Best Makerpro Podcasts (2024)

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Embedded Executive: The Uncrashable Car, Indie Semiconductor 13:56

2d ago13:56

13:56

Is it possible to develop a car that would never crash? We’re talking about a physical crash, not a software crash. According to Chet Babla, Indie Semiconductor’s Senior Vice President, it is. Being a non-believer, I had Chet as my guest on this week’s Embedded Executives podcast. Chet walked me through exactly what needs to happen to make this phe…

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Embedded Executive: Going All In on Generative AI, Synopsys 12:16

9d ago12:16

12:16

Synopsys is all in on generative AI, and it’s putting its money where its mouth is by creating a Center for Generative AI within the company. Being that I had no idea what this meant, how it would work, or what it would mean to the industry, I invited the Center’s Executive Director, Stelios Diamantidis, to join me on this week’s Embedded Executive…

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DevTalk with Rich and Vin (and SiLabs CEO) 32:37

14d ago32:37

32:37

In this episode of DevTalk with Rich (Nass) and Vin (D’Agostino), Matt Johnson, the CEO of Silicon Labs joins us. It’s a lively discussion, starting in rural Maine, and ending with “Should engineers be concerned that AI will take their jobs?” Listen in for some interesting responses.By Rich Nass, Embedded Computing Design

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Embedded Executive: A Raspberry Pi Really Can Be Secure, Zymbit 10:41

16d ago10:41

10:41

Understatement: Raspberry Pi is popular with the embedded community. Myth: Raspberry Pi is not a secure platform. I believed in that myth until a recent conversation with Alex Kaay, the CTO and co-founder of Zymbit. The beauty of the Pi is in its simplicity, but don’t equate simplicity with unsecure. Alex walked me through why people's beliefs are …

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Embedded Executive: Choosing a Medium For Smart Metering with the Wi-SUN Alliance 11:20

24d ago11:20

11:20

One area of technology that many vendors and technologies are gunning for is smart metering, whether commercial or residential electric meters, water meters, or something else. The number of potential meters is HUGE. But which technology makes the most sense for this application? As you might expect, it depends on who you talk to. For this podcast,…

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Embedded Executive: What You Can Do With Medical Wearables, Analog Devices (ADI) 13:53

1M ago13:53

13:53

Medical wearables can greatly enhance the quality of life for many people. This can be done by instantly accessing medical information and potentially alerting a professional, or simply tracking stats on an individual. According to Andrew Burt, the Director of Product Line Management of Digital Healthcare at Analog Devices, his company has produced…

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Embedded Executive: AI Effects All Subsystems Including Memory, with Micron 9:58

1M ago9:58

9:58

In this era of AI, designers have to think differently about every aspect of their projects. That includes the memory subsystem. To that end, Micron had a series of announcements to help facilitate AI, particularly on mobile devices. But beyond each subsystem, there’s just so much that needs to be learned and still so much that’s unknown. That’s wh…

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DevTalk with Rich and Vin (and Digi CEO) 21:06

2M ago21:06

21:06

Welcome to a slightly different version of our DevTalk with Rich and Vin podcast. In addition to doing our traditional tech talks, which you’ve clearly told us that you enjoy, we will be producing discussions with CEOs. But we won’t be going through the usual company blah, blah, blah. We’re going to dig a little deeper and find out what really driv…

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Pre-Compliance Testing is a Must: Embedded Executive, Rohde & Schwarz 8:27

1M ago8:27

8:27

Pre-compliance testing is a phenomenon that should be a no-brainer, but for lots of reasons—none of them good—it’s not always done. When you’re doing a design that requires RF and you don’t do the testing, you’re really asking for trouble. That goes double for a product that’s going to ship into multiple geographies. To understand how this process …

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Embedded Executive: Looking For a Job? Focus on Your Writing, Webster & Webster 10:48

2M ago10:48

10:48

Engineers are usually good at engineering, but writing? That’s a different story. In many cases, lacking the ability to write well can hurt engineers. This rears its ugly head when these engineers are job hunting. Having mis-spellings and bad grammar on a resume is a huge red flag. This is particularly true for some real cherry jobs attracting nume…

