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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 May 02, 2014
Friday May 02, 2014
This week's Fish Fry will not melt in your mouth or in your hand. It will not be crispety, crunchety, or peanut buttery, but it will be coated in EE Journal's signature mixture of electronic design news, in-depth interviews, and nerdy humor. Sweetening the pot, John Carbone (Express Logic) and I dig into some of the evolving trends in embedded software development and baseball franchise loyalty. And finally, fire up your plasmon resonators for a sci-fi trip into the terahertz with the latest nanoelectronic circuit research from the National University of Singapore.
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Links for May 2, 2014
More information about Express Logic
New episode of Chalk Talk - Scripted Flows in Vivado Design Suite
Thursday Apr 24, 2014
Thursday Apr 24, 2014
A coup d'état is coming. A mobile revolution. With "Modular!" banners held high and money where their mouths is, Google is marching through the streets determined to overthrow the status quo in smartphone technology. This week’s Fish Fry is all about Google’s Project Ara - why its cool, why you should care about this modular smartphone technology and how you can get involved. My guests this week are Ara Knaian (NK Labs) and David Rutledge (CTO - Lattice Semiconductor) and we are going to talk about the what's inside the Google Ara phone, where (and how) FPGAs play in the mix and why Ara lent his name to this super cool new project. Also this week, we take a tour of Xilinx’s Vivado IDE and break the biggest news to hit the EE airwaves.
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Links for April 25, 2014
News - Cadence to Expand Verification Solution with Acquisition of Jasper Design Automation
News - Altera Changes the Game for Floating Point DSP in FPGAs
More information about Project Ara
EE Journal's NEW Video Blog - On The Scene: Project Ara
Video - (Tiny) Reconfigurable Robots at MIT
New Episode of Chalk Talk: Vivado Design Suite - Integrated Design Environment
Friday Apr 18, 2014
Friday Apr 18, 2014
There is a common assumption that innovation cannot be inspired in the world of 8 bit microcontrollers. If that is the case, then why haven’t they disappeared like the telegraph or the 8-track tape? Perhaps it's because we still need them and sometimes they are just what the doctor (or engineer as the case may be) ordered. In this week’s Fish Fry, I check out some cool new 8-bit MCUs from Microchip Technology with Greg Robinson (VP - Microchip Technology) and we dive down into the guts of these new 8-bit masterpieces - from the intelligent analog features to the digital pin placement capabilities. Also this week, we investigate how Israeli start-up StoreDot plans to revolutionize battery technology. (Hint: It includes chemically synthesized bio-organic peptide molecules!)
Links for April 18, 2014
More information about StoreDot's next generation smart phone battery
Feature Article by Jim Turley:
Attack of the Tiny Terrors - Microchip’s Small, Cheap PIC16 MCUs Prove There’s Life in 8-bitters
Thursday Apr 10, 2014
Thursday Apr 10, 2014
On the heels of Michael Barr’s keynote at EELive this year - "KILLER APPS: Embedded Software's Greatest Hit Jobs," this week's Fish Fry takes a closer look at embedded software for safety-critical systems. At the helm is Jim McElroy - VP at LDRA. Jim and I discuss the challenges of designing safety-critical embedded systems, and Jim explains where LDRA fits into the embedded software ecosystem. He also gives us the low down on why Boston Baked Beans get a bad wrap. (Spoiler: According to Jim, they totally deserve it.) I also give everyone a sneak peek at EE Journal’s brand new “On the Scene" video blog, and I lay out my revolutionary plans to restore the Embedded Systems Conference to its former glory. (Second Spoiler: They absolutely will not use my idea.)
Friday Apr 04, 2014
Friday Apr 04, 2014
We stormed the gates. We took no prisoners. Electronic engineering conferences will never be the same. EE Journal scoured this year's EELive Conference and Expo to bring you the the biggest trends, the coolest demonstrations, the best giveaways -- and this is just the beginning. In this week's Fish Fry, my guest is Matt Osminer, Director of Engineering at Cardinal Peak and the presenter of a special presentation at EELive called "Best Management and Technical Practices for Engineering an IoT Product". Michael and I chat about the unique challenges of designing connected products and investigate how (and why) management practices play a big role in designing for IoT. Also this week, I announce my top five highlights of this year's show - including details of Michael Barr's scary Tuesday keynote, some sugary delights at the Fantastical Theatre of Engineering Innovation and more.
