This September I had the pleasure of attending the World Maker Faire in New York, where a wide variety of people, robots, and equipment come together to show off what they do and have made.

?The Mostly Complete Chart of Neural Networks, Explained? was published in August 2017, and identified 27 different types of neural networks. The number of neural network types has increased since then as engineers and data scientists seek out optimized implementations of artificial intelligence (AI) for their use cases.

Today, the complexities of most supply chains involve a large number of supplier networks and stakeholders. At the heart of creating an effective supply chain is the understanding that data from these parties ? and collaboration of that information ? is vital.

Earlier this year, Ikalogic sent me one of their IkaScope handheld WiFi oscilloscopes to try out, and after several months, I?ve finally had a chance to try it out. For this mini review, I?ll list the device?s characteristics first, and give my experience thoughts on afterward.

Phase One of the Better Place Design Challenge is complete. We received tons of entries and had the difficult task of whittling the number of finalists down to 10. I encourage you to check out those finalists, as the next round of judging involves you. Yes you! The community?s vote counts for 25 percent of the total judging.

As the world heads towards more than a trillion connected devices, companies are challenged to shorten development cycles and minimize costs. At the same time, they have to address design concerns, such as interoperability, security, and autonomy, which warrant custom silicon.

Before the advent of OpenVPX, designers of embedded systems took advantage of the extreme connectivity offered by VPX (VITA 46), but were faced with a virtually unlimited number of possible implementations. Specific choices for the control and data channel assignments for each slot, the backplane connectivity, and serial fabrics were often made somewhat arbitrarily to suit the particular needs of the current system.

One of the truisms of security for electronics is that the more prevalent, feature-rich or valuable a system, the more likely it is to attract the attention of hackers or criminals. If you look back several years, viruses for Mac OSX were very few and far between - but as OSX grew in popularity, attacks became more common.

An A/D (Analog-to-Digital) converter, frequently abbreviated as ADC, accepts an analog voltage at the input and produces a digital representation of that voltage at the output that?s called a ?sample?. The two primary characteristics of A/Ds are the rate of conversion or sampling rate, expressed in samples per second, and the accuracy of each digital sample expressed as the number of binary bits or decimal digits per sample.

Integrating heart rate measurement with other activity and patient compliance measurements into a wearable medical device can be challenging. In these types of applications, the heart rate measurement is typically done with a reflective heart rate monitor.