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The Power of Open Source: Solving Our Toughest Technical Challenges

July 25, 2025

This week’s podcast is all about open source development. My podcast guests are Julie Shen 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 that aims to develop the perfect crop for sustaining life in space for long-duration missions.

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.

No batteries? No problem! Powercast and The Freedom of Wireless Power

by Amelia Dalton

July 11, 2025

My podcast this week is Eric Biel from Powercast. Eric and I explore each of Powercast’s innovative wireless power solutions, the origins of their Lifetime power solution, the benefits of their next generation RFID tags, and super cool new applications they unveiled at the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show.

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 system solutions. Also this week, I check out the details of a new thermoelectric generator prototype that can convert exhaust heat into electricity.

Fish Fry Special Edition: 2025 International Women in Engineering Day

by Amelia Dalton

June 23, 2025

Welcome to our second annual International Women in Engineering Day Fish Fry podcast! My special guests are Sonja Brown from TDK, Chandana Tamma from Rehlko, and Sonja Ghelani from Texas Instruments. I sat down with each of these esteemed engineers and discussed their journeys into the world of high tech, how the EE landscape has changed over the years and what they would like to see in the future of engineering.

Multi-Sensing for the Next Generation of HMI Applications

by Amelia Dalton

June 20, 2025

My podcast guest this week is Vibheesh Bharathan, Director and Project Lead for PSOC 4 Multi-Sense at Infineon. Vibheesh and I chat all about the benefits of Infineon’s new PSOC 4 MCU family. We discuss the details of the Multi-Sense technology at the heart of these new MCUs and why innovative new liquid level sensing capabilities of these microcontrollers make them perfect for noisy environments. Also this week, I check out new electronic skin created for robots by the University of … Read More → "Multi-Sensing for the Next Generation of HMI Applications"

Autonomous Decisions and Remote Sensing: How We Can Use AI to Improve Space Flight Systems

by Amelia Dalton

June 13, 2025

We are talking about one of my all time favorite topics this week: Space! My podcast guest is Kenneth O’Neill from AMD and we are talking all about the implementation of AI applications in space and how artificial intelligence is changing the landscape of space missions. We also chat about AMD’s Versal XQR devices and how these devices reflect a big leap forward in terms of onboard processing for space applications, and where Kenneth sees space based AI edge applications headed in the future.

How SLAC is Advancing the Next Generation of Microelectronics

by Amelia Dalton

June 6, 2025

My special guests this week are Angelo Dragone and Paul McIntyre from the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Angelo, Paul and I chat about the mission of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and how SLAC is advancing the development of next generation microelectronics. We also chat about the details of their new Microelectronics Energy Efficiency Research Center for Advanced Technologies (MEERCAT) and why the reduction of power consumption and the discovery of new materials is a driving force behind this new endeavor.

Next Gen VITA 100: A Giant Leap for Interconnects

by Amelia Dalton

May 30, 2025

This week longtime friend of the show Mike Walmsley from TE Connectivity joins me to talk all about VITA 100. We chat about the objectives of this new standard, why VITA 100 reflects a big leap forward for signal integrity, and where VITA 100 is headed in the future. Also this week, I check out new contact lenses that allow people to see in the dark, even with their eyes closed!

RTOSX to the Rescue: The Original Authors of THREADX (and Middleware) are Here to Help!

by Amelia Dalton

May 23, 2025

My podcast guest this week is Bill Lamie, CEO of PX5 RTOS and RTOSX. Bill and I chat about the motivation behind the creation of RTOSX, the long term support offered by RTOSX and why experts in the embedded field including the original authors of the ThreadX embedded real-time operating system are crucial to their success. Also this week, I investigate a new novel framework developed by researchers at Duke University that can enable robots to ‘sense’ and navigate complex outdoor environments just like humans do.