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Your Power Plane or Mine?

October 24, 2013

Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Go directly to the power plane. Whether we like it or not, power integrity analysis is now a bigger (and messier) part of our PCB design process. In this week’s Fish Fry, we get down to the bare metal of those pesky power planes with Brad Griffin of Cadence. Also this week, we check out a super cool new 3D printed robot (yes, you want one) and investigate what sets this little cutie apart from other humanoid robots.

One Trillion and Counting

2013 TSensors Summit Preview

by Amelia Dalton

October 18, 2013

Get out your graphing calculator, an abacus, and a hand or two – we’re counting sensors. In this week’s Fish Fry, we chat with Janusz Bryzek about the 2013 TSensors Summit for Trillion Sensors Roadmap. We’ll tell you how this summit started and what exciting stuff you’ll learn by attending. Also, we announce the winner of last week’s nerdy giveaway (Starter Kit for PIC24F Intelligent Integrated Analog courtesy of Microchip technology) and we give everyone the chance to win a copy of the book “FRAM for … Read More → "One Trillion and Counting"

Looking Forward to a Smarter Life

Take the Smarter Life Challenge

by Amelia Dalton

October 11, 2013

Hold on tight, ladies and gentlemen, as Fish Fry gazes into to the future of our “smart lives” with Dianne Kibbey, Global Head of Community and the organizer of the Smarter Life Challenge at Newark element14. We’ll give you the details of the Smarter Life Challenge, let you know how you can enter, and tell you what you can win. Also this week, our EDA crystal ball shows us an exciting vision of a day when timing closure isn’t such a huge pain in the neck.

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Cadence Gets Their Funny On

Unhinged with Brian Fuller

by Amelia Dalton

October 4, 2013

Who said electronic engineering can’t be funny? (Someone who has never read this publication!) In this week’s Fish Fry, we check out a brand new online television show that that aims to bring the saucy style of late night television talk shows to our engineering community. My guest is Brian Fuller of Cadence Design Systems, and we chat about why Cadence decided to make a humorous engineering-based talk show and how they are going about the business of making EE fun.

This week we unravel the mystery of choosing the … Read More → "Cadence Gets Their Funny On"

One MEMS at a Time

2013 MEMS Executive Congress Preview

by Amelia Dalton

September 27, 2013

This week, Fish Fry has MEMS on the brain. Our guest is none other than MEMS powerhouse Karen Lightman. In an exclusive 2013 MEMS Executive Congress preview, Karen and I chat about what exciting technologies will be discussed at this year’s event and how you can get your MEMS-enabled design in front of a special audience of executives from around the world. Also this week, we check out the newest in battery management techniques and investigate why your next battery-powered device design could benefit from a little battery monitoring.

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Analog’s Smarty Pants

Microchip's Intelligent Analog

by Amelia Dalton

September 20, 2013

This week we’re talking about analog. Not just any analog – intelligent analog. No, it’s not a myth (like monster cable) or a legend (like green magic marker making your CDs sound better) — it’s real and its coming to a work bench or lab near you. We chat with Jason Tollefson from Microchip about Microchip’s new analog system-on-chip MCU family that might just have the smarts you need for your next design.

Also this week, we check out how you can utilize Tabula’s Spacetime architecture for your next super … Read More → "Analog’s Smarty Pants"

Hardware-Assisted Electronic Pesticide

Findin' Them Buggers Fast

by Amelia Dalton

September 13, 2013

Maybe it’s an itch that just won’t go away. Maybe it’s a daydream buster – Aw dang, I didn’t think of that. Or, maybe it’s a recurring nightmare that runs you ragged each and every night. Yep, we’re talking about hardware-assisted verification. It ain’t easy and nobody ever said it was going to be. In this week’s Fish Fry my guest is Frank Schirrmeister from Cadence Design Systems. We chat about why hardware-assisted verification is on everybody’s mind these days, and what … Read More → "Hardware-Assisted Electronic Pesticide"

Let Your EDA Light Shine

by Amelia Dalton

September 6, 2013

With summer drawing to a close, what better time to journey to the land of EDA – where the C is synthesized, the constraints are random, and the living is easy. We talk with Brett Cline (Forte Design Systems) about what’s hot in C Synthesis these days, and we also check in with Steve Kinney from Nimbic. Not sure what Nimbic does? You’re in luck – we’re gonna tell you.

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Now Serving: DDR IP and BeagleBone Black

by Amelia Dalton

August 30, 2013

Hot off the grill and tastier than ever! In this week’s Fish Fry, we’re serving up a healthy plate of DDR IP with Bob Smith of Uniquify. Bob and I chat about your next SoC project and why Uniquify may have the perfect DDR IP to suit your design tastes. Also this week, in a second helping of Fish Fry fabulousness, we’re talking to Adrian Valenzuela about the BeagleBone Black and why you want one.

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Microfluidics and FPGA Verification

Tools to Make Life Better

by Amelia Dalton

August 22, 2013

This week’s Fish Fry is about tools. Not just any kind of tools – tools that can make your life better, your health stronger, and your job a little easier. First up, we check out how a team of researchers from MIT hopes to stem the tide of malaria with a new prototype device that can recognize the electrical properties of infected cells. Next, we chat with Shakeel Jeeawoody from Blue Pearl Software about how their tools can simplify the debug of your next FPGA design.

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