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The Power of Open Source: Solving Our Toughest Technical Challenges

by Amelia Dalton - July 25, 2025

This week’s podcast is all about open source development. My podcast guests are Julie Chen and Engineering Leader Tim Juravich from Deloitte.  Julie, Tim and I discuss the challenges of open source development today, how developers can navigate these issues, and where the open source road is headed in the future. Also this week, I check out a super cool collaboration called the Moon-Rice project … Read More → "The Power of Open Source: Solving Our Toughest Technical Challenges"

Simulating Antenna(s) to Bits and Back in Wireless Communication and Radar Systems

by Max Maxfield - July 22, 2025

Recently, I had the pleasure of attending a presentation by a company whose name requires no introduction, so I won’t introduce it (I’m joking—I’ll introduce it later). The topic of this talk was today’s “latest and greatest” tools and techniques for designing wireless communication and radar systems, with an emphasis on simulation.

Today’s simulation tools blow me … Read More → "Simulating Antenna(s) to Bits and Back in Wireless Communication and Radar Systems"

Scalability, Modularity, Flexibility with QMCs and VITA 93

by Amelia Dalton - July 18, 2025

My podcast guest this week is Jan Zimmerman from TEWS Technologies. Jan and I are talking all about VITA 93 – a new QMC mezzanine card standard and why scalability, modularity and flexibility are central elements of this new standard. Jan and I also discuss the unique I/O capabilities of QMCs and how TEW Technologies is furthering innovation in this arena. 

 

… Read More → "Scalability, Modularity, Flexibility with QMCs and VITA 93"

WTW (“What the What”)? Another 100 Mindboggling Columns!

by Max Maxfield - July 17, 2025

“Good grief, Charlie Brown!” I just exclaimed upon realizing that I’ve hit another 100-column milestone (including this one) here on EE Journal. That makes 400 columns since I joined the community.

As my columns average around 1,500 words apiece, that’s a whopping 600,000 words—each one handpicked at the crack of dawn whilst still glistening with the morning dew, fresh, fragrant, and … Read More → "WTW (“What the What”)? Another 100 Mindboggling Columns!"

Vision, Photonics, and Radar: How indie is Empowering the Next Generation of Automotive Design

by Amelia Dalton - June 27, 2025

Automotive design takes center stage in this week’s podcast. My guest is Chet Babla from indie. Chet and I chat about the automotive megatrends driving automotive innovation today. We also explore how radar and vision will shape the future of in-cabin and exterior automotive applications and how indie is supporting the next generation of vision and radar applications with their advanced silicon, photonics and sensor … Read More → "Vision, Photonics, and Radar: How indie is Empowering the Next Generation of Automotive Design"

