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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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Thursday Jul 16, 2015
Thursday Jul 16, 2015
Calling all makers, DIYers and FPGA enthusiasts -- This week’s Fish Fry is dedicated to you! In a very special episode of Fish Fry, we are giving away an Odyssey MAX® 10 FPGA and BLE Sensor Kit courtesy of Macnica. Steve Sharp (Macnica) joins us to unveil the cool features of this new FPGA and BLE Sensor Kit and give us the low down on what awesome projects we can create with it. Also this week, we look into the growing security threats facing our FPGA designs today and investigate Altera’s new Stratix 10 built-in security features that hope to keep the bad guys at bay - once and for all.
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Links for July 17, 2015
More information about the Odyssey MAX 10 FPGA and BLE Sensor Kit
Mpression Odyssey Kit Example Applications: Track Rover and Quadcopter
Getting Started with FPGA Designs for the Odyssey MAX 10 FPGA and BLE Sensor Kit
New Episode of Chalk Talk - Altera Stratix 10 Security
Thursday Jul 09, 2015
Thursday Jul 09, 2015
Rome was certainly not built in a day and neither was your next embedded software project. In this week’s Fish Fry, we take a closer look at virtual platform-based methodology for embedded software development with Simon Davidmann (CEO - Imperas). Simon and I discuss the open source advantages of the Open Virtual Platform Consortium and how virtual platforms can speed up your design process. Also this week, we check out a new dual mode Bluetooth 4.0 module from Microchip Technology that will help you get your next IoT connected faster than ever before.
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Links for July 10, 2015
More information about Imperas
More informatioan about Open Virtual Platform Consortium
New Episode of Chalk Talk: Announcing the RN4677 Bluetooth 4.0 Dual Mode Module
Tuesday Jun 30, 2015
Tuesday Jun 30, 2015
In this week’s Fish Fry we explore a whole new world of wearable technologies with Julian Penders from Bloom Technologies. Julian (co-author of “Wearable Technologies for Healthier Pregnancies”) and I talk about how wearable technologies can help monitor lifestyle behaviors. We’ll be looking at the future of wearable technologies targeted for pregnancy, and discussing how these technologies pose additional challenges. Also this week, I check out Cadence’s new Innovus tool suite and reveal how it could make routing your million gate IC design just a little bit easier.
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Links for July 3, 2015
More information about Bloom Technologies
Whitepaper: Wearable Sensors for Healthier Pregnancies
New Episode of Chalk Talk: Meet PPA and Turnaround Time Requirements at Advanced Nodes with Innovus Implementation System
Thursday Jun 25, 2015
Thursday Jun 25, 2015
Bust out the pickaxes and dynamite, we're looking for gold in ‘dem 'der hills. Xerxes Wania (CEO - Sidense) joins Fish Fry this week to dig into the treasure trove of issues found deep in the semiconductor and EDA industries today. Xerxes and I scour the land for faults and break out our trusty gold pans to find the answers... and it ain't pretty my friends. Also this week, I delve into a brand new world of inductance-to-digital converters that will revolutionize position and rotation sensing in our IoT designs.
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Links for June 26, 2015
Friday Jun 19, 2015
Friday Jun 19, 2015
In this week's episode of Fish Fry, Mario Bergeron (Avnet) and I are scanning the horizon to get a closer look at how FPGAs will shape the future of embedded vision. We explore why embedded vision is a killer app for SoC FPGAs and why there won't be just one embedded vision to rule them all. Also this week, I check out a new 3D-printed material that changes texture on demand.
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Links for June 19, 2015
More information about the Embedded Vision Summit
New Episode of Chalk Talk: Connecting ZYNQ-7000 All Programmable SoCs with TE Connectivity Interconnect Products
Whitepaper: Locally and Dynamically Controllable Surface Topography Through the Use of Particle-Enhanced Soft Composites
Friday Jun 12, 2015
Friday Jun 12, 2015
This week we're rockin' and rollin' in the key of IP with an EDA backbeat at the hottest design automation party of the year - DAC 2015. First up on stage is Mike Gianfagna from eSilicon who sings us a sweet little ditty about big data and tools that love it. Next up, we get all folksy with EDA consortium president Bob Smith. Bob serenades us with a song of innovation and collaboration that can only come from a motley band of many players. Lastly, I explore the underlying themes that define the chorus of this year's Design Automation Conference.
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Links for June 12, 2015
More information about DAC 2015
Thursday Jun 04, 2015
Thursday Jun 04, 2015
The average person owns thousands of them but many of us don’t know exactly what they do. We’re talking about the unsung heroes of DC/DC regulators, the silent switchers that quietly power our world. In this week’s Fish Fry, we’re swimming in the power end of the pool with Leonard Stargat. Leonard is here to unveil the mysteries of silent switching. Don’t know what a silent switcher is or why you need it? Never fear, Fish Fry is here to help! In the third part of our smarter power series, we take a closer look at how switching regulators can replace linear regulators in the power ecosystem.
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Links for June 5, 2015
Reduce EMI and Improve Efficiency with Silent Switcher Designs (Application Note)
42V, 5A Synchronous Step-Down Silent Switcher with 2.5µA Quiescent Current (Datasheet)
Friday May 29, 2015
Friday May 29, 2015
Evolution is the name of the game in this week’s Fish Fry. The way we interact with our machines has changed dramatically in the past decade and will continue to evolve - from buttons and toggles to new, more hands-free forms of human-machine interface (HMI). I chat with Tal Krzypow from eyeSight Technologies about the future of HMI. We look at the growing trend toward hands-free interfaces, the important role intuition plays in the design of HMI, and where HMI is headed in the years to come. Also this week, we check out Element14’s new “DreamBoard vs Battle of the Boards” contest.
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Links for May 29, 2015
More information about eyeSight Technologies
More information about Element14’s DreamBoard Vs - Battle of the Boards Contest
Thursday May 21, 2015
Thursday May 21, 2015
Your heart is pounding. Your iTunes playlist is nearing its end. The final mile is at hand and you couldn’t be happier. What if you could make your morning run smarter? In this week’s Fish Fry, we investigate sensor-enhanced fabrics from IoE (Internet of Everybody) company Sensoria that aims to do just that. Davide Vigano (Co-Founder - Sensoria) and I delve into in the details of Sensoria’s wide range of high tech fitness products, and reveal how Sensoria can help you make your own MEMS-enhanced fabrics. Also this week, we check out a new design competition recently launched by NASA and America Makes where you can help design (and build) a 3-D printed space colony for MARS (and make some serious cash while doing it).
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Links for May 22, 2015
More information about Sensoria Fitness
Sensoria Partners With Athletes for Charity on Clothing Drive for Disadvantaged Youth in Haiti
Friday May 15, 2015
Friday May 15, 2015
And a voice came down from the heavens and said "Let there be µModules", and they were good.
In this week’s Fish Fry, we look into the wild and exciting world of µModules with Afshin Odabaee from Linear Technology. What are µModules? Why do you need them? And what does modern dance have to do with it? You’ll learn all about this and more in this week’s episode. We also look at why Freescale’s new i.MX 6SoloX may be a perfect fit for your next IoT design.
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Links for May 15, 2015
More information about µModule Solutions
New Episode of Chalk Talk: i.MX 6SoloX – Freescale’s New Heterogeneous Multicore Applications Processor