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Embedded Executive: Proprietary Vs. Open AI Ecosystems, Infineon 11:22

2M ago11:22

11:22

AI MCU vendors have mostly been putting themselves into two camps when it comes to the ecosystem. On one side, the vendor is providing everything themselves. In the other camp, the vendor is relying on partners and the community at large to provide the ecosystem. I recently spoke to Steve Tateosian, SVP of Industrial MCUs, IoT, Wireless, and Comput…

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Embedded Executive: Partnerships Can Simplify Complex AI Designs, with Renesas and EdgeCortix 25:58

2M ago25:58

25:58

In a rare move, I had two guests join me for this week’s Embedded Executives podcast, but for a good reason. I was joined by Mohammed Dogar, Vice President and Head of Global Business Development and Ecosystem at Renesas Electronics, and Sakya Dasgupta, Founder and CEO of EdgeCortix. I asked them to join me together because they have partnered on s…

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Embedded Executive: An Embedded Developer’s Challenges May Not Be What You Think, The Embedded Kit 9:26

2M ago9:26

9:26

The Embedded Kit recently conducted a survey to understand the biggest challenges facing an embedded developer. You would think those challenges are obvious, and some of them are, but the survey uncovered some fairly interesting areas that are not so obvious. If you’re interested in finding out where those not-so-obvious challenges exist, check out…

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Embedded Executive: Understand The Accuracy Required in Semiconductor Manufacturing with Heidenhain 13:31

3M ago13:31

13:31

Do you understand the metrology that applies to semiconductor manufacturing? I know I certainly didn’t, and found out how little I knew about this essential technology when I spoke to David Doyle, the President and Managing Director of Heidenhain Corp. While mostly applying to semiconductors, the technology can be deployed on any manufacturing plat…

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Embedded Executive: How, Where, and Why LoRaWAN is Penetrating Our Communities, LoRa Alliance 11:07

3M ago11:07

11:07

The LoRa Alliance recently conducted a user study to see how far LoRaWAN technology has penetrated into the community. If you’re not familiar, LoRaWAN is a low-power wide-area network that has a range that can be measured in miles. I wanted to understand what the results of the user study showed. Do developers feel confident in deploying the techno…

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Embedded Executive: SOMs or COMs. Same? Different? Yes and No, Samtec 8:01

3M ago8:01

8:01

Are SOMs and COMs the same thing? Some people would say yes, but in reality, they are not. So, what’s the difference. To get a better understanding of the matter, I spoke to Matthew Burns, a Global Director at Samtec on this week’s Embedded Executives podcast. The second part of this discussion is which is appropriate for your application. Tune in …

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Embedded Executive: Isolators Without A Power Supply, Infineon 10:10

3M ago10:10

10:10

Have you ever heard of an isolator without a power supply? I hadn’t either, until now, sort of. That’s not exactly what Infineon is launching, but it’s close enough that I needed to have a conversation with Daniel Callen, Infineon’s Sr. Manager in the Power IC Group to understand exactly what the company is launching. If your application is in soli…

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Embedded Executive: MEMS-based Speakers are Possible, xMEMS Labs 11:35

4M ago11:35

11:35

MEMS have been used in lots of sensors and even in microphones. But, until now, I hadn’t seen them used in speakers. xMEMS Labs is one vendor that’s doing just that, and the sound is incredible. When you hear how it works, it really makes a lot of sense. And if you listen to this podcast, you will hear exactly how it works. Check out my discussion …

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Embedded Executive: Big Steps for the Z-Wave Alliance 10:38

4M ago10:38

10:38

There’s a new sheriff in town when it comes to the Z-Wave Alliance, a newly formed standards development organization. The new Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Z-Wave Alliance is Avi Rosenthal, whose day job is the Managing Partner of bluesalve partners. I know Z Wave has been around for quite some time, but the Alliance was previously a m…

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DevTalk with Rich and Vin: Chiplets 11:48

