Inside Electronics

Renesas 365: One Tool to Develop Them All

Electronic Design's William Wong talks with Renesas’ Vice President and Head of Customer Success and Digital Industries at Renesas about their new web-based, hardware/software design tool, Renesas 365.  
Renesas 365 is designed to link different design groups as systems develop from a functional model to hardware to software that runs on the system. It provides the scaffolding to quickly design and build a system including support for hardware development platforms that incorporate Renesas silicon.  

The Expansion of AI and Edge Computing in the Cloud

Our society is continuing to adopt more connectivity in products and solutions, and these systems are expanding the Cloud and IoT in leaps and bounds. Edge computing, created to address bandwidth and latency issues in Cloud-based systems, is rapidly being enhanced by the addition of AI. In this episode, we talk to Axel Stoermann, Chief Technology Officer & VP at KIOXIA Europe, about his observations of the industry. 

Economic Development from the Community Point of View

The electronic design industry is always in a pattern of development and re-development as it forges into the future. But what about the communities involved? There are two sides to that story: the customers in the community, who use the products and services created, and the municipalities and governments looking for investment and development. In this episode, we talk to Don Cunningham, President and CEO of Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation, about the challenges and opportunities communities face in an evolving industrial environment. 

The Future of Advanced Embedded Systems

Our connected and intelligent world is based on advanced embedded systems that are in a state of disruptive evolution and upward migration. In this podcast, we sit down with Jim Beneke, who is with Tria, an Avnet company. Tria develops embedded compute solutions and was formerly MSC Technologies.

Using the Robot Operating System for Automotive Applications

The Robot Operating System (ROS) is middleware that can be used for almost any type of robotic platform including self-driving cars. ROS is an open-source system hosted at ROS.org. It runs a top conventional operating systems like Linux and Windows and has been used in many robotic applications.  
In this episode of Inside Electronics, we talk with Jan Becker, CEO at Apex.ai, about ROS and how it is being used in automotive applications including issues related to certification.  

Developing a Strategy for Cloud Development

Today’s cloud is a polylingual, multi-spectral, multiple-methodology ecosystem, meaning that devices must become more intelligent to encompass it and operate in an optimal fashion. Today, one must have a wireless strategy for Wi-Fi, public cellular, private cellular, and IoT wireless backhaul. Companies like Nextivity offer solutions that enable wireless functionality for voice and data, with systems that are network safe and have a no-noise guarantee.

Advanced Power Conversion and Energy Management Solutions at TI (Part 2)

Residential energy storage is undergoing rapid innovation, driven by the need for efficient solar energy utilization and dynamic grid participation. Texas Instruments' Henrik Magnesson emphasizes that as feed-in tariffs decline and market-driven energy pricing becomes prevalent, homeowners will increasingly turn to battery energy storage systems (ESS) to store excess solar generation for use during peak demand, to charge EVs, or to exploit profitable energy arbitrage opportunities. Click here to listen to Part 1 of this chat.

Advanced Power Conversion & Energy Management Solutions at TI

This first, of a two part series, Inside Electronics podcast, guest-hosted by technology editor Andy Turudic of Electronic Design, features Henrik Mannesson, General Manager of Grid Infrastructure and Power Delivery Industrial Systems at Texas Instruments (TI), discussing the evolving landscape of energy infrastructure with a focus on the pivotal role of semiconductors in the renewable energy transition.

Packing Large AI Into Small Embedded Systems

Not every microcontroller can handle artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) chores. Simplifying the models is one way to squeeze algorithms into a more compact embedded compute engine. Another way is to pair it with an AI accelerator like Femtosense’s Sparse Processing Unit (SPU) SPU-001 and take advantage of sparsity in AI/ML models.
In this episode, Sam Fok, CEO at Femtosense, talks about AI/ML on the edge, the company's dual sparsity design, and how the small, low power SPU-001 can augment a host processor. 

Autonomous Navigation in an Uncertain World

As navigation becomes increasingly vulnerable to jamming, spoofing, or complete denial, military forces operating in contested environments face significant challenges, not just in navigation, but in coordination, safety, and mission success. ANELLO Photonics has developed an innovative Silicon Photonics Optical Gyroscope (SiPhOG) to serve autonomous vehicles using silicon photonics, accelerometers, and gyroscopes for accurate and reliable positioning and navigation.