We're very excited to be joined on this episode by Ben Jordan.  Ben, who was previously at Altium for many years, now works at Autodesk as a Senior Product Manager for the Fusion 360 Electronics product.

We chat about:

  • Why we call them DuPont headers
  • Machine pin headers are awesome
  • A brief history of Altium's founding in Australia as Protel Systems
  • Chris' love for Australia
  • Lots of Ben's dad jokes
  • The Coriolis Effect, Ben's new show with Bil Herd
  • Fusion 360 - the benefits of using a unified ECAD-MCAD-SIM software platform
  • Chris has finally found a perforated cardboard tab that actually works:  https://www.packworld.com/issues/sustainability/article/21136720/nespresso-coffee-capsule-made-from-80-recycled-content
  • Ben's pet peeve - people who abuse nonstick pans