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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 Apr 03, 2015
Friday Apr 03, 2015
They’re super important, and every design needs them, but let’s face it - connectors have gotten a bad rap for being a bit boring. In this week’s Fish Fry, we explore into the multi-faceted world of today’s connectors and cables where signal integrity rules the roost and multi-gigbit SerDes is king. My guest is Joe Dambach (Molex) and we discuss how Molex is using correlated models to solve today’s signal integrity and high-speed serial design challenges, how datacenters are changing the face of connector and cable technology, and why connectors and cables aren’t as boring as we once thought they were. Also this week, we look into this week’s hottest rumor swirling around the EE halls: Will Intel buy Altera?
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Links for April 3, 2015
Feature Article by Kevin Morris and Bruce Kleinman: Intel Plus Altera - What Would it Mean?
Feature Article by Kevin Morris: When Intel Buys Altera - Will FPGAs Take Over the Data Center?
Friday Mar 27, 2015
Friday Mar 27, 2015
One Of the biggest challenges in IoT communications is distance. In this week’s Fish Fry, we examine a new communications technology called LoRa. Tyler Smith (Microchip Technology) is here to unveil the details of this new emerging technology; how it can be used, where it is best suited for implementation, and why LoRa could change the future of IoT communications as we known them. Also this week, we look into the details of a new motion detection module that packs a big ol’ punch by combining a powerful motion co-processor with 9-axis sensors, including accelerometer, magnetometer, and gyroscope in an itty-bitty package.
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Links for March 27, 2015
Microchip's New Motion Module Makes Motion Monitoring Easy
New Episode of Chalk Talk: Massive DDR4 Memory Bandwidth with Xilinx UltraScale FPGAs
Friday Mar 20, 2015
Friday Mar 20, 2015
Buying PCB software can be a lot like purchasing a new car. Once you've got the full set of amenities that you've always wanted (don't forget the TruCoat!), you're about ready to take out a second mortgage on your house. PCB design software does not have to break the bank or cause ruffled feathers during your next budget review. In this week's Fish Fry, we examine the multiple flavors of Altium's PCB tool suites packages -- all the bells and whistles, price points, and more with Sam Sattel, PCB rockstar from Altium. Also this week, we check out iSkin - the newest research in wearable technology coming out of the Embodied Interaction Group in Germany. You won't want to miss it!
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Links for March 20, 2015
More information about Embodied Interaction Group
Whitepaper: iSkin: Flexible, Stretchable and Visually Customizable On-Body Touch Sensors for Mobile Computing
Video: iSkin: Flexible, Stretchable and Visually Customizable On-Body Touch Sensors for Mobile Computing
New Episode of Chalk Talk: Cadence Perspec System Verifier SW Driven SoC Verification Automation
Friday Mar 13, 2015
Friday Mar 13, 2015
When you think of a smart home, what comes to mind? The Jetsons? A Ray Bradbury novel? The "Clapper" perhaps? In this week's Fish Fry, we investigate one of the biggest technological trends in IoT: Smart Home Automation. My guest is Saleel Awsare from Conexant. Saleel and I explore how voice control technology will shape the smart home revolution, and we look into the challenges of creating a voice-controlled Smart Home. We also speculate a bit about the direction voice control software is headed. Also this week, we check out how FPGA technology can lend a very valuable hand in your next USB Type-C design.
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Links for March 13, 2015
More information about Conexant
New Episode of Chalk Talk: USB Type C Solutions
Thursday Mar 05, 2015
Thursday Mar 05, 2015
What do the blue-rayed limpet and silver nanowires have to do with advances in touchscreen technology? Absolutely everything! This week's Fish Fry looks into how silver-coated nanowires are changing the touchscreens and OLEDs of today, and could change the film-based solar cells and flexible displays of tomorrow. My guest is Sri Peruvemba from Cambrios, and we discuss the technology behind silver nanowires, how they can be implemented into a variety of designs, and what The Society for Information Display is all about. Also this week, we check out a groundbreaking new study by a team of researchers from MIT and Harvard that looks to harness unique reflective power found in the blue stripes of the blue-rayed limpet to unlock a new kind of transparent display technology.
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Links for March 6, 2015
Friday Feb 27, 2015
Friday Feb 27, 2015
The green flag dropped long ago. The pole-sitters have put the pedal to the metal on their high-octane beasts and vanished around the bend. Circling the course, the leaders of the pack fly ahead, their eyes fixed on the twists and turns of smaller and smaller geometries, without even a glance into the rearview. Don't look now! A dark horse is coming up quickly and quietly, stealthily stalking both leaders, attacking their most profitable lines. The programmable fabric race has been ruled by a duopoly for years, but now an up-an-comer looks to change the race - once and for all. My guest this week is Robert Blake (CEO - Achronix) and Robert is here to discuss how Achronix is speeding ahead to full volume production, why (sometimes) it's best to buy and not invent new parts for their FPGA engine, and what it's like to be a pilot in the Bay Area.
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Links for February 27, 2015
Achronix Announces Production Availability of Speedster22i Product Family
More information about Achronix
A high-tech appliance that uses facial recognition to 3D print flapjacks with custom faces
Friday Feb 20, 2015
Friday Feb 20, 2015
In this week’s Fish Fry, we’re serving up a virtual smorgasbord of EE goodness! First up, it’s a trip to the global supply chain salad bar with Lynn Torrel from Avnet. Lynn and I dig into the biggest trends driving the global supply chain, the challenges of multi-dimensional supply chain security, and which supply chain risks you should take head on. Our next guest is Yantin Trivedi who’s here to spill the beans on this year’s biggest design verification party - DVCon 2015. Finally, we round out our scrumptious EE feast with a look into how we can banish the ugly mixed-signal verification monster once and for all.
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Links for February 20, 2015
Avnet Outlines Key Drivers for 2015 Global Supply Chain
More information about DVCon 2015
New Episode of Chalk Talk: Mixed-Signal Verification - The Long and Winding Road
Thursday Feb 12, 2015
Thursday Feb 12, 2015
In this week’s Fish Fry, we’re talking about our love of innovation big and small. From Crossbar’s recent breakthrough in non-volatile RRAM memory technology to the latest news from the land of Raspberry Pi. My first guest is Sagar Jethani from Element14. Sagar is here to give us the goods on the new Raspberry Pi 2 Model B. Wondering how this new Pi compares with the Pis of the past? Curious about its quad cores and how your model B+ accessories will work with this new model? Never fear, Sagar will answer all of these questions and more! My next guest is Sylvain Dubois from Crossbar. Sylvain gives us an update on the non-volatile memory landscape, and how Crossbar managed to get rid of two major obstacles plaguing alternative memory technology today. Also this week, we celebrate our love (or hate, as the case may be) of analog components, and we'll tell you how to make your next analog output design easier.
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Links for February 13, 2015
More information about the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B
More information about Crossbar
New Episode of Chalk Talk - Accelerating Your Analog Output Design
Click here to enter to win the Analog Output Design Accelerator Kit Contest courtesy of Maxim. (from Feb 9 until March 6).
Friday Feb 06, 2015
Friday Feb 06, 2015
Buckle your seatbelt, make sure your tray table is stowed, and be sure you've read our helpful in-flight safety pamphlet - because we're taking flight! This week’s Fish Fry is about the tiniest drone this side of CES - the ZANO nano drone. My guest is Keith Chu (Lantronix) and we’re getting into the WiFi-enabled guts of this itty-bitty WiFi controlled nano drone. (Spoiler Alert: You fly it with your smart phone!) Also this week, we're checking out a new quadcopter that would make Han Solo proud, and looking into how you can leverage the power of Simulink and MATLAB in your next SoC/FPGA design.
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Links for February 6, 2015
More information about Lantronix
RC Millennium Falcon - First mission video
More Quadcopter videos from Oliver C
New Episode of Chalk Talk - Model-Based Design for Xilinx Zynq & Altera SoC Devices
Friday Jan 30, 2015
Friday Jan 30, 2015
Fresh from the land of eye diagrams, super-fast SerDes, and more board design software than you'll ever need, it's Fish Fry! This week we investigate some of the biggest themes presented at this year's DesignCon in Santa Clara, CA. Our first guest is Rohde & Schwarz CEO Scott Bausback who joins Fish Fry to help us understand the ever-evolving world of test and measurement, explain how IOT will affect the evolution of T&M, and what it's like to build a recording studio in your house. Also this week, we chat with Stephanie Jarno from HUBER+SUHNER about how today's wicked-fast SerDes speeds are changing the demands on our cables and connectors.
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Links for January 30, 2015
More information about DesignCon 2015
More information about Rohde & Schwartz
More information about HUBER+SUHNER
HUBER+SUHNER Unveils High Speed 50 GHz/50 Gbps Digital Testing Solution at DesignCon Santa Clara