Embedded Software Academy: How Beningo is Educating the Next Generation of Embedded Developers

Embedded Software is the name of the game this week my friends! My podcast guest is Jacob Beningo of the Beningo Embedded Group. Jacob and I chat about what the three elements of embedded software Jacob believes everyone should know and how each of these elements can affect development. We also explore what motivated Jacob to develop the Embedded Software Academy and where Jacob sees embedded … Read More → "Embedded Software Academy: How Beningo is Educating the Next Generation of Embedded Developers"

Quantum Simulations of New Materials for the 21st Century

We are surrounded by a multiplicity of materials, from metals and alloys to crystals, glasses, and ceramics; from polymers and plastics to organic and living-derived substances; and let’s not forget natural materials like stone and exotic materials like aerogel.

The amazing thing to me is that all these materials are formed from different combinations of the same small group of elements. For … Read More → "Quantum Simulations of New Materials for the 21st Century"

TI says its MSPM0 is the world’s most teeny, tiny 32-bit microcontroller. It’s smaller than a grain of white rice and costs 16 cents.

Today, I want to discuss the incredible shrinking microcontroller. Early microcontroller vendors packaged their offerings in 40-pin DIPs. They were physically small for what you got then, but huge now. These microcontrollers shared several common features: a lame and very proprietary 4- or 8-bit processor architecture designed more to fit on the die than to deliver much performance, a trivial amount of RAM (64 bytes, 128 bytes if you … Read More → "TI says its MSPM0 is the world’s most teeny, tiny 32-bit microcontroller. It’s smaller than a grain of white rice and costs 16 cents."

Programmable PMICs and Cutting Edge Power Management with AnDAPT

This week my podcast guest is Giovanni Garcea, President of AnDAPT. Giovanni and I discuss the details of AnDAPT’s field programmable PMIC and how engineers can take advantage of AnDAPT’s programmable power solution that it designed with AI called PMIC.AI. Also this week, I check out a new fluid battery that can take any shape developed by researchers at Linköping University. … Read More → "Programmable PMICs and Cutting Edge Power Management with AnDAPT"

Only the Most Epic Embedded Online Conference Ever!

The value of online (virtual) conferences is increasing in leaps and bounds as travel becomes more problematic and time is increasingly at a premium. Some of these events “stand proud in the crowd,” as it were. Allow me to expound, elucidate, and explicate. 

When it comes to embedded space (where no one can hear you scream), the virtual extravaganza on … Read More → "Only the Most Epic Embedded Online Conference Ever!"

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Wi-Fi Locationing: Nordic Chip-to-Cloud Solution
Location services enable businesses to gather valuable location data and deliver enhanced user experiences through the determination of a device's geographical position, leveraging specific hardware, software, and cloud services. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton and Finn Boetius from Nordic Semiconductor explore the benefits of location services, the challenges that WiFi based solutions can solve in this arena, and how you can take advantage of Nordic Semiconductor’s chip-to-cloud locationing expertise for your next design.
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How Google and Intel use Calibre DesignEnhancer to reduce IR drop and improve reliability

Sponsored by Siemens Digital Industries Software

Through real-world examples from Intel and Google, we highlight how Calibre’s DesignEnhancer maximizes layout modifications while ensuring DRC compliance.

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Posted on Apr 25 at 6:24am by Max Maxfield
Hello my sycophantic friend -- I was sure someone was reading my articles -- now I know who it is LOL (my mom will be so proud to hear I finally have a friend :-) Like you, I am amazed by the things achieved by modern science and technology. Growing ...
Posted on Apr 24 at 9:46am by RedBarnDesigner
Hi Max, Thank you for this little gem - you can certainly mine the gold nuggets! This is truly awesome engineering/science/technology. I am amazed by what modern science and technology can achieve. I was chatting on Tuesday with a friend who was amazed by the technology of creating ...
Posted on Apr 23 at 6:23am by Max Maxfield
To be honest, this website seems a bit "thin on the ground" -- the links to things like "Team" and "History" just return you to the home page and there's only one item in the store without any specs (sad face).
Posted on Apr 22 at 11:33pm by steff
I found a perfect device at nightAssist.com.au
Posted on Apr 15 at 1:41pm by Max Maxfield
I must admit that this one left me confused -- it was hard to pin anything down -- on the one hand, it's claimed that various groups in the US government are using this technology, which is impressive until you start to think about who we have forming the US ...
Posted on Apr 15 at 1:07pm by jackganssle
The Basic compiler referred to in this article was called MTBasic (for Multitasking Basic). Rather like the HP Basic Steve mentioned, when you entered a line of code it was tokenized and stored. After hitting "Run" the code was compiled to machine code. It was a one-pass compiler (for speed) ...
Posted on Apr 15 at 6:02am by Steven Leibson
Thanks traneusee. After doing some online research, I'm not clear how Dartmouth BASIC was compiled. In some explanations, it appears to work like the tokenized interpreters we implemented at HP in the 1970s for HP BASIC and HPL, where the typed line of code was immediately tokenized into calls to ...
Posted on Apr 14 at 5:41pm by traneusee
Thanks for this article. Dartmouth Time Sharing System DTSS BASIC compiler worked the same way as Jack's 1982 Basic compiler.
Posted on Apr 11 at 1:47pm by JohnSanders
Proof of Achievement of the First Artificial General Intelligence... I have read most of this paper. It is somewhat Niaive and I am surprised at its supposedly high profile. Based on defining notional requirements for AGI it defines hence "proves" its requirements. Requirements tend to come from the business cases, ...
Posted on Apr 9 at 4:49pm by Steven Leibson
Glad you liked it Max. You don't need to wait for the holidays. Download the three files now. They're free.
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Fiber Optics for Embedded Computing
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Voltage Translators: An Architecture for Every Application
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Using NXP’s FRDM Ecosystem to Break Down ML Complexity
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Accelerating Time to Fault Campaign Success with Siemens EDA
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