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April 22, 2014

A coup d’état is imminent. A mobile revolution. With “Modular!” banners held high and money where their mouths are, 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 it’s cool, why you should care about this modular smartphone technology, and how you can get started designing your OWN modules. My guests are Ara Knaian (NK Labs) and David Rutledge (CTO – Lattice Semiconductor) and we are going to talk about what’ … Read More → "Google’s Smartphone Revolution"

When Eight Is Enough

Microchip's 8-bit Challenge

by Amelia Dalton

April 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 … Read More → "When Eight Is Enough"

Hard Hats in Place

EELive! Part 2: Safety-Critical Systems

by Amelia Dalton

April 11, 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 … Read More → "Hard Hats in Place"

Security, Safety, and IoT

Tales of the 2014 EELive Conference and Expo

by Amelia Dalton

April 4, 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 ( … Read More → "Security, Safety, and IoT"

High Speed Converters, Nanowires, and our Smarter Life

by Amelia Dalton

March 26, 2014

This week’s Fish Fry is a feast of EE awesomeness but don’t just take our word for it. Pull up a chair and dig in! First, we’ll whet your appetite 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 tide 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). Dianne tells us about the winning projects from this years contest and … Read More → "High Speed Converters, Nanowires, and our Smarter Life"

Design Services and Smarty Pants Toasters

by Amelia Dalton

March 21, 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.

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A Tale of Two Tools

by Amelia Dalton

March 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 help 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) … Read More → "A Tale of Two Tools"

The Softer Side of Life

Fish Fry Meets Software Freedom Conservancy

by Amelia Dalton

March 7, 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? Software Freedom Conservancy, that’s where. My guest this week is Read More → "The Softer Side of Life"

Bitcoin Blitzkrieg

Uniquify and the Bitcoin Boom

by Amelia Dalton

February 28, 2014

Get out your pickaxes, 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 … Read More → "Bitcoin Blitzkrieg"

Adventures in Verification Land

Rolling the Dice and Spinning the Wheel

by Amelia Dalton

February 21, 2014

Take two steps forward and three steps back. Not all parts of our design process are created equal. In this week’s Fish Fry, we examine one of the most painful, frightening, and frustrating parts of our design process – verification. My first guest is Tom Anderson (Breker Verification Systems), and we chat about formal verification, what Breker’s new verification technology TrekSoC-Si is all about, and where you can the best vinyl in Silicon Valley. Then, continuing the formal V theme – we go to Vigyan Singhal, CEO … Read More → "Adventures in Verification Land"