Episode 200! Let’s have a party (and a survey)! Former guests joined us in a panel-style celebration of working in embedded systems: Alvaro Prieto, Andrei Chichak, Elizabeth Brenner, Chris Svec, and Chris Gammell.

Alvaro Prieto (@alvaroprieto) was a guest on 130: Criminal Training Camp.

Andrei Chichak writes Embedded Wednesdays and was on 99: You Can Say a Boat, 114: Wild While Loops and 139: Easy to Add Blood Splatter.

Elizabeth Brenner (@eabrenner) was a guest on 17: Facebook Status: Maybe Not Dead and 54: Oh, The Hugh Manatee,

Chris Svec (@christophersvec) writes Embedded Software Engineering 101 was on 78: Happy Cows and 139: Easy to Add Blood Splatter.

Chris Gammell (@Chris_Gammell) was a guest on 35: All These Different Reasons Why You Might Want to Do Something as well as a co-host on the holiday Embedded/Amp Hour crossover episode 181: Work on It for Ten Years.

Fiction mentioned:

• Authors Harlan Coben and CJ Cherryh
• Robopocalype by Daniel Wilson
• The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
• The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu and Ken Liu (Translator)
• Trollhunters
• HTML5 in Easy Steps by Mike McGrath

Episodes cited as favorites:

• 94: Don't Be Clever
• 53: Being a Grownup Engineer
• 111: Potty Train Your Tamagotchi
• 187: Self-Driving Arm
• 162: I Am a Boomerang Enthusiast
• 150: Sad Country Song

Tools discussed:

• Software: Beyond Compare, Edit+, and Crossover
• Logic analyzers / small oscilloscopes: Saleae, Digilent Analog Discovery and Digital Discovery
• Other tools: JLink Pro debugger/programmer, HP16C calculator (recommended emulator is Nonpareil for Mac and for Windows and Linux)

Notes: T-shirt sales are probably already over unless you hurry. March micro madness and Digilent Digital Discovery contests also end very soon.