4M ago11:48

11:48

Chiplets are quite in vogue these days. But are they the solution to all your problems? Probably not, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t understand what they are, how they work, and how you can implement them in your design. Check out this installment of DevTalk with Rich and Vin and you’ll at least have a baseline understanding of this technology…

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Embedded Executive: Customize Your COM Express Design, Sealevel Systems 10:07

4M ago10:07

10:07

COM Express has been around for at least a decade. While many people think of it as a standard architecture (it is), it can be customized in lots of different ways. To understand how a standard can be made custom while remaining standard, I spoke to Earle Foster, a Senior Vice President, Sealevel Systems in this week’s Embedded Executives podcast. …

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Embedded Executive: ThreadX Is Now Open Source, Eclipse Foundation 15:59

4M ago15:59

15:59

A few years ago, Microsoft acquired Express Logic, who’s key product was the ThreadX operating system. Fast forward to today, and Microsoft has released that operating system to the open-source community. Why did they do that? And what does that mean to the development community? I was really curious about these issues, so I spoke to Frédéric Desbi…

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Embedded Executive: We’ve Moved Past the GaN Starting Gate, TI 11:34

5M ago11:34

11:34

We appear to be over the hump between hype and reality when it comes to GaN technology. Components and end products are readily available. But according to David Snook, the product line manager for GaN products at Texas Instruments (TI), we are just scratching the surface of where GaN’s potential lies. Hear more in this week’s Embedded Executives p…

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DevTalk with Rich and Vin: What Was Supposed to Happen in 2023 That Didn’t 12:10

5M ago12:10

12:10

This is the time of year for predictions: What do you think will happen in 2024? As you might expect, Rich and Vin take a different approach. They look at the things that were predicted for 2023, but didn’t actually pan out. Is AI the panacea that we expected? Maybe not. It’s likely that more partnerships must occur for this technology to match the…

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Embedded Executive: Timing is Everything, But You Probably Weren’t Aware of That, SiTime 8:26

5M ago8:26

8:26

Timing devices within embedded systems are likely the most important components that you don’t know anything about. That’s a paraphrase from Piyush Sevalia, a Vice President at SiTime, and it’s certainly very true. When you get into 5G applications, the effects are often working against you, like use in extreme temperatures, or in ruggedized applic…

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Embedded Executive: What’s Real and What’s Hype in EVs, Wind River 11:48

5M ago11:48

11:48

I feel like we have been two years away from fully autonomous vehicles for the last five years. It gets difficult to differentiate between what’s accurate and what’s fiction. To try to get at the truth, I spoke to Avijit Sinha, the newly appointed President of Wind River for this week’s Embedded Executive podcast. We get into the hardware, the soft…

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Embedded Executive: Go Way Past Prototyping With Raspberry Pi 17:54

5M ago17:54

17:54

Are you familiar with Raspberry Pi? Of course you are. But are you aware of all the things that you can do with it, or should do with it? First, if you think it’s a low-compute-power board, you are mistaken. Second, if you think you can’t go to production with a Pi, you’d be mistaken again. If you don’t believe me, listen to what Eben Upton, the Fo…

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Embedded Executive: Busting Memory Myths, Microchip 12:14

6M ago12:14

12:14

Memory is typically a very simple component in your embedded system—or is it? I spent some time with Barry Blixt, a Director for Microchip’s memory business. We went through a list of typical memory “myths” to determine what’s true and what’s not true. Does memory wear out? How about rotating memory? These are some of the topics we covered. Check o…

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DevTalk with Rich and Vin: FPGAs for the Midrange Do Exist 18:19

6M ago18:19

18:19

In the golden era of electrical engineering, when yours truly was a budding designer, we worked with a processor, like an 8051 or an 8085, and we wrote some code to go with it. Programmable log? It existed, but those things were too darn expensive for what we called mainstream or mid-range applications. Fast forward to today, and you’d be hard pres…

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Embedded Executive: We Need People Who Can Write Quality Firmware, USA Firmware 9:27

