Benjamin Jordan of Autodesk

December 2, 2020 Hosted by Parker Dillmann, Stephen Kraig

Senior Product Manager for ECAD in Autodesk Fusion 360, Ben Jordan, joins Stephen and Parker to discus the future of ECAD, Eagle, Autodesk, and PCBs.

Benjamin Jordan

  • A Computer Systems and PCB Engineer with over 25 years of experience in embedded systems, FPGA, and PCB design
  • Is an avid tinkerer and is passionate about the creation of electronic devices of all kinds
  • Holds a Bachelor of Engineering with First Class Honors from the University of Southern Queensland
  • Currently Senior Product Manager for ECAD in Autodesk Fusion 360, and 16 years prior with Altium
  • Recently licensed HAM radio operator
    • Call Sign?
    • Lots of Ham radio operators that listen to the podcast
  • Do you still build and design PCBs?
    • What EDA Tool do you use?
  • History in the industry
  • Eagle and Fusion 360
    • How they integrate
    • Is the plan to change the name to Fusion PCB?
    • Eventually one program?
    • Layout from inside of fusion?
  • The Future
    • Of Eagle?
    • Any juicy news?
    • Trends in the EDA tools
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Hosts: Parker Dillmann, Stephen Kraig

Special thanks to whixr over at Tymkrs for the intro and outro!