Episodes
Friday Jul 07, 2023
Friday Jul 07, 2023
IoT takes center stage in this week’s Fish Fry podcast! Peter Hartwell (TDK) and I chat all about TDK’s new ultrasonic vision platform called SmartSonic, the details of their MEMS-based robotics platform called SmartRobotics, the challenges that their SmartMotion UHP sensor family is looking to solve, and what their scalable digital microphones called SmartSound are all about! Also this week, I check out a new inexpensive, biodegradable 3D printed sensor that changes color when it is heated or stretched.
Friday Sep 10, 2021
Friday Sep 10, 2021
Friday Nov 02, 2018
On Your Mark, Get Set, MEMS!
Friday Nov 02, 2018
Friday Nov 02, 2018
This week’s podcast is coming to you from the land of vineyards, grapevines, and MEMS magnetic field sensors -- Napa Valley, California! In this episode of Fish Fry, we have an interview with each of the entrants of this year’s MEMS and Sensors Executive Congress Technology Showcase (think of it like a mini "Shark Tank" for MEMS stuff). We've got the skinny on a new wearable continuous blood glucose monitor, a new wearable brain impact monitor, new "smart" skates, and more!
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Links for November 2, 2018
More information about the MEMS and Sensors Executive Congress
More information about the MEMS and Sensors Executive Congress' Technology Showcase
More information about Alertgy
More information about Scorched ICE
More information about SportFitz
More information about N5 Sensors
Asset Tracking Demo: Track the journey of a package using Motion Sensors
Follow EE Journal’s Live Coverage of the MEMS and Sensors Executive Congress
Fish Fry Executive Interviews
Dave Kleidermacher, CTO – Green Hills Software
Michiel Ligthart, COO – Verific
Adnan Hamid, CEO – Breker Technologies
Simon Davidmann, CEO – Imperas
Ted Miracco, CEO – SmartFlow Compliance Solutions
Jessica Gomez – Rogue Valley Microdevices
Shishpal Rawat, Chairman – Accellera Systems Initiative
Kevin Bromber, CEO – myDevices
Daniel Hansson, CEO – Verifyter
Dr. Steven LeBoeuf, President – Valencell
Allan Martinson, COO – Starship Technologies
Zhihong Liu, Chairman and CEO – ProPlus Solutions
Taher Madraswala, CEO and President – Open-Silicon
Kapil Shankar, CEO and Director – AnDAPT
Lawrence Cooke, Founder and CEO — NovaSolix
Gregg Recupero, CTO — Performance-IP
Carl Alberty, Vice President – Cirrus Logic
Maximilian Odendahl, CEO — Silexica
Finbarr Moynihan, General Manager — MediaTek
Sanjay Pillay, CEO — Austemper
Harold Blomquist, CEO – Helix Semiconductor
Dale Dougherty and Sherry Huss, Co-Founders – Maker Faire
Chris Giovanniello, SVP and Co-Founder – Menlo Micro
Jake Janovetz, President – Opal Kelly
Jerry Gipper, Executive Director – VITA
Bob Smith, Executive Director - ESD Alliance
Rick O'Connor, Executive Director - RISC V Foundation
Naveed Sherwani, CEO and Yunsup Lee, CTO/Founder- SiFIve
Doug Letcher, CEO and President – Metrics Technologies
Friday Nov 11, 2016
Less Silicon, More Brain
Friday Nov 11, 2016
Friday Nov 11, 2016
It all started in 1976 with a pressure control sensor in an automotive design. The sensor revolution began, and we had no idea that in forty short years we would be looking at sensors and MEMS-enabled systems that would drive around thirty million connected devices. In this week’s Fish Fry, we bring you the coolest innovations and groundbreaking designs from this year’s MEMS Executive Congress in Scottsdale Arizona. We’ve got a selection of interviews from the Technology Showcase including a new always-on piezoelectric MEMS microphone, a biometric gaming application that uses real-time biometric data, the world’s first SmartCase with built-in microprocessing technology, and much more.
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Links for November 11, 2016
More information about the MEMS and Sensors Executive Congress
More information about Valencell
Friday Aug 12, 2016
Accuracy in Motion
Friday Aug 12, 2016
Friday Aug 12, 2016
We all want to trust that our wearable device is measuring our health and fitness accurately, but what does that truly mean? In this week’s Fish Fry, Dr. Steven LeBoeuf (President - Valencell) and I discuss the forces driving the wearable market today, what the future holds for wearable technology, and why he thinks inaccuracy and “death by discharge” are two of the biggest design challenges facing wearable technology designers today. Also this week, we check out how you can enter the MEMS & Sensors Technology Showcase at this year's MEMS Executive Congress and how Cadence Design Systems' new Virtuoso ADE Product Suite can address the different requirements and challenges for your team's analog design tools.
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Links for August 12, 2016
More information about Valencell
More information about the 2016 MEMS Executive Congress
Enter your design in the MEMS & Sensors Technology Showcase
New Episode of Chalk Talk: Introduction to the New Virtuoso ADE Product Suite
Friday Nov 14, 2014
Paging Dr. MEMS
Friday Nov 14, 2014
Friday Nov 14, 2014
Last week, we investigated how new MEMS-enhanced devices are changing the way we interact with our tennis rackets, beer kegs, and video games (you know, the important stuff), but this week, we’re going past the world of CE to a land where the power budgets are tight, the BOMs are tighter, and the number of sensors soars into the millions. Yep, we’re talking about MEMS in the medical machine. My guest is Rick Russell, President of Merit Sensor Systems. Rick is here to introduce us to a whole new world of pressure sensors, explain why Merit has their own wafer fab, and map out where the MEMS market is headed in the future. Then, keeping with our medical theme, we also check out a new MEMS-enhanced eating-sensing earpiece looking for some Indigogo cash that will not only listen to your bites but also have you talking to your food.
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Links for November 14, 2014
More information about Merit Sensor Systems
Friday Nov 07, 2014
Taking it Past the Limit
Friday Nov 07, 2014
Friday Nov 07, 2014
What do head injuries, beer, and smart tennis rackets have in common? The MEMS Executive Congress, that's what! (Thought I was going somewhere else with that, didn't ya?) Keeping with our Friday Fun theme, this week's Fish Fry digs into how MEMS-enhanced designs can measure the amount of beer left in your keg, alert your coach about a potential head injury, and improve your tennis game. We chat about several cool designs submitted to this year's MEMS Executive Congress Technology Showcase by companies Nod Labs, Babolat, and Kegdata. Also this week, we look at the way Force Impact Technologies wants to change how we address head injuries on the ball field.
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Links for November 7, 2014
More information about the MEMS Executive Congress
More information about the MEMS Executive Congress' Technology Showcase
More information about Kegdata
More information about Nod Labs
Friday Oct 17, 2014
Hello Rubber, Meet Road
Friday Oct 17, 2014
Friday Oct 17, 2014
This here twin-turbo EEJournal.com podcastin’ hot rod is headed to the IoT finish line - one biometric at a time. In this week’s Fish Fry, we investigate biometric data sensors and how one company is making sure that our fitness is actually what we think it is. My guest is Valencell President Steven LeBoeuf. Steven and I are going to chat about the future of the wearable market, precision biometrics, Valencell’s new state-of-the-art sports testing lab, and a little bit about professional cartooning. Get your wearable motor runnin' folks!
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Links for October 17, 2014
More information about Valencell
New Episode of Chalk Talk: 4-Channel Analog Front End Solution
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