Amelia's Weekly Fish Fry

A change is comin’. Can you feel it? Most of us have been waiting for a long time for a change like this to come around the bend and now, it may finally be here. If it's up to (newly unstealthed) company Crossbar, the non-volatile memory landscape may never look the same again. In this week’s Fish Fry, we investigate the newest in non-volatile memory technology with Crossbar CEO George Minassian. We chat with George about what Crossbar’s new RRAM memory is all about, what applications it can be used for, and how the industry is reacting to this new non-volatile kid on the block.

Also this week, we look into design security in mainstream SoCs and give away an element14 MEMS Sensors Evaluation Kit courtesy of Newark element14.

Click here to enter to win an element14 MEMS Sensors Evaluation Kit with Freescale FRDM-KL25Z Freedom Platform

Links for August 16, 2013

More Information about Crossbar

Crossbar Emerges from Stealth-Mode; Unveils Crossbar RRAM Non-Volatile Memory Technology

New Episode of Chalk Talk - What is Security in a Mainstream SoC?

More Information about the element14 MEMS Sensors Evaluation Kit with Freescale FRDM-KL25Z Freedom Platform

Wearable Technology is the name of the game in this week's Fish Fry. First we check out how the National Physical Laboratory in the United Kingdom is hoping to revolutionize wearable technology - one silver-coated fiber at a time. We also look into Newark element14's "Get Closer" Wearables Challenge and investigate how the AdaFruit FLORA computing platform can make your next wearables design dream a reality.

We're giving away a PSoC 4 Pioneer Kit courtesy of Newark element14 this week! Enter today!

 

Fish Fry Links - August 9, 2013

More Information about The National Physical Laboratory's Smart Textile Research

More Information about Newark element14's "Get Closer" Wearables Challange

New Episode of Chalk Talk - How to Design a Sigma Delta Mixer Circuit

More Information about the PSoC 4 Pioneer Kit 

This week's Fish Fry focuses on embedded computers and holographic projections. We're going to take a closer look at ADLINK's embedded computing platforms with Mattias Huber (ADLINK) and check out a new Kickstarter campaign for a company that's hoping to revolutionize the holographic world. We also investigate why you need a comphrensive emulation strategy in your next SoC design. We're giving away a Raspberry Pi Model A (courtesy of Newark element14) to one lucky listener this week! Head on over to element14.com/fishfry to enter to win.

Click here to enter to win a Raspberry Pi Model A courtesy of Newark element14.

Fish Fry Links - August 2, 2013

More Information about ADLINK

More Information about Provision's Holovision Kickstarter campaign

New Episode of Chalk Talk - It's the Software, Silly! - Success with FPGA-based Prototyping

Ladies and gentlemen, hold on tight! We're getting into some serious semiconductor business in this week's Fish Fry. Have you ever wondered about the newest advances in nanoparticle coating technology? If so, you're in luck! My guest is Jon Brodd (CEO - Cima NanoTech) and we're going to talk about wet coating, nanoparticles, transparent conductive films, and trekking through the Himalayas. We'll also check out how one family of tiny FPGAs can solve four big real-world design problems. We're giving away a Beaglebone Black to one lucky listener, courtesy of our sponsor newark element14. Enter to win today! Click here to enter to win a BeagleBone Black courtesy of newark element14 -------- Fish Fry Links - July 26, 2013

More Information about Cima NanoTech

More Information about The BeagleBone Black

New Episode of Chalk Talk - World's Smallest FPGAs Solve 4 Big Problems

Did you know that one crafty engineer has created a 3D printer made (mostly) from LEGOS? It's true! In this episode of Fish Fry, we check out a LEGO 3D printer created by engineer Matthew Krueger and show you how you can make one for your very own. We also talk with Tyler Shields (Microchip) about the newest in wireless communication technologies and reveal some photographic evidence of EEJournal's presence at last week's Superhero Pub Crawl and World Record Attempt that took place in Portland, Oregon. This week we're giving away a GERTBoard courtesy of newark element14! Hurry up and enter before the deadline for this contest runs out. Click here to enter to win a GertBoard courtesy of newark element14 Fish Fry Links - July 19, 2013

More Information about Matthew Krueger's LEGObot (with instructions on how to make one!)