6M ago9:27

9:27

When it comes to writing code, we have a manpower problem. While that’s true for most aspects of the embedded engineering/development space, it’s particularly true for those folks writing firmware, which is one of the most critical, yet least glamorous parts of our profession. What’s the solution? Is it AI, to have the code written for us? That’s o…

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DevTalk with Rich and Vin: Do Engineers Understand the Basics of Engineering? 15:58

6M ago15:58

15:58

When content gets posted to Embedded Computing Design that’s latest “The Basics of …” or “XYZ 101,” the content usually gets tons of page views. I always wondered why that was the case. Are our engineers not as knowledgeable as we think? Are they just checking to make sure their assumptions are correct? I decided this would be a good topic for Vin,…

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Embedded Executive: The Ecosystem For AI Is Ready, Renesas 10:54

6M ago10:54

10:54

When it comes to the ecosystem, particularly around AI, you need all the parts to be available if you want to develop a system. We know that ecosystems forever continue to evolve, but it’s safe to dive into the waters at this point, according to Mohammed Dogar, the Vice President and Head of Global Business Development and Ecosystem at Renesas Elec…

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Embedded Executive: Wearable Medical Could Be 100M MCUs, Silicon Labs 12:46

6M ago12:46

12:46

Wearable medical devices are poised to take off. I mean, really take off, thanks to a few different drivers, such as the aging population, the pandemic, and some concessions from the insurance companies. Manufacturers are ready to make these devices available, in a huge way. Think hundreds of millions. And if each one of those has an MCU, that’s a …

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Embedded Executive: Latest PSoC Simplifies Power Management, Infineon 14:17

7M ago14:17

14:17

Developers struggle with how to manage the power in their end devices. There’s obviously a tradeoff between performance and how much/how long to keep components powered up. It’s obviously application-specific, but it’s important to make the right decision. With Infineon’s PSoC device, those developers have some new choices, and are hopefully capabl…

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Embedded Executive: While Embedded Technology Progresses Slowly, Security Moves Super-Fast, Infineon Technologies 13:48

7M ago13:48

13:48

We talk about security a lot here at Embedded Computing Design. If it’s not the number one subject, it’s certainly in the top three. But the discussion I had with Thomas Rosteck, the Division President for Connected Secure Systems at Infineon Technologies went down a slightly different path, and that’s because, unfortunately, security is such a dyn…

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Embedded Executive: We Have an Engineering Shortage 12:33

7M ago12:33

12:33

We have an engineering shortage. Anyone who's familiar with our space wouldn't dispute that. And if you look at the projections, we’re going to need a whole lot more of us going forward. Why is that the case, and more importantly, what are we going to do about it? To try and understand this dilemma and the potential solution(s), I spoke to Marcus W…

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Embedded Executive: The CHIPS Act, Take II, PQSecure 11:14

8M ago11:14

11:14

Quantum computing raises the potential for anything to be hacked, and that includes government systems. Hence, the people behind the CHIPS Act want to make sure that the money that’s used for semiconductor development is being used in the areas that it deems most important. To understand how that works, I spoke to Reza Azarderakhsh, the Founder and…

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Embedded Executive: Quantum Computing Is Here Today, Really. Oxford Ionics 11:12

8M ago11:12

11:12

Quantum computing can be a very complex area. Many experts will tell you that it could be as long as a decade before quantum computers actually appear on the scenes. This week’s Embedded Executives podcast guest says that his company is providing quantum computing today. Hear it directly from Chris Balance, the co-founder and CEO of Oxford Ionics.…

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Embedded Executive: 5G For Industrial? No Time Soon, Sequans 13:17

8M ago13:17

13:17

If you’re a consumer, 5G is likely in your universe. If you’re working on the industrial side, you’re likely not seeing 5G at all. And it may be many years before it’s even available in limited deployments. Why is that? That’s the question I asked of Olivier Pauzet, the EVP of Strategy for Sequans Communications in this week’s Embedded Executives p…

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DevTalk with Rich and Vin: Practical Applications For AI 12:23

8M ago12:23

12:23

Are you wondering what would be considered a practical application for AI at the endpoint (the place where the data is captured)? Well, you’re in luck, because Rich is moderating a panel at Renesas’ AI Live virtual conference that specifically covers that topic. To get one more opinion on what is a practical application, Rich and Vin discuss exactl…

