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    Electronic Design has been serving the engineering community with pride for decades, providing you with news, commentary, and interviews about what is going on in the industry. Through text articles and videos, we’ve shown you the latest and greatest solutions and people in an engaging, informative, and interesting way, and we're expanding that footprint with our new podcast, Inside Electronics.

    Hosted by industry veteran Alix Paultre, the podcast will also bring you commentary, news, and interviews about the things going on in the electronic design engineering community and its surrounding business ecosystem—but from a different perspective. Tune in to our biweekly Inside Electronics podcast to check out the discussion and analysis on the latest developments making an impact across the electronics landscape.

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    As diabetes cases rise, Arrow Electronics is pushing the state of the art in blood glucose monitoring systems.
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    Femtosense CEO Sam Fok talks about AI/ML on the edge and the company’s dual-sparsity processing unit.
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    Autonomous navigation is driving a growing need for cost-effective high-performance navigation sensors. ANELLO addresses that challenge with its Silicon Photonics Optical Gyroscope...
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    Veteran engineering consultant Jerry Twomey talks about electronics and system design and the challenges encountered during the process.
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    Mike Engelhardt is renowned for developing the SPICE-based analog electronic circuit simulator computer software LTspice and QSPICE.
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    Adaptive optics using Vicor’s precision power-conversion technologies and Microgate’s timing solutions can lead to world-changing discoveries.
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    From June 15-20, 2025 in San Francisco, IMS 2025 will be co-located with the IEEE RFIC and the ARFTG Conference.
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    Software-defined vehicles can utilize open-source software, but it needs to be certifiable.
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    Lots of progress has been made in system automation and robotics, but is machine vision keeping pace?
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    Learn about motor types, their strengths, weaknesses, and construction, as well as the application areas where axial-flux motors are optimal solutions for delivering motive energy...
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    BrainChip’s Akida platform offers low-power, neuromorphic machine-learning capabilities.
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    A quick discussion on why MISRA C is important to any C/C++ programmer.
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    The wireless ecosystem is leveraging developing technology to expand the cloud and its ability to serve IoT devices and their related infrastructures.
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    The Prophesee event-based image sensor tracks changes of individual pixels and movement that can be useful in many applications.
    Prophesee Founder, Dr. Luca Verre, explains the importance and operation of event-based vision systems.
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    Electronic Design Editor Bill Wong talks with Miin Wu, Chairman and CEO at Macronix International, about the company’s 3D NOR technology.
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    Ferrous Systems’s Florian Gilcher talks about the Rust programming language and safe software.
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    3D printers offer an alternative in-house method for designing, developing, and manufacturing electronic devices and PCBs.
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    Vehicle electrification can become a complex issue in demanding applications such as patrol cars and other emergency-response platforms.
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    Although many take time for granted, timing is a fundamental keystone of modern technology and the electronic ecosystem.
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    Guest Laura Reese, author of “Align," chats with Paul Mattioli, EVP of Endeavor Business Intelligence and ED Technology Editor Andy Turudic, where they reveal the secrets of engaging...
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    Editors from Power & Motion, IndustryWeek, and Electronic Design discuss the tariff situation.
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    What engineer does not know the importance of the Periodic Table?
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    Testing, evaluating, and qualifying phased-array antennas bring new challenges to designers and developers in characterization, calibration, and production test.
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    A lot of people don't realize how closely connected timing is with performance in logic-based digital systems.
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    Editors Cabe Atwell and Bill Wong reminisce about the new tech on display (and behind the scenes) at CES 2025.
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    Designing and developing a product these days can be a challenge, made more difficult by new disruptive technologies, supply-chain issues, and a complex regulatory environment...
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    MIPS CEO Sameer Wasson discusses the company’s approach to RISC-V and how its P8700 RISC-V cores stack up against the competition.
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    Ambient Photonics’ Joshua Wright discusses the details behind the company’s low-light energy-harvesting solar cells, which offer a solution to smart-home power requirements.
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    Point2 Technology’s David Kuo explains how e-Tube technology combats the limitations of copper cabling by leveraging mmWave transmitter/receiver SoCs and a dielectric waveguide...
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    Integration of SiC and GaN in power electronics continues to ramp up. Power Integrations’ Andy Smith discusses the latest advances in WBG tech, including a new 1,700-V GaN switch...
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    Wolfspeed’s Guy Moxey offers his perspective on where the industry is headed with WBG semiconductors and circuit topologies for high-voltage applications.
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    112G SerDes and retimers are needed for copper cabling to hit 800G speeds.
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    What stood out at electronica 2024? Alix Paultre attended the event and weighs on the overall atmosphere and key products on display.
