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New Insight and Awareness into IoT Security with Cyber Trust Mark

March 21, 2025

IoT security is the name of the game this week! My podcast guest is Sharon Hagi, Chief Security Officer of Silicon Labs. Sharon and I chat about the new cybersecurity labeling program called Cyber Trust Mark – the details of this program and the motivation behind its development. We also discuss the Connectivity Standards Alliance’s Product Security Working Group and how it eases the challenges of complying with global product security requirements. Finally, we also explore benefits of silicon-rooted trust models and secure manufacturing … Read More → "New Insight and Awareness into IoT Security with Cyber Trust Mark"

A Motion-Powered Revolution: WePower Energy Harvesting Technology

by Amelia Dalton

March 14, 2025

My podcast guest this week is WePower Founder/CEO Larry Richenstein! Larry and I chat about WePower’s innovative energy harvesting technology, the industries that could take advantage of this technology and the variety of products offered by WePower. Also this week, I investigate Forest 4.0 – a new intelligent forest data processing model that incorporates IoT, AI, and blockchain technologies that could enable real-time monitoring of forest conditions, sustainable resource accounting, and a more transparent forest governance model.

Unlocking OEM Potential by Mastering Legacy Support: GDCA and Proactive Obsolescence Management

by Amelia Dalton

March 7, 2025

My podcast guest this week is long-time friend of the show Ethan Plotkin, CEO of GDCA. Ethan and I chat all about proactive obsolescence management. We discuss the biggest challenges in terms of obsolescence for OEMS, the benefits of working with legacy equipment manufacturers and the ramifications of negative and positive case studies for obsolescence management.

The Next Steps Forward: How AI is Shaping Electronic Design

by Amelia Dalton

February 28, 2025

My podcast guest this week is Alex Iuorio from Avnet. Alex and I discuss Avnet’s recent Insights Survey including the motivation to create this survey, the skills needed to incorporate AI capabilities into our designs, and the AI related engineering concerns garnered from this survey. Also this week, I explore how mushrooms and coffee grounds can be used as 3D printing material and could be used as a resilient, fully compostable alternative to plastics.

A New Era for Test and Measurement

by Amelia Dalton

February 21, 2025

We’re talking about test and measurement in this week’s Fish Fry podcast! My guest is Ritu Favre – President of Emerson Test & Measurement. Ritu and I explore the biggest trends in test and measurement today, the challenges of creating tests for systems newly incorporating AI into their designs, and what advice Ritu would give to engineers just starting off their careers.

DVCon 2025: Everything You Want to Learn about Design and Verification

by Amelia Dalton

February 14, 2025

In this week’s Fish Fry podcast, I discuss design and verification with Tom Fitzpatrick – General Chair of DVCon 2025. Tom and I explore this year’s expo and conference, the motivation behind the creation of the second DVCon keynote, the details of the Poster Warrior session and why Tom is especially excited about this year’s conference. I also check out new magnetic microrobots developed by researchers in South Korea that work together like ants to achieve monumental feats.

Open Standards and the Rise of Embedded Ecosystem SoMs

by Amelia Dalton

February 7, 2025

My podcast guest this week is longtime friend of the show Matt Burns from Samtec! Matt and I chat about the trends driving the adoption of high performance, small form factor open standard SoMs. We also discuss the details of the PCI Express 7 specification and the newest endeavors being developed by the Standardization Group for Embedded Technologies.

Hyper-Scan Fiber Sensing: A Revolution in Infrastructure Monitoring with Prisma Photonics

by Amelia Dalton

January 31, 2025

My podcast guest this week is Eitan Elkin, director of marketing at Prisma Photonics. Eitan and I discuss how optical fiber sensing can make a huge impact in infrastructure monitoring. We explore the details of the solution at the heart of Prisma Photonics: Hyper-Scan Fiber-Sensing, the applications that could take advantage of this technology including extreme weather events and detecting wildfires in real-time, and where Eitan sees this innovative technology headed in the future.

OpenVPX and the Next Generation of Space Applications

by Amelia Dalton

January 24, 2025

My guest this week is Ralph Grundler from Aitech and we are chatting all about OpenVPX in space! Ralph and I discuss the increasing role that open standards are playing in space applications, how OpenVPX supports a systems-based approach for these types of designs, and how OpenVPX can also be used to support a variety of AI applications in space.

Chip to Cloud Security and Thwarting Future Adversaries: How Crypto Quantique is Changing the IoT Security Landscape

by Amelia Dalton

January 17, 2025

Device security and cryptography takes center stage in this week’s Fish Fry podcast! My guest is Shahram Mossayebi, Founder & CEO at Crypto Quantique. Shahram and I chat about how Shahram’s expertise in academia and IoT security vulnerabilities encouraged the creation of Crypto Quantique, the variety of device and IC security solutions offered by Crypto Quantique and how their software-based IoT security platform called QuarkLink helps … Read More → "Chip to Cloud Security and Thwarting Future Adversaries: How Crypto Quantique is Changing the IoT Security Landscape"