Links for April 4, 2014
More information about the 2014 EElive Conference and Expo
More information about Matt Osminer's presentation "Best Management and Technical Practices for Engineering an IoT Product"
More information about Michael Barr's Keynote: "KILLER APPS: Embedded Software's Greatest Hit Jobs".
More information about EELive's Fantastical Theatre of Engineering Innovation
Friday Mar 28, 2014
Friday Mar 28, 2014
This week's Fish Fry is packed to the gills with EE awesomeness but don't just take our word for it. Try it for yourself! First, we're stuffing ourselves with some unique research from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science. We check out how a team of researchers from KAIST hope to stem the ride of counterfeit parts, one silver nanowire fingerprint at a time. Next, we toast the winners of Newark element14's Smarter Life Challenge with Dianne Kibbey (element14). We dish with Dianne about the winning projects from this years contest and Dianne gives a tasty sneak peek into element14's next design contest. To finish off this week's episode, we dig into some sweet analog to digital conversion with high speed converters. The dinner bell is ring in' - it's time to rustle up some Fish Fry.
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Links for March 28, 2014
Whitepaper - Anti-counterfeit nanoscale fingerprints based on randomly distributed nanowires
More information about Newark element14's Smarter Life Challenge
New Episode of Chalk Talk - High Speed Converters: What? Why? (and a little How?)
Saturday Mar 22, 2014
Saturday Mar 22, 2014
In this week's Fish Fry in-depth executive interview, I sit down with Synapse design CEO Satish Bagalkotkar. Satish and I chat about how today's rocky global economic climate has affected the electronics industry and how he sees the role of design services changing in the future. Also this week, we investigate a new Addicted Products toaster that may change the face of intelligent devices forever.
Friday Mar 14, 2014
Friday Mar 14, 2014
It was the best of tools, it was the worst of tools, it was the age of verification, it was the age of RTL power estimation. As we navigate through these tumultuous times of electronic design, we need a design tool compass to show us the way and Fish Fry is here to set the course. Frank Schirrmeister (Cadence Design Systems) and I hunt for the deep dark secrets of ARM-based design verification and examine how Cadence’s Palladium Emulation system fits into the verification landscape. Norman Chang (VP - Ansys) and I dip into the murky waters of ESD and together we swim toward a new solution that can make the most troublesome paths in our designs a little easier to navigate.
Links for March 14, 2014
Friday Mar 07, 2014
Friday Mar 07, 2014
Once in a while, we all need some help. When the vast landscape of our next software project makes our head hurt, we need a place to go to hang out and throw our ideas around. So - where do we go? The Software Freedom Conservancy, that's where. My guest this week is Bradley M. Kuhn - Executive Director of the Software Freedom Conservancy. Brad and I chat about what the Software Freedom Conservancy is all about, how we can participate, what projects they are working on, and I even slip in little question about New York City. Also this week, I check out the Tiny Engineer Superhero Emergency Kit and reveal how this tiny but mighty kit can impress your friends and family.
Saturday Mar 01, 2014
Saturday Mar 01, 2014
Get out your pick axes, canaries, and a high powered ASIC or two - we're going mining! In this week's Fish Fry, we venture deep into the BitCoin caves with Bob Smith (VP - Uniquify). Bob and I chat about how the BitCoin mining race is heating up (literally) and how Uniquify is using their ASIC expertise to create super-powered machines mining today's hottest (and most controversial) virtual commodity. Also this week, I unveil a new unique Amelia-alternative to the current hardware-biased BitCoin race. I've got two words for you: BitCoin MMORPG. So strap on your headlamps ladies and gentlemen, we're going in.