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    Micro-reactors for AI processing in data centers
    James Walker, CEO of NANO Nuclear, discusses the advent of micro-reactor systems, including the company’s commercial designs that output up to 5 MW.
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    MathWorks’ Dr. Visa Suomi shares his experiences with, and thoughts on, the complexity and inter-functionality of advanced medical devices.
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    Learning about power-supply design
    Frederik Dostal, author of Dostal’s Designs on Electronic Design, talks about developing power systems.
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    A network-on-chip is an indispensable part of a system-on-chip. Editor Bill Wong talks with Arteris’ Andy Nightingale about the intricacies of NoC technology.
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    BrainChip’s Steve Brightfield talks about efficient neuromorphic computing via SNNs.
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    Tom Burke, Global Strategic Advisor, CC-Link Partner Association (CPLA) talks about TSN and real-time industrial automation.
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    A roundtable of Electronic Design’s editors talk about the mindset of makers and how that intersects with the engineering community.
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    Electronic Design’s Andy Turudic talks with Georgia Tech’s Shaolan Li about a hands-on course centered on silicon design that takes you from schematic through tapeout.
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    Henri Richard of Rapidus Design Solutions discusses the latest in logic-chip fabrication and his company’s solutions on this front.
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    Avicena’s founder and CEO breaks down the challenges of intra-chip data management and how his company’s LightBundle platform offers a solution.
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    Rambus’ Lou Ternullo weighs in on generative AI fostering a new era of memory innovation and how the company’s PCIe 7.0 IP portfolio tackles emerging challenges in this space....
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    Tiago Rodrigues, Wireless Broadband Alliance CEO, discusses entering a new phase with Wi-Fi HaLow that involves tests for real-world use cases.
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    Femtosense CEO Sam Fok weighs in on the challenges and benefits of implementing sparse AI for real-time edge applications.
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    Intelligent Product Solutions’ John Leavitt offers his insight on product creation and the complexities that arise when piecing together a host of interrelated systems.
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    Untether AI’s Robert Beachler discusses the compute bottleneck in today’s AI workloads, and how his company’s at-memory compute architecture tackles the problem.
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    Wolfspeed’s Guy Moxey discusses the present and possible future for WBG semiconductors, as well as the company’s line of SiC devices.
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    GaN and SiC lead the WBG semiconductor charge in reinventing power electronics design. Innoscience Europe’s Denis Marcon discusses the challenges and opportunities they unleash...
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    Microwaves & RF’s David Maliniak and Electronic Design’s Bill Wong talk about what they experienced at IMS 2024, the largest show for the microwaves tech industry.
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    The open-source RISC-V instruction set continues to make inroads across the electronics industry. Electronic Design’s and Microwaves & RF’s Bill Wong offers his take on the current...
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    Navitas’ Llew Vaughan-Edmunds talks with Inside Electronics about the company’s GaN-based power advances targeting a range of application areas.
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    Thanks to the sensitivity of Phlux’s APDs, they’re able to detect signals at up 50% greater distance. Ben White, Co-founder and CEO, offers his insight into these devices.
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    Host Alix Paultre chats with executives from distributor Heilind about its new German-based facility and efforts to build a strong supply chain and distribution infrastructure...
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    Disruptive technologies in the embedded-system arena have opened the door to incredible innovation, but they also breed new challenges. Octavo Systems’ Erik Welsh and Greg Sheridan...
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    Analog front-ends are key ingredients in today’s smart embedded systems for the IoT. This edition of Inside Electronics discusses the challenges of, and solutions for, implementing...
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    Silicon Labs’ Ross Sabolcik weighs in on the ever-changing landscape of the cloud, edge computing, and the IoT, and on the company’s new wireless SoCs targeting energy-harvesting...
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    Alix Paultre reviews some of the top innovations he saw at this year’s show, which had over 1,100 exhibitors from almost 50 countries as well as over 32,000 visitors.
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    Electronic systems are under siege from cyberthreats, from phishing to sophisticated attacks on firewalls. This edition of Inside Electronics discusses cybersecure plans of action...
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    In this edition of Inside Electronics, we talk with u-blox’s Stefania Sesia about the design of safe and reliable automotive systems, such as u-safe for high-performance lane ...
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    Inside Electronics host Alix Paultre talks with MathWorks’ Johanna Pingel about the rise of AI/ML and how the company’s MATLAB platform helps integrate AI into system designs....
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    Host Alix Paultre discusses the latest in connectivity solutions, from cables to connectors, with Cinch’s Scott Miller, Director of Product Management.
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    Greg Green, Vicor's Director of Automotive Marketing, discusses why more power-efficient systems are essential in the design of tomorrow’s electric vehicles.
    In this latest edition of the Inside Electronics podcast