Engineering EEcosystem Podcast

AI Agents Are Here. What Can Engineers Do Now?

15K views · 1mo ago · 40:10

If you tried AI 2-3 years ago with unsophisticated, error-prone LLMs, Collin Stoner says it’s time to look again. In this episode, Judy Warner talks with Collin, an electrical engineer and co-founder of Zenode.ai, about the shift from one-shot answers to agents that can search, use tools, and work in parallel.

Topics: Understanding Zenode · The evolution of AI tools · Defining the role of engineering judgment · Practical power supply use case · Optimizing research workflows · Addressing AI skepticism

Agentic AI is Transforming Engineering Workflows: Where it belongs. Where it doesn't.

13K views · 1mo ago · 43:23

Guest: Valentina Ratner

AI is already transforming hardware engineering. In this episode, Judy Warner and co-founder and CEO Valentina Ratner explore where AI belongs in the workflow and where it doesn’t. They discuss AI-assisted design reviews, deterministic automation, agent-to-agent workflows, trustworthy data, measurable ROI, and why engineering judgment and final approval must remain firmly in human hands.

Topics: The unknown unknowns AI can catch · Meet Valentina Ratner and · Three buckets: AI, automation, and humans · Where AI delivers real engineering value · How DRCY "Darcy" checks accuracy and blind spots · Connecting a diverse engineering tool stack

The Most Expensive Engineering Mistake (and how to avoid it)

19K views · 2mo ago · 33:04

Guest: Roberto Piacentini

In this episode, Judy Warner talks with Roberto Piacentini, an electrical engineer with 30+ years of experience and now Director of Global Marketing for Design Engineering Software at Keysight Technologies, about what he considers the most expensive engineering mistake, why growing design complexity is raising the stakes, and how to avoid these costly issues.

Topics: Meet Roberto Piacentini · Roberto Reveals the Biggest Engineering Mistake · The Complexity Problem · Failures Between Engineering Silos, Getting Worse · Connecting Engineering Disciplines · AI & Engineering Data

The Engineer as Architect: Agentic AI as Co-Pilot, Not Autopilot

31K views · 2mo ago · 45:59

Guest: Tobias Pohl

AI is everywhere in the headlines right now, but is it actually doing anything positive for engineers? Or is it just going to take jobs and produce less competent engineers by putting everything on autopilot?

The Hidden Bottleneck in DDR Memory Verification and How to Fix It

13K views · 3mo ago · 34:19

Guest: Ben Dannan

As AI, data centers, aerospace, and advanced computing continue pushing bandwidth and power requirements to new extremes, DDR memory compliance has become one of the biggest bottlenecks in high-speed digital design.

KiCad: A professional PCB Design Tool for a New Generation of Engineers

14K views · 3mo ago · 55:53

Guest: Seth Hillbrand

Many engineers still think of KiCad as a hobbyist PCB design tool. That perception is changing. In this episode, Judy Warner sits down with Seth Hillbrand, lead KiCad developer and founder of KiCad Services Corporation, to discuss how KiCad has evolved into a professional EDA platform trusted by startups, aerospace companies, research organizations, and enterprise engineering teams.

Design Intent vs. the Grind: Quilter's Vision for AI in PCB Design

16K views · 3mo ago · 45:46

Guest: Sergiy Nesterenko

AI is starting to take on real work in PCB design, but engineering teams still want and need to stay in control of the process. In this episode, Judy Warner talks with Sergiy Nesterenko, founder of Quilter, about how their AI-powered layout tool has evolved over the past year.

Topics: Catching Up: Quilter's Progress in the Last Nine Months · What Quilter Does — and Where It Draws the Line · The Vision: Automating the Designer's Dialogue with Layout · Dogfooding Quilter on Their Own NXP i.MX8 Board · Engineers Want Control, Not Full Automation — Building Trust · How Quilter Differs from Other AI PCB Startups

Stop Wasting Hours in Datasheets: Finally, real AI for PCB Design

12K views · 5mo ago · 39:08

Guest: Collin Stoner

In this episode, Judy Warner sits down with Collin Stoner, co-founder of Zenode (zenode.ai) and a veteran electrical engineer with 250+ unique board designs under his belt. Colin shares how he turned years of real-world frustrations and endless datasheet digging, pinout copying, power budgeting, and last-minute alternate part hunts into an AI-powered component intelligence platform that actually delivers results for hardware engineers.