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Embedded Executive: What Is STMicroelectronics Doing About Sustainability? 10:23

8M ago10:23

10:23

Sustainability continues to be a topic of interest. First, what does sustainability actually mean? Second, what are some of the industry giants doing about it? In our space, STMicroelectronics would be one of those giants, so I spoke to Mahesh Chowdhary, an STMicroelectronics Fellow and the Senior Director of MEMS Software Solutions, about what’s h…

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Embedded Executive: Get Your AI Platform Out the Door, SparkCognition 12:52

9M ago12:52

12:52

Bringing all the different elements together for an AI-based hardware platform is harder than it sounds, especially when you start considering the environmental conditions. Getting it to work in the lab is one thing, but the real world presents challenges you may not have thought of. SparkCognition has developed a test environment that considers ev…

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Embedded Executive: Let the Code Write Itself, JITX 10:13

9M ago10:13

10:13

There are better ways to write embedded code than the traditional methods. Doing it in a visual fashion is one of those ways. But how does that work, and how does it adapt specifically to my hardware? While you might have thought such technology was already available, Duncan Haldane, the CEO of JITX says that’s not the case. Hear what he has to say…

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Embedded Executive: Why Aren’t There Enough Engineers? Arm 12:02

9M ago12:02

12:02

It seems like more and more engineers are graduating from universities, yet we still need more. There are a few reasons for this. First, there’s simply a demand for hardware and software engineers as our devices become “electrified.” And second, the universities are doing a less than stellar job of getting their graduates ready to dive right in. Ho…

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Embedded Executive: ESG: Fact or Fiction? Hear Avnet's Take 11:38

9M ago11:38

11:38

ESG stands for environmental, social, and governance, and it’s something we are hearing a lot about lately. However, in my role as our industry’s devil’s advocate, I want to know if this is a real thing, or just a company line from some of the players in our industry. To try and vet that out, I spoke to Stacy Mendez, Avnet’s director of Global Stra…

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DevTalk with Rich and Vin: Myth: AI Is an Application. Verdict: False 11:34

9M ago11:34

11:34

Seemingly, if you've read any news report that touches on the technology sector, there’s some mention of artificial intelligence. But too often, we hear people talking about AI as an application, and that’s wrong, just like the IoT is not an application. Rather, it’s an enabler to other applications. AI helps enhance your XYZ application, making it…

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Embedded Executive: Speech Recognition on an FPGA, Achronix 12:01

9M ago12:01

12:01

Speech recognition on an FPGA? That doesn’t sound like the most effective path, but Bill Jenkins, of Achronix had a different opinion. Hear his take on why the FPGA is the right way to go for this application on this week’s Embedded Executives podcast.By Rich Nass, Embedded Computing Design

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Embedded Executive: Your Data Is Not Safe, Panther Labs 12:50

10M ago12:50

12:50

We say all the time that any system can be hacked, and this week’s Embedded Executives podcast guest is someone who can get into your system. Ken Westin, CISO of Panther Labs, is who we'd call a white-hat hacker. He hacks for good reasons, sometimes to follow a bad hacker and return data, and sometimes to help close up holes in a system. Nonetheles…

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Embedded Executive: Develop AI Software For Any Hardware, Intel 11:31

10M ago11:31

11:31

Having a standard that everyone can design to makes markets take off. Open source, both hardware and software, is nothing new. But when paired with AI, it is relatively new. Intel is trying to provide that API for people to design to with its OneAPI initiative. Obviously, you can go that route and run with Intel hardware. But you’re not locked into…

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Embedded Executive: Autonomous Farming Equipment, John Deere 11:18

10M ago11:18

11:18

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again—John Deere is a technology leader that sells agriculture equipment, not the other way around. This week, I spoke to Maya Sripadam, a Senior Product Manager at Blue River Technology, a John Deere Company, about autonomous vehicle design. It’s not automobiles, but it’s certainly related. In some ways, agricul…

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