Episodes
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
This week’s podcast is all about military and aerospace designs! My first guest is Jake Braegelmann from New Wave DV. Jake and I discuss the advantages of PMC/XMC cards for modern warfare applications and the benefits that New Wave DV's Interface IP Cores and
FPGA/Interface cards bring to these designs. Also this week, Mike Walmsley from TE Connectivity joins me this week to chat about recent trends in video processing and the video protocols needed to support high resolution imaging. To finish things up, Billy Rhea from Airborn and I discuss connectors for rugged applications, what special design requirements are needed for these kinds of applications, and what plating materials are best for rugged designs.
Friday Nov 24, 2023
Friday Nov 24, 2023
This week’s podcast is all about high speed communication, optical interfaces for military and aerospace designs, and 3D printing in space! My guest Patrick Mechin (Techway) and I discuss the trends in high speed communications, the benefits of optical interfaces for modern embedded systems, and how Techway is supporting innovation in this arena. Also this week, I check out how 3D-printed titanium dioxide foam could help us in our quest for space habitation.
Friday Oct 20, 2023
Friday Oct 20, 2023
We are headed to space this week! My guest is Pratish Shah from AItech and we are talking all about Space 2.0. We examine the role that COTS play in Space 2.0 designs, the ruggedization design concerns that come along with these applications and why Pratish believes that we will see a greater convergence of Mil/Aero and Space 2.0 engineering practices in the future. Also this week, I investigate the age-old question: are we alone in the universe? And how AI may finally help us unlock the mystery.
Friday Sep 29, 2023
Friday Sep 29, 2023
Let’s talk about Chassis Platforms! In my Fish Fry podcast this week, Justin Moll (Pixus Technologies) joins me to discuss the roles that MOSA, SOSA and NO-SA play in chassis platform development for military and rugged applications. We discuss the challenges and key elements of MOSA, SOSA, and NO-SA and the benefits all three can bring to military and rugged designs.
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Battlefield Ahead: How Direct RF Will Shape the Future of Electronic Warfare
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Friday Sep 15, 2023
This week’s Fish Fry podcast is all about direct RF, the critical needs for electronic warfare today, and the world's first liquid hydrogen flight. My guest Rodger Hosking (Mercury Systems) and I discuss the benefits and tradeoffs of direct RF and why Rodger believes that direct RF can revolutionize Military EW and radar systems. Also this week, I check out H2Fly’s new liquid hydrogen powered electric aircraft called the Pipistrel Taurus G4!
Friday Aug 18, 2023
Friday Aug 18, 2023
This week’s podcast is all about one of my all-time favorite topics: VTOLs! My guest is aviation expert and CEO of AFuzion Vance Hinderman. Vance and I chat about AFuzion’s role in the aviation industry, Atea’s plans to launch an eVTOL aircraft in 2026, and where Vance thinks the eVTOL industry is headed in the future.
Friday Aug 11, 2023
Friday Aug 11, 2023
This week Fish Fry is headed to space! My guest Mouna Attarha (Posit Science) and I explore a new study conducted by NASA that examined the benefits of computerized brain training for astronauts during long-distance space travel. We also chat about the adverse effects that space travel has on the brain and the exercises included in Posit Science’s BrainHQ app. Also this week, I investigate new research that may give astronauts a new way to easily quench their thirst on the moon.
Friday Jul 21, 2023
Friday Jul 21, 2023
What have I got cooked up for you for this week’s Fish Fry podcast? First, my guest is Pierre Ansquer from Interface Concept and we are talking about 3U VPX, SBCs, packaged ethernet switches, and a whole lot more! Also this week, I investigate new mineral collecting robots developed by ETH Zurich and why these legged robots could be a game changer for space future travel.
Friday May 12, 2023
Intelligent Modularity and a Holistic Approach for Rugged System Development
Friday May 12, 2023
Friday May 12, 2023
What do intelligent modularity, parametric design for reuse and reconfiguration in rugged system development, and robots inspired by jellyfish have in common? This week’s Fish Fry podcast! Bill Pilaud (LCR Embedded Systems) and I discuss how intelligent modularity can make chassis design more efficient, how parametric design can enable reuse and reconfiguration in rugged system development, and how these approaches reflect a holistic approach for military and aerospace design. Also this week, I check out a new robotic jellyfish developed by a team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute For Intelligent Systems that can clean up ocean debris without any contact.
Friday Mar 03, 2023
All in the Timing: Spoofing, Jamming and A-PNT
Friday Mar 03, 2023
Friday Mar 03, 2023
In this week's military and aerospace themed Fish Fry podcast, longtime friend of the show Nigel Forrester and I investigate the role of timing in SOSA (Sensor Open Systems Architecture) systems. We also discuss the benefits of assured positioning, navigation, and timing (A-PNT) for military applications, and why spoofing and jamming are critical challenges to solve in this domain. Also this week, I check out the details of a new Star Wars-esque hybrid, autonomous, military UAV developed by BAE Systems that can fold its wings and fit into a shipping container.