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industry news
July 23, 2025
Micron Launches Space-Qualified Portfolio to Power Mission-Critical Data for Aerospace Innovation
KIOXIA Announces Industry’s First 245.76 TB NVMe SSD Built for the Demands of Generative AI Environments
July 22, 2025
Leibniz Supercomputing Centre Computes With Light: World’s First Photonic AI Processor From Q.ANT Goes Into Operation
July 18, 2025
Pixus Now Offers Carrier Boards for Customized AI Computing & Test Subracks
July 15, 2025
TDK announces launch of TDK SensEI’s edgeRX Vision for detecting ultra-small customer product defects with AI
July 14, 2025
Inking Heterometallic Nanosheets: A Scalable Breakthrough for Coating, Electronics, and Electrocatalyst Applications
AI and Multimedia Authenticity Standards Collaboration launches two papers to guide future of AI integration, today at the AI for Good Global Summit
Unveil Game-Changing UV-Fueled Shape-Shifting and Shape-Fixing Smart Materials
July 8, 2025
Newark now stocking TE Connectivity’s latest automation solutions
IAR platform provides production-ready support for Zephyr RTOS
June 30, 2025
New Seal Type Sliding Switches from Panasonic Industry enhance reliability and efficiency
June 26, 2025
PX5 Announces Functional Safety Certification of the PX5 FILE Embedded FAT File System
Mouser Electronics Empowers the Future of Smart Homes with Online Resource Hub
June 19, 2025
Mouser Announces New eBook Showcasing Fundamental Motor Control Design Challenges and Solutions from Qorvo
sureCore launches comprehensive suite of silicon services
June 17, 2025
Parasoft Enhances C/C++ Software Test Automation With Full MISRA C:2025 Support, New AI-Driven Productivity, and Deeper Security Coverage
Accuris Enhances Engineering Workbench with Regulatory Intelligence to Streamline Compliance for Engineers
June 16, 2025
Quantic X-Microwave Launches Newly Enhanced Layout Tool for RF Designers
Bourns Expands POWrFuse™ Line with New Series Featuring Higher Voltage Rating, Broader Current Range and Versatile Package Options
June 13, 2025
Imec achieves record-breaking RF GaN-on-Si transistor performance for high-efficiency 6G power amplifiers
AMD Unveils Vision for an Open AI Ecosystem, Detailing New Silicon, Software and Systems at Advancing AI 2025
June 12, 2025
Digital Twin Consortium Announces Next Phase of AI Agent Capabilities Periodic Table Framework
June 11, 2025
IAR platform boosts embedded development with upgraded toolchains for Arm and RISC-V
June 10, 2025
AI-powered Engineering through Seamless CADx Integration
Zuken Vitech Announces GENESYS 2025: Advancing Interoperability and Usability in Model-Based Systems Engineering
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Qorvo Accelerating Matter Product Development with Qorvo QPG6200 – Qorvo and Mouser Electronics  In this episode of Chalk Talk, Tim Allemeersch from Qorvo and Amelia Dalton explore the challenges of Matter application development and how Qorvo can help you navigate the landscape of Matter development. They also investigate the benefits of Qorvo’s QPG6200 IC and how you can get started using this integrated circuit for your next … Read More → "Qorvo Accelerating Matter Product Development with Qorvo QPG6200 – Qorvo and Mouser Electronics"
From Datasheet to Design: Picking the Perfect Operational Amplifier — Analog Devices and Mouser Electronics  In this episode of Chalk Talk, Christopher John Gozon (Goz) from Analog Devices and Amelia Dalton explore the what, where and how of operational amplifiers. They also examine roles that supply voltage, voltage offset, and input bias and input offset current play in operational amplifiers and how you can take advantage of Analog Devices’ … Read More → "From Datasheet to Design: Picking the Perfect Operational Amplifier — Analog Devices and Mouser Electronics"
Improving the Cockpit Computer using Companion Microcontroller — Infineon  Companion microcontrollers are a vital element of today’s complex automotive designs. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Matthew Goodavish from Infineon and Amelia Dalton investigate how the architectural evolution in automotive design has impacted the need for companion microcontrollers, the role that safety islands play in the development of these systems, and the core … Read More → "Improving the Cockpit Computer using Companion Microcontroller — Infineon"
Inside-the-Box Connectivity for Automotive Applications — Molex and Mouser Electronics  In this episode of Chalk Talk, Nathan Piette from Molex and Amelia Dalton explore wire to wire and wire to board connector and cable solutions for automotive “Inside the Box” applications. They examine the role that these solutions play in automotive lighting designs and the benefits that Molex Micro-Fit, Micro-Lock Plus and Pico-Clasp connectors … Read More → "Inside-the-Box Connectivity for Automotive Applications — Molex and Mouser Electronics"
Insight Analyzer: Design-Driven Reliability Verification — Siemens  In this episode of Chalk Talk, Matthew Hogan from Siemens and Amelia Dalton explore how Siemens Insight Analyzer can help designers identify and address design-specific potential circuit reliability failure areas. They also examine how Insight Analyzer redefines comprehensive circuit verification and can be a compelling addition to “shift-left” strategy. Click here to download the … Read More → "Insight Analyzer: Design-Driven Reliability Verification — Siemens"
Amphenol Artificial Intelligence Solutions — Amphenol and Mouser Electronics   AI data centers require substantial power and the global demand for power for AI data centers will only increase in the coming years. In this Chalk Talk, Donald Harper and Mark Farrelly from Amphenol and Amelia Dalton discuss the biggest design trends in data servers and storage applications and why your choice of … Read More → "Amphenol Artificial Intelligence Solutions — Amphenol and Mouser Electronics"
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