Embedded Executive: Your AI Platform Needs Wireless, Synaptics - Podcast
December 11, 2024With all the focus on AI and machine learning these days, we sometimes take other facets of design for granted, some of which are vital, like the wireless component.
Electronica 2024 Recap - Blog
December 09, 2024I spent three days at electronica in Munich last month and saw some amazing technologies and products, in addition to meeting some old friends, and (hopefully) making some new ones. Rumor has it that there were about 80,000 attendees and almost 3,500 exhibitors, spread out over 18 halls. Oh, and it was cold, very cold.
Embedded Executive: Developing a Strategy To Manage Edge-to-Cloud Data, aicas - Podcast
December 04, 2024We are being bombarded with data; it’s coming at us from so many avenues, particularly as we move into the world of AI and the analytics that it brings.
The key to a proper edge-to-cloud strategy is being able to make sense of that plethora of data. That statement sounds obvious and simple, but it’s quite the opposite. If you don’t have the proper strategy in place, your design could be doomed before it even gets started.
To understand where to begin, and what path to take with the data strategy, I spoke to Johannes Biermann, the President and COO of aicas, who gives some guidelines for developers, on this this week’s Embedded Executives podcast.
Embedded Executive: Choosing Your Programming Language, AdaCore - Podcast
November 27, 2024When designing systems with high integrity, say for automotive applications, what is the programming language of choice? I believe that’s referred to as a loaded question, because there are so many variables involved, and it’s a question that’s almost impossible to answer.
Unfortunately, many developers make a decision for the wrong reasons. To get to the root of the matter, I invited Quentin Ochem, the Chief Product and Revenue Officer at AdaCore, to be my guest on this week’s Embedded Executives podcast.
DevTalk with Rich and Vin: Steve Sanghi - Podcast
November 21, 2024Most people in our embedded industry are familiar with Steve Sanghi, who has been the CEO of Microchip for more than thirty years. Steve took over the company in its not-so-successful early days and brought it to the great heights we know today, as a multi-billion dollar semiconductor powerhouse.
Steve stepped down from the CEO role a few years ago and is now doing lots of philanthropic work and writing a few books. We were thrilled and honored to have Steve join us on the latest episode of DevTalk with Rich and Vin.
Embedded Executive: When, Where, and Why Use Rad-Hard Memory, Infineon - Podcast
November 20, 2024What is rad-hard memory, and when and where should it be used? And what makes it different from conventional memory? The answers may seem obvious, but that’s not the case.
That’s exactly why I spoke to Helmut Puchner, Vice President and Fellow in the Aerospace and Defense division of Infineon Technologies in this week’s Embedded Executives podcast. Obviously, such memories cost more, so you want to be sure you understand when they need to be deployed and when they don’t.
Embedded Executive: The In-Cabin User Experience, indie Semiconductor - Podcast
November 13, 2024The automobile's in-cabin user experience (UX) is undergoing some serious changes. We’re nearing the point where the automobile can be viewed as an office or entertainment center that also transports you from point A to point B.
With all those changes, it’s important to ensure that these non-mission-critical functions communicate with the mission-critical tasks at some point. To make sense of this, I spoke to Chet Babla, a Senior Vice President at indie Semiconductor on his week’s Embedded Executives podcast.
Power Modules Result in Smaller (and Lighter) Vehicles - Blog
November 07, 2024For the automakers, weight reduction in electric vehicles (EVs) is at or near the top of their engineering priority lists. EVs are traditionally heavier than their non-electric counterparts even if those weight reductions come in small increments, every little bit counts.
Embedded Executive: Zero-Trust Architecture, Infineon - Podcast
November 06, 2024The Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) provides a new approach to cybersecurity and outlines a great model for developers to follow. Like the name implies, you should trust no one, at least initially, and assume that all networks and traffic are potential threats.
