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January 23, 2015

Needle in the haystack got you down? Got them buggy software blues slowin’ your stride? Never fear, Fish Fry is here with a podcastin’ elixir to blow those blues (and bugs) away. In this week’s episode, we tackle production software bugs with Undo Software CEO Greg Law. Greg is here to unveil the new bug-busting capabilities of Undo Software’s production bug insecticide: Live Recorder. Also this week, we check out why the Palo Alto Starbucks may not be the best spot for a super-secret meeting about your new IOT prototype. Finally, we see how The … Read More → "Buggy Bingo"

Silicon Fingerprints and Smartphone Modules

Adventures in Unclonable Function Technology and Project Ara Development

by Amelia Dalton

January 15, 2015

Ready. Set. Authenticate. This week’s Fish Fry investigates how Microsemi FPGAs are changing the cyber-security landscape one PUF (Physically Unclonable Function) at a time. My guest is Tim Morin from Microsemi. Tim joins Fish Fry for the first time – discussing the zeros and ones of PUF technology, explaining why it’s so important to today’s IoT products, and revealing what it’s really like to own fourteen (whoa) horses. Also this week, I unveil some seriously cool news from the most recent Google Project Ara Developer’s Conference.</ … Read More → "Silicon Fingerprints and Smartphone Modules"

Electronic Design – Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

An In-Depth Interview with Kevin Morris

by Amelia Dalton

January 8, 2015

Time to break out the sparklers, the bailing wire, and your best O-scope. We’re having an EE party In honor of the 50th Anniversary of Moore’s Law. In this week’s Fish Fry, we investigate how Gordon Moore’s legendary 1965 article in Electronics Magazine set the stage for a remarkable half-century of innovation in our industry. We also look at how (and why) Moore’s Law may not mean as much going forward as it has in the past. My guest is Kevin Morris, editor-in-chief of EE Journal. Kevin is here to chat with me about how … Read More → "Electronic Design – Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow"

What You Call EDA, I Call IP

EDA Past, Present, and Future with Lucio Lanza

by Amelia Dalton

December 19, 2014

He’s toiled at this project for years – dreamt about it, laid awake at night thinking about it, and even built a lab in his basement to test it. Eventually he brought in friends (from work mostly) to fill in the missing pieces, and before he knew it they really had something. We all know this story. It has played out time and time again. It’s the story of the startup, and today’s Fish Fry celebrates the men and women who work every day with innovation in their hearts and minds. My distinguished guest is Lucio Lanza, … Read More → "What You Call EDA, I Call IP"

Baby You Can Drive My Car

Connected Cars and Saving the World Through IoT

by Amelia Dalton

December 12, 2014

Hold on tight ladies and gents! This week I’m flying down the IoT Highway, and I’m taking you with me. Our first stop is a little Consumer Electronics Show preview with Rob Valiton from Atmel. Rob and I discuss why low power MCUs will hold the key to the future of automotive innovation and how we can keep those pesky hackers out of our connected cars. Also this week, we look at how IoT Kickstarter campaign Khushi Baby hopes to make the world a much healthier place — bridging the gap between healthcare … Read More → "Baby You Can Drive My Car"

Plan 8 from Outer Space

Calypto’s Catapult 8 Takes Us Higher

by Amelia Dalton

December 2, 2014

Bob killed the headlights and put the car in park. We sat in silence. Eerie lights danced on the horizon. First east, then west, and then straight up into the night sky. We watched with mouths agape as the lights came closer (and closer), only to quietly fade away. A UFO in our midst? Not quite. HLS. Most of us have been watching the skies in hopes for the arrival of … Read More → "Plan 8 from Outer Space"

Over the FR4 and Through the Woods

To Grandma's PCB We Go

by Amelia Dalton

November 20, 2014

This week’s Fish Fry is all about your next PCB design. From power integrity to mixed-signal place and route, from Gerber files to schematics, from output pins over the FR4 and through the vias, to grandma’s house we go. My first guest this week is Greg Lebsack from Tanner EDA, and we discuss why you want a digital place and route tool, integrating ye ol’ analog into your next design, and what Tanner EDA brings to the mixed-signal party. Next up, we bring in Hemant Shah from Cadence Design Systems to chat about one of the biggest … Read More → "Over the FR4 and Through the Woods"

Paging Dr. MEMS

Merit Systems and MEMS in the Medical Machine

by Amelia Dalton

November 14, 2014

Last week, we investigated how new MEMS-enhanced devices are changing the way we interact with our tennis rackets, beer kegs, and video games (you know, the important stuff), but this week, we’re going past the world of CE to a land where the power budgets are tight, the BOMs are tighter, and the number of sensors soars into the millions. Yep, we’re talking about MEMS in the medical machine. My guest is Rick Russell, President of Merit Sensor Systems. Rick is here to introduce … Read More → "Paging Dr. MEMS"

Taking it Past the Limit

Beer, Tennis, Football and Input Recognition with MEMS-Enhanced Devices

by Amelia Dalton

November 6, 2014

What do head injuries, beer, and smart tennis rackets have in common? The MEMS Executive Congress, that’s what! (Thought I was going somewhere else with that, didn’t ya?) Keeping with our Friday Fun theme, this week’s Fish Fry digs into how MEMS-enhanced designs can measure the amount of beer left in your keg, alert your coach about a potential head injury, and improve your tennis game. We chat about several cool designs submitted to this year’s MEMS Executive Congress Technology Showcase by companies Nod Labs, Babolat, and Kegdata. Also this week, we look … Read More → "Taking it Past the Limit"

Making Tesla Proud

OneTesla Makes Your (Singing) Tesla Coil Dreams Come True

by Amelia Dalton

October 30, 2014

It’s creepy! It’s crawly. It occasionally has scales! It’s Amelia’s Weekly Fish Fry! This week we are celebrating one of the coolest (and one might say, creepiest) scientists, electrical engineers, and visionaries the world has ever seen — Nikola Tesla. My guest this week is physicist Heidi Baumgartner. She can run a nuclear reactor, she can teach soldering, and most importantly for today’s broadcast, she is one of the founders of OneTesla. Heidi is here to explain exactly how you can build your very own singing Tesla coil, how she became involved with OneTesla, and … Read More → "Making Tesla Proud"