Topics: Why AI hype in hardware design feels empty...until now · Collin Stoner & Zenode origin story · What makes Zenode different from plain ChatGPT/Claude for hardware work · Early customer traction – especially aerospace with internal/non-searchable docs · Guided Discovery – helping newer engineers and speeding up searches · Upcoming ALT Tool: Finding component alternates when your hair’s on fire

iMAPS Updates with 3D Incites Content Platform and Microelectronics Foundation

4.8K views · 7mo ago · 7:21

In Judy Warner's second interview at iMAPS DPC, she sat down with iMAPS executive leaders Eelco Bergman, VP of Marketing, and Scott Hayes, Director of the iMAPS Microelectronics Foundation, to discuss where advanced packaging is headed and the vision iMAPS has to build a stronger, more connected industry around it.

Advanced Packaging Content Platform: 3D Incites Passes the Torch to iMAPS

2.7K views · 7mo ago · 14:03

Guests: Advanced Packaging Content Platform, Françoise von Trapp

The advanced packaging ecosystem is evolving—and this moment marks a meaningful shift. In this special episode recorded live at iMAPS DPC, I sit down with Françoise von Trapp and Martijn Pierik, founders of 3D InCites, as they share the story behind the platform and what it means to pass the torch to iMAPS.

Siemens PCB Design Tools that Grow with Engineers

19K views · 7mo ago · 41:58

Guest: David Haboud

Modern engineering teams need design tools that can scale with their growth. In this episode, Judy Warner talks with David Haboud of Siemens EDA about how evolving PCB Design tools are helping small and mid-sized engineering teams manage increasing design complexity. They discuss data integration, flexible access to advanced capabilities, and how collaboration across tools and supply chain data is shaping the future of engineering workflows.

Topics: Challenges Facing Modern Design Engineers · Building a Foundation for Growth · Data Integration and Interoperability · The Importance of Proactive Design · Scalability and Flexibility in EDA Tools · Collaboration Across Tools and Standards

DesignCon 2026 Kick-Off: Chiplet 3D Interconnect Designer from Keysight

33K views · 8mo ago · 11:39

In this special DesignCon 2026 Kick-Off edition, Stephen Slater of Keysight joins Judy Warner to discuss all the activities Keysight is offering on this year's conference. He highlights Keysight's NPI that will be featured at this year's show, Chiplet 3D Interconnect Designer which will be showcased in their booth. See the links below to tap into the full spectrum of technology highlights included in this year's "Superbowl of Electronics."

DesignCon 2026: Kick-Off Episode with the Dream Team of Power Integrity

14K views · 8mo ago · 41:08

Guest: Steve Sandler

In this episode Judy Warner talks with Steve Sandler, Heidi Barnes and Ben Dannan, who are three leading experts in Power Integrity and combined are presenting 17 talks at DesignCon 2026, Including a tutorial they will present together. They have all also been nominated for Engineer of the Year at DesignCon this year.

Bogatin S Parmeters Masterclass is Here! Free | Online | World-Class

56K views · 8mo ago · 15:33

In this episode, signal integrity expert Eric Bogatin and Judy Warner, partners in creating The EEcosystem Engineering Masterclasses, introduce the S-Parameters Masterclass, the third course in the series. They discuss why S-parameters are essential but often misunderstood in high-speed digital, signal integrity, and hardware design, and how engineers can interpret return loss, insertion loss, crosstalk, and time-domain behavior from simulation and measurement data.

PCB Design Unrest: How Siemens is Filling the Mid-Tier EDA Gap

40K views · 10mo ago · 36:16

Guest: PCB Design Unrest

The PCB design world is buzzing with frustration: skyrocketing costs, forced cloud migrations, and a widening gap between free tools like KiCad and heavy enterprise suites like Xpedition, Allegro, and Altium Designer.

Topics: Diagnosing the mid-tier EDA gap & engineer frustrations · PADS Pro Essentials, Xpedition Standard, and unified architecture · Token-based flexibility and cost control · On-premise vs. cloud choice · Shift-left verification and the digital twin · AI trained on real-world expert workflows