD Models and community based
pop culture. forums.

journalism electronics interviews

technical tutorials 3D forums

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Electronics Weekly Hackster

One of the founding electronics industry trade publications from A community dedicated to learning hardware, from beginner to
the 1960’s, this outlet continues to evolve and cover industry news pro.
and trends.

Blog posts, video, editorials, and an annual Developers share their hardware projects and
awards show celebrating breakthroughs in learn from others.
hardware development.

all levels developers hardware projects includes AI

blog posts awards trends hardware development includes AI

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 Tradeshows and events
Tradeshows and conferences are where the future of
engineering comes to life.

These events are excellent

100 Essential Resources for hardware engineers: for networking, discovering
new technologies,
EVENTS and gaining hands-on
experience with the tools
shaping the industry.

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Tradeshows and events Tradeshows and events

DesignCon Hardware Pioneers

One of our favorite industry events with a very large turnout UK based tradeshow that is growing exponentially in its few
each year. years of existence.

Breakout sessions, Breakout sessions, exhibits,

exhibits, panels. panels, on-floor interviews,
and demonstrations.

sessions panels events sessions panels events demonstrations

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Tradeshows and events Tradeshows and events

IMS (International Microwave

PCB East
Symposium)

A smaller, but great event in parallel to PCB West. Many Boston A defense focused tradeshow that has a great variety of vendors
based engineers attend. and academic sessions.

Breakout sessions, Breakout sessions,

exhibits, panels. exhibits, panels.

sessions panels events sessions panels events

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Tradeshows and events Tradeshows and events

Design Automation Conference Sensors Converge

Focused more on IC, this show blends educational with Covers technologies and applications that can help you design
commercial content on a very large exhibition floor. smarter systems and IoT devices in a sustainable economy.

Breakout sessions, Breakout sessions, exhibits,

exhibits, panels. panels, on-floor interviews,
and demonstrations.

sessions panels events sessions panels events demonstrations

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PCB West PCB Carolina

One of the most well established and longest running hardware Newer to the tradeshow circuit, this event is growing rapidly. Its
tradeshows in Santa Clara. A must attend! run independently of PCB East and West.

Breakout sessions, Breakout sessions,

exhibits, panels. exhibits, panels.

sessions panels events sessions panels events

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Tradeshows and events Tradeshows and events

Electronica CES

Second to CES, one of the largest electronics tradeshows in the The electronics shows of shows. Engineers meet founders,
world. You’ll need a map! journalists, and anyone working on anything related to technology.

Breakout sessions, Breakout sessions,

exhibits, panels. exhibits, panels.

sessions panels events sessions panels events

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Tradeshows and events Tradeshows and events

Maker Faire Hackaday Supercon

A rare event to make professional connections, but also to bring An opportunity to connect with fellow hackers and discuss
your family to. Some of the workshops are kid friendly, and others hardware news, projects, and more.
are for engineers learning new skills.

Hackathons, panels, DIY Hackathons, panels, DIY

workshops, entertainment. workshops, entertainment.

new skills kid friendly DIY workshops news projects DIY workshops

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 Others
Not every resource fits neatly into a category, but they’re
just as essential for engineers.

From memberships to
100 Essential Resources for hardware engineers: niche tools, these resources
are the hidden gems of the
MISCELLANEOUS engineering world. your
capabilities.

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Others Others

Local IEEE Chapters PCEA Membership

A way to “support IEEE’s mission to advance “An Organization Addressing Challenges

technology for humanity and the profession. At in the Electronics Industry.” A pass gets you
the same time, memberships build a platform to discounts and access to many in person events
introduce technology careers to students around and online resources.
the world.”

memberships students technology membership events online resources

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RedPitaya.com
“At that time, AllSpice.io was the first EDA company to
build remote, asynchronous design review and release
tooling for electrical engineer teams, supporting native
Altium, KiCad, Cadence OrCad, System Capture, and
Allegro.
Online courses and documentation
for engineers looking to further Since then, we’ve watched teams
develop their career and skillset.
that had previously struggled with
those legacy release processes,
online courses engineers skillset
PDF exports, and in-person design
reviews completely rebuild their
workflows & qualify new releases
at an order-of-magnitude
increased rate.”

-Kyle Dumont, Co-Founder & CTO

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acknolwedgements

The Git hardware development &

collaboration platform inspired by
software principles.
AllSpice.io was founded by engineers, for engineers.

We’ve experienced the challenges hardware engineers face firsthand; they guide us in
creating solutions to modernize electronics development. See how creating your
Valentina Ratner, Co-Founder & CEO Kyle Dumont, Co-Founder & CTO own workflow helps you
Before launching AllSpice.io out of
graduate school, Valentina worked at
Amazon as a Project Manager, managing
Before launching AllSpice.io out of
graduate school, Kyle worked for 10 years
as an Electrical Engineer, launching mass-
build hardware better.
infrastructure projects and internal production consumer products and taking
productivity tools. Valentina holds a these products from concept to mass
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from manufacturing at iRobot and Voxel8. Kyle
Boston University, an M.S. in Engineering holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, an
(Computer Science), and an MBA M.S. in Engineering, and an MBA
from Harvard. from Harvard.

Take a tour of your new hardware development platform to see demo PCBs
and schematics in action. Bring questions, current headaches, strengths and
favorite tools. Better hardware development isn’t a ‘one-size fits all.’

Learn how to tailor AllSpice.io to be the engineering workbench you’ve

always wanted.

Talk to an expert

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Additional resources AllSpice.io has been featured in:

To stay ahead in hardware development and adopt best practices, we recommend

tapping into industry-leading insights and resources. Whether you’re looking to improve
your workflow, boost collaboration, or explore new tools like Git, staying informed
through expert content can make all the difference.

Below are a couple of must-read posts that provide valuable

guidance for hardware engineers.

• 14 of the best YouTube channels for electrical engineers.

• 7 reasons why hardware teams are adopting Git.
• Hardware DevOps in electronics design
• Automating component validation tests with AllSpice
Actions for Electrical Engineers
• Git-based hardware: electronics design trends video
interview
• Electronics design process and tools for hardware
development
• The power of Git-based hardware design reviews
• CI/CD’s impact on hardware development life cycles
• Why Git is good for hardware development

Want to try AllSpice.io for yourself?

Scan the QR code to see how creating your own
workflow helps you build better hardware.

Implementing Git for hardware in 30 days is an e-book

by engineers, for engineers.

Visit www.AllSpice.io for more information.

If you would like to contact the team, write

to [email protected]

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