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January 25, 2013

It’s never too late. Why not start today? I know you can. Yep, I’m talking about analog design. This week we’re giving everyone a little analog university refresher. We’re getting down to some serious analog business with Bob Dobkin (Linear Technology Co-Founder, CTO & VP of Engineering). Bob and I are going to investigate how analog design is like learning a language, why application notes are crucial to the study of analog design, and how you can update your analog circuit knowledge with just a couple clicks. </ … Read More → "Learning The Language of Analog Design"

From Cradle to Floor

Prototyping, Functional Verification, and Body Heat Power

by Amelia Dalton

January 15, 2013

Headlamp? Check. Spelunking gear? Check. Map of your next design from prototype to production? Well, hmmmm. We’ve all been there at one time or another: “Nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there.” This week we’re getting into the nitty gritty details of the prototyping phase of our designs. My guest is Bob Potock (Kozio) and we’re gonna chat about why you really should consider functional verification for your next embedded design project.

Also this week, I’m checking out the newest … Read More → "From Cradle to Floor"

Best Little Podcast in Texas

DSP, CES, and The Hapifork

by Amelia Dalton

January 11, 2013

Hello from the Lone Star State! Fish Fry is on the road this week, coming to you from beautiful Austin, Texas, “The Live Music Capital of The World”. Nothing says Texas like a little digital signal processing, so we’re going to chat live with Pierrick Vulliez (CTO and Founder – 4DSP) about FMCs, DSP, FPGAs, and a whole lot more. Wait, what am I doing in Austin while the Consumer Electronics Show is going on in Las Vegas? Never fear, we’ll have a live report from Bryon Moyer, our reporter on the scene … Read More → "Best Little Podcast in Texas"

Breaking The Law

One MEMS at a Time

by Amelia Dalton

January 4, 2013

MEMS is everywhere. From your smartphone to your television to that gesture controlled game system that I didn’t get for Christmas. In honor of the Consumer Electronics Show taking place in Las Vegas next week, we’re talking about innovation in the MEMS marketplace. This week my first guests are Alissa Fitzgerald (AMFitzgerald) and Peter Himes (Silex). We’re gonna get down to brass tacks about MEMS and how you can get your next MEMS design up and running. Keeping with the MEMS theme, my second guest this week is Tom Flynn ( … Read More → "Breaking The Law"

The Security Puzzle

by Amelia Dalton

December 18, 2012

There is no such thing as a zero security risk. No matter what you build and how you build it, there will be bad guys lurking at the door, trying to get in. This week my guest is Paul Kocher (Cryptography Research Inc.) and we’re looking at the trends in security in WiFi-enabled designs and discussing how you can solve the puzzling security problems in your next design.

Also this week, I check out the new Pi Store and give everyone the chance to win a Zedboard courtesy … Read More → "The Security Puzzle"

EDA Crystal Ball

by Amelia Dalton

December 11, 2012

It’s the slow decline of December. We’re wrapping up our projects, toiling away in expense reports, and lining up our ducks for 2013. Speaking of lining up ducks, we’re looking into the future this week – the future of EDA. Where in the heck is the tool market headed next year? How will recent major mergers and acquisitions affect the design tool landscape? My guest is Mike Gianfagna from Atrenta and we’re gonna talk about all of this and more.

Also this week, … Read More → "EDA Crystal Ball"

It’s A Semi Party!

by Amelia Dalton

December 7, 2012

We’re having ourselves a grand ol’ semiconductor party this week. Granted it may not be as fun as those corporate holiday get togethers that happen around this time of year, when Norma in accounting wears a lampshade on her head, and you slip that white elephant gift you “won” under the desk of your unsuspecting cube mate, but we’re gonna have some serious fun nonetheless. This week my guest is Harrison Beasley (Technical Working Groups Manager – Global Semiconductor Alliance) and we’re gonna lay down some serious chat about the past, present, and future … Read More → "It’s A Semi Party!"

Their Eyes Are Watching You

by Amelia Dalton

November 28, 2012

They’re watching you. They know if you’ve been bad or good. They know whether you really need that cashmere sweater at Macy’s. A new form of seeing eye mannequins may be coming to a storefront near you and you may never know they are there. In this week’s Fish Fry, we check out some technologically enhanced mannequins from Italian company Almax, and try to decipher where exactly on the creep-o-meter this new product lies. Also this week, I interview ProPlus Design Systems executive Chairman Zhihong Lui about modeling tools, … Read More → "Their Eyes Are Watching You"

Gesturing For Control

Microchip Takes On Gesture Control

by Amelia Dalton

November 23, 2012

In honor of Black Friday, Fish Fry is storming the gates and grabbing all the embedded designs we can get our grubby little hands on. OK, not really. We’re going to wait just one more year to buy that new touchscreen embedded design, because by then, touch might have already been taken right out of the equation. Yep, we’re talking about gesture control this week. My guest is Fanie Duvenhage (Director of Human Machine Interface Division at Microchip Technology). Fanie and I are going to explore what this new 3D gesture … Read More → "Gesturing For Control"

Making Waves (and Dust)

by Amelia Dalton

November 16, 2012

Have you ever had a project that you wanted to take out in the back 40 and smash to smithereens? No matter what you try, what route you take, what deadline you extend, it just ain’t working out right. Sometimes smashing your design to pieces is a good thing and makes you see that, in fact, something remarkable was sitting there the whole time and you just couldn’t see it the right way. In this week’s Fish Fry we’re checking out how a research team at Rice University smashed their … Read More → "Making Waves (and Dust)"