Fish Fry – Page 52

April 1, 2016

Consolidation and innovation in embedded design is the name of the game for this week’s Fish Fry. We chat with Ken Grob (Elma Electronics) about VPX, getting your box design onto a board, and the many advantages of implementing a system on chip or system on module in your next embedded design. In a special “This isn’t an April Fools’ joke” edition of News You May Have Missed, we investigate how the foam created by a tiny frog from Trinidad may revolutionize antibiotic delivery. Also this week, we check out … Read More → "Boxes to Boards and Back Again"

Match, Set, Pi!

Onwards and IoT Upwards with the New Raspberry Pi 3

by Amelia Dalton

March 24, 2016

Attention all makers, engineers, and designers big and small. This week’s Fish Fry is dedicated to everyone’s favorite maker single board computer extraordinaire….the Raspberry Pi 3! In a special interview double feature, my first guest is Richard Curtin from Element14 who is here to deliver the goods on the new Raspberry Pi 3. Richard and I discuss the new features of the Raspberry Pi 3, what super cool stuff you can design with it, and how you can get your perfect Pi with element14’s Raspberry Pi customization service. Keeping with our theme, my … Read More → "Match, Set, Pi!"

Walk Softly and Carry a Bigger Memory

High Bandwidth Memory Comes Into Its Own

by Amelia Dalton

March 18, 2016

Watch out HBM, Fish Fry is coming to get ya! In this week’s episode, we take on High Bandwidth Memory with Mike Gianfangna from eSilicon. Mike and I chat about what kind of designs HBM is best suited for, how it compares with the hybrid memory cube, and why terabyte performance may be closer at hand than ever before. We also take a look at the new Synopsys Synplify FPGA design tools.

The True Cost of Doing Business

Logistics, Distribution, and Breaking Down the Borders of Your Fulfillment Network

by Amelia Dalton

March 10, 2016

It’s a dirty job, but somebody’s got to do it. As we all know, getting an engineering project to market from algorithm to design to production is not an easy task. Even though it seems like a strenuous process today, we have come a long way especially in the realm of logistics, distribution, and fulfillment. In this week’s Fish Fry, Mike Buseman (Avnet) and I discuss the changing world of logistics and distribution, how we can move fixed costs into variable costs, and how converged and hyper-converged solutions can alleviate some of those big pressures … Read More → "The True Cost of Doing Business"

Prove It!

The New Era of Design Verification

by Amelia Dalton

March 3, 2016

Can you imagine a world without mistakes? Maybe it would be cool, but most likely it would be pretty boring. Heck, it might even mean some of us would lose our jobs. This week’s Fish Fry, we visit a conference dedicated to engineering mistakes: DVCon. We investigate three major the themes of this year’s Design Verification Conference: UVM, emulation, and FPGA-based prototyping. Shishpal Rawat (Chairman – Accellera Systems Initiative) and I sit down to discuss the importance of standardization in emulation and UVM, the value of design verification tutorials, and why verification needs … Read More → "Prove It!"

Writing on the Wall

Interactive Ink and the Future of HMI with MyScript

by Amelia Dalton

February 25, 2016

Are you ready? We’re about to flip the script on digital handwriting as you know it. Handwriting recognition has come a long way from the days of the Apple Newton but until now, it hadn’t bridged the gap between the natural input you want and the digital input we use in our everyday lives. In this week’s Fish Fry, we take a closer look at a new technology from MyScript called Interactive Ink. Gary Baum (VP – MyScript) joins us to discuss the what, where, and how of this revolutionary new digital handwriting technology and why it’ … Read More → "Writing on the Wall"

ATCA and AMC for You and Me

Artesyn, VadaTech and a New Generation of Communications

by Amelia Dalton

February 19, 2016

This week we’re taking the “A Train” to a land of wicked fast communications with a little help from advanced mezzanine card technology and advanced telecommunications computing architecture. On the AMC side of the tracks, we chat with Paul Kuepfer about VadaTech’s new Xilinx Virtex-based AMC595 and their new DAQ Software aimed at data acquisition systems. Rob Persons (Artesyn) is here to bring us the goods on ATCA: where it’s headed in the future, why it’s so important in today’s communication designs, and how … Read More → "ATCA and AMC for You and Me"

IoT with a Side of Pi

myDevices and the World’s First Drag-and-Drop IoT Project Builder

by Amelia Dalton

February 12, 2016

In a special Maker Edition of Fish Fry, we’re serving up a little internet of things with a side of Raspberry Pi. My guest Kevin Bromber (CEO – myDevices) and I check out Cayenne – the world’s first drag-and-drop IoT project builder. We’ll look at what sets it apart from the rest of the IoT pack and how you can get your next Raspberry Pi-fueled IoT design up and running in mere minutes. Also this week, we take a closer look at a Kickstarter campaign that aims to take your drone dreams to a whole new level.

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Safety (and Security) First

Embedded Software, TÜV Certification, and 64 bits

by Amelia Dalton

February 5, 2016

In this week’s Fish Fry, we’re taking on safety, security, and the embedded design software in between. Michael May (Express Logic) and I start things off with an in-depth discussion about the ongoing design-in battle between 32 and 64 bit processors and where ThreadX RTOS fits into the embedded ecosystem. Keeping with this week’s embedded software theme, I also chat with Jim McElroy (LDRA) about what we need to do when our designs must adhere to a security-critical standard, why TÜV Certification is so important, and what it’s like to capitan a whale … Read More → "Safety (and Security) First"

Size Matters

The New Generation of Touchscreens with Cima NanoTech

by Amelia Dalton

January 29, 2016

Innovation big and small is the name of the game in this week’s episode of Fish Fry. First up, we examine the newest advances in touchscreen technology with Jon Brodd and Kelly Ingham from Cima NanoTech. Jon and Kelly reveal the details of their (almost) larger-than-life touchscreens and help us plot a course to the future of touchscreen technology. Also this week, we take a closer look at a new wireless neurotransmitter being developed at the Agency for Science, Technology and … Read More → "Size Matters"