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EE Journal's Amelia Dalton breaks down each week's EE news in an informative, fun and engaging style.
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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 Nov 04, 2016
Friday Nov 04, 2016
In this week's episode of Fish Fry, we’re getting out the LUTS and elevating our embedded IP with a two-part interview episode all about eFPGAs. Geoff Tate (CEO - Flex Logix) and I discuss the difference between embedded FPGAs and traditional FPGAs, the value of an embedded FPGA platform in your next design, and what the eFPGA landscape looks like going forward. In the second part of this week's Fish Fry, I chat with Robert Blake (CEO - Achronix) about their foray into the world of embedded FPGAs.
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Links for November 4, 2016
More information about Flex Logix
More information about Achronix
New Episode of Chalk Talk: How to Build Custom Motor Controllers for Processors, FPGAs and SoCs
Friday Oct 21, 2016
Friday Oct 21, 2016
What do Wind River, IBM’s Watson, and Industrial IoT have in common? This week’s Fish Fry of course! My guest Dinyar Dastoor (Wind River) and I investigate the ingenious intersection between IBM’s Watson and Wind River’s VxWorks in the world of Industrial IoT. We also discuss what edge-to-cloud recipes are all about and why security, safety, and virtualization are vital to the IIoT landscape.
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Links for October 21, 2016
Wind River Announces VxWorks Integration with IBM Watson IoT By Paul Chen
More information about Wind River
New Episode of Chalk Talk: Expanding the Backplane Ecosystem
Friday Oct 14, 2016
Friday Oct 14, 2016
Our brains never seem to know when to stop. We dream of algorithmic optimization. We worry about board design while soaping up in the shower. Our family dinners are peppered with thoughts of thermal dissipation. Turning our daydreams and brainstorms into reality, however, is something else entirely. In this week's episode of Fish Fry, we investigate TwistThink's innovative approach to product design. TwistThink CEO Bob Niemiec joins us to discuss how we can convert our bright ideas into successful marketable products.
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Links for October 14, 2016
More information about TwistThink
New Episode of Chalk Talk: How to "Shift Left" for Agile Hardware Design
Friday Oct 07, 2016
Friday Oct 07, 2016
It's that time of year again. When the LEDs blink, the DYI drones buzz, and there is a special 3D printed charge in the air. With a little help from Fish Fry special correspondent Larra Morris, this week’s podcast takes you to this year’s World Maker Faire in Brooklyn, New York. Larra brings us a special selection of some of the new fabrication technologies unveiled at this year’s Maker Faire including a super cool PCB printer called Voltera, brand new low-cost pick-and-place, and a company who claims to be the easiest assembly service in the world. Do you have a startup that could use a little extra help and some cold hard cash? This week we also check out how the Avnet Innovation Lab can help you take your startup to the next level.
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Links for October 7, 2016
More information about the 2016 World Maker Faire
More information about Voltera
More information about Chipsetter
More information about Cliked Industries (Braille to Text Translator)
More information about the Avnet Innovation Lab
Friday Sep 30, 2016
Friday Sep 30, 2016
So you’ve built yourself some lovely software. You've shined and polished the corners, field tested it, and even gotten the approval of the VCs on high. But what if, the whole time, there was a tiny hole in your code? And because of that tiny hole, the bad guys were able to waltz right in and are now using your software all willy-nilly-like without paying. Well folks, this is happening a lot more than we know. Or, maybe we do know about it but we just don’t want to talk about it. This week we’re pulling back the curtain on software piracy, IP thievery, and unlicensed software usage with Ted Miracco from SmartFlow Compliance Solutions. Ted and I discuss where the biggest piracy threats are coming from these days and how companies big and small can protect themselves from those sneaky, scurvy-ridden cyber pirates.
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Links for September 30, 2016
More information about SmartFlow Compliance Solutions
New Episode of Chalk Talk: Targeting SDR Design to Hardware
Thursday Sep 22, 2016
Thursday Sep 22, 2016
The journey is not an easy one. Most engineers can't even see the finish line, let alone complete the race. The future of our industry hangs in balance and this is a competition that must be won - one way or another. In this week's fish fry, we investigate the perilous path to new material discovery with Chris Kramer of Intermolecular. Chris and I discuss the materials discovery process, the subtle interaction between process tools and new materials, and the challenges and opportunities new materials can bring. Also this week, we take a closer look at a new type of 3D printed material developed at the Hasso-Plattner-Institute in Potsdam, Germany that can make simple machines out of 3D printed plastic.
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Links for September 23, 2016
More information about Intermolecular
More information about Metamaterials (Video)
Metamaterial Mechanisms (Whitepaper)
Friday Sep 16, 2016
Friday Sep 16, 2016
It's a bird. It's a plane. It's a Kickstarter campaign! In this week's episode of Fish Fry, we start things off with UC Berkley startup Iota Labs who gives us an up-close introduction to their new physical push notification system called Dot. Also this week, Mike Long from LCR embedded systems joins Fish Fry to discuss the newest advances, challenges, and advantages of using using fiber-optics in embedded designs. To finish things up (and in celebration of Star Trek’s recent 50th Anniversary), we inspect the new Star Trek TNG Bluetooth® ComBadge available for pre-order from ThinkGeek.
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Links for September 16, 2016
More information about Iota Labs
Video: Dot - The Physical Push Notification
Kickstarter - Dot : The Physical Push Notification
More information about LCR Embedded Systems
Pre-order from ThinkGeek: Star Trek TNG Bluetooth® ComBadge
Friday Sep 09, 2016
Friday Sep 09, 2016
Robotics is the name of the game in this week’s episode of Fish Fry. Allan Martinson (COO - Starship Technologies) introduces us to a new robotic delivery system coming to a city near you! Allan and I discuss the details of Starship’s autonomous 6-wheeled robotic vehicles, how embedded vision sets their autonomous vehicles apart from the rest of the robotic pack, and where he sees robotics headed in the next decade. Also this week, we check out a hydraulically-powered robot called PDAD (Power Driven Articulated Dummy) created for NASA in the early 1960s to test spacesuits. Looking for a curiosity for the office, or a date to your (not-so) favorite cousin’s wedding in a couple months? This robot and all of its (kinda creepy) glory can be yours in an upcoming auction in Cambridge, Mass.
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Links for September 9, 2016
More information about Starship Technologies
Friday Sep 02, 2016
Friday Sep 02, 2016
In this week’s Fish Fry, we look to the skies for the next big thing in verification technology - formal verification. Dave Kelf from OneSpin joins us to discuss the past, present, and future of formal verification, what formal does that simulation does not, and details of OneSpin’s “Game of Drones” contest. Then, in keeping with our airborne theme, we take a closer look at a new drone called “Deep Purple” developed by the US Army's Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center - designed specifically to sniff out biological and chemical agents in the air.
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Links for September 2, 2016
More information about OneSpin Solutions
ECBC Tests Chemical, Biological Sensor Integration in Utah Desert
New Episode of Chalk Talk: Six Hidden Costs of Wireless SoC Design