DevTalk with Rich and Vin: Maher Matta, President, Infineon Americas - Podcast
October 31, 2024Maher Matta, the President of the Americas division of Infineon Technologies agreed to join Rich and Vin on this podcast episode. The audience will likely relate to the route taken by Maher, as he came up through the engineering ranks, starting as a bench engineer. As you might expect, there were some bumps and bruises along the way. If you subscribe to the theory that the proof is in the pudding, the evidence is clear—the reign under Maher is working. The company is thriving and is a leader in many of the spaces in which it competes. Hear what Maher had to say about his rise through the ranks.
Embedded Executive: The Future of Battery Testing, Tektronix - Podcast
October 30, 2024Testing high-power batteries, like those used in EVs, can be a tricky endeavor. It’s more complicated and, frankly, more dangerous than testing smaller, lower-voltage batteries. It makes sense that the testing of these packs could and should be left to recognized test experts, Tektronix in this case.
Embedded Executive: Electrification of the Automobile, Infineon - Podcast
October 23, 2024We’ve talked a lot about the software-defined vehicle. This week, we are discussing the electrification of that same automobile on the Embedded Executives podcast.As you might expect, it means removing some of the car's mechanical components and replacing them with electrical components. As Sayeed Ahmed, a director at Infineon Technologies, states, the benefits of doing that are great, but there are still some issues to be solved and some tradeoffs. It has to do with software, semiconductor technologies, and so on.
Embedded Executive: Deploying TSN, Mitsubishi - Podcast
October 16, 2024TSN is a standard that originated for video-streaming applications. But today, it’s finding a home in industrial applications, and it’s is now becoming irreplaceable.
DevTalk with Rich and Vin: Buckle Your Seatbelt, We’re Going to Mars - Podcast
October 11, 2024The space program has come quite far in the last decade when it comes to sending people to Mars and building a colony there. If you’re wondering what it would take to accomplish that, check out the book Colonizing Mars by Frank Norris. Or, take the easy way out and check out the latest DevTalk with Rich and Vin podcast, where we invited Frank on as a guest.
Embedded Executive: The SDV Is Coming, and It’s Complicated, Infineon - Podcast
October 09, 2024We spend a lot of time talking about the software-defined vehicle (SDV), and there are two very good reasons for that. One is that is it occurring, whether you know it or not or whether you want it or not. The second reason is that it is very complex, even if you’re just dealing with the HMI, as it all ties back together at some point.
To sort through the issues, I invited Marcelo Williams, a Global Senior Director for Infineon Technologies to be my guest on this week’s Embedded Executives podcast.
Embedded Executive: Developers Need Great Hardware AND Great Software, Analog Devices - Podcast
October 09, 2024Great hardware is useless without great software, and vice versa. The hardware industry continues to evolve, as always, but the software side operates quite differently than it did in the past, thanks to the groundswell of open-source software.
Embedded Executive: Zephyr Could Be the OS You’ve Been Waiting For, Linux Foundation - Podcast
October 02, 2024If you’re not familiar with Zephyr, shame on you. It’s an open-source, real-time operating system (RTOS) for resource-constrained devices. That’s how it differs from Linux, which is more of a mainstream OS.
Embedded Executive: Avnet Spins Out New Brand, Tria/Avnet - Podcast
September 18, 2024Avnet’s Embedded Solutions group is undergoing a change, with a new name attached to it. Known as Tria, the group will be responsible for a range of branded hardware modules, boards, and systems and all the software that comes with them. That combines the company’s vast tech support network and state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities.
Embedded Executive: The SDV Could Be More Vulnerable, SiFive - Podcast
September 11, 2024As you might expect, the code base in the software-defined vehicle is growing in leaps and bounds, with more features being added and the functionality within those features growing (and becoming more complex).
Is the downside to that ballooning code base the fact that more holes are being introduced to welcome hackers?
Embedded Executive: What is an SDV? Infineon - Podcast
September 04, 2024Do you know what a software-defined vehicle (SDV) is? You likely have your definition, which may or may not be the “right” definition.
Just getting that baseline is where my discussion started with Ray Notarantonio, Infineon’s Senior Director of Vehicle User Experience in this week’s Embedded Executives podcast. We explored what’s possible with an SDV, when you should expect it, and what’s holding up the various aspects.