More Information about instructables.com

More Information about wireless technology from Microchip Technology

More Information about the 3rd Annual Superhero Pub Crawl and World Record Attempt

More Information about the GertBoard

SuperHero Pub Crawl Instagram Photos;

Pub Crawl photo #1

Pub Crawl photo #2

Fish Fry heads into the cloud this week. We talk with two different CEOs from two different EDA companies about how their forays into the cloud set them apart from the rest of the EDA pack and promise to make our design lives a whole lot easier. With Dr. Raik Brinkmann (CEO - OneSpin Solutions) we discuss OneSpin's formal verification tool suite and how it works in the cloud, and why Raik thinks karate and engineering have a lot in common. We also chat with Harn Ng (CEO - Plunify) about how this Singapore-based EDA company is looking to revolutionize the FPGA design process. Did you know that the Super Hero Pub Crawl and World Record Attempt is taking place in Portland, Oregon this weekend? We'll be checking that out as well, and giving away an Arduino Uno 65PCS Workshop Set courtesy of newark element14.

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Fish Fry Links - July 12, 2013

More Information about OneSpin Solutions

Bryon Moyer's Feature Article: Formal in the Cloud - OneSpin’s New Spin on Cloud Computing

More Information about Plunify

Bryon Moyer's Feature Article - Elephant in the Cloud

More Information about the 3rd Annual SuperHero Pub Crawl and World Record Attempt

Fish Fry is physical this week. Yep, we're flexing our SoCs and pulling on our semicodunctor spandex. We may not be running the next design marathon, but we are diving into the world of physical IP. We're talking to Dipesh Patel (ARM) about processor optimization and how ARM is packing a serious punch with their POP IP.  Also this week, we're revealing why you don’t have to choose between strictly analog or digital power supplies.

We're giving away a NXP Development Platform for the DualCore courtesy of newark element14. Click here to enter

Fish Fry Links - July 5, 2013

More Information about ARM's POP IP

New Episode of Chalk Talk^{HD -} Introducing Digitally Enhanced Power Analog

More Information about this week's Nerdy Giveway courtesy of newark element14 - NXP Development Platform for the DualCore

All Aboard! The embedded design train is leaving the station. In this week’s Fish Fry we're getting into some serious embedded design business. We’re talking about the newest in component security and the wonders of near field communications (NFC).  My first guest is Greg Proehl of STMicroelectronics. Greg and I are going to get into the who, what, when, and how of NFC and why you might need it for your next design. Also this week, we’re checking out the newest security algorithms and component authentication with Alex Dean of Atmel. Alex and I chat about the differences between symmetric and asymmetric key algorithms and what elliptic curve cryptography is all about.

Fish Fry Links - June 28, 2013

More Information about STMicroelectronics' NFC Portfolio

New episode of Chalk Talk^{HD -} Enabling New Applications With NFC Connectivity and Energy Harvesting

Atmel Expands CryptoAuthentication Portfolio with Elliptical Curve Asymmetric Key Authentication Solutions

Fish Fry is headed to the land of programmable logic this week. We're talking FPGA design tools, flash-enhanced FPGAs, and ASIC designs that won't break the bank. We're getting the skinny on Microsemi's new IGLOO2 family from Paul Ekas, chatting about FPGA partitioning with Flexras CEO Hayder Mrbet, and also checking out how Triad Semiconductor can cut your mixed signal ASIC design costs down to a reasonable and career-preserving amount.

Fish Fry Links - June 21, 2013

More Information about Microsemi's new IGLOO2 FPGA Family

Feature Article - Building a Bigger Better IGLOO: Microsemi Goes Mainstream

More Information about Flexras

New Episode of Chalk Talk^HD - How to Save 99% on Your Next Mixed Signal ASIC Design

Fish Fry is watching you. We know all about that lunch. The one in the break room fridge. The one you thought was yours but wasn’t, and you ate it anyway. We also know that you kinda fudged that last deadline when it came close to crunch time, and let’s not even talk about those cheat codes... OK, no - we're not really watching you but we are talking about a whole other kind of spying in this week's Fish Fry. Yep, we’re talking about spying into your RTL design. My guest this week is none other than Mike Gianfagna (Atrenta) and we’re gonna ask him about RTL sign off, spyglasses, and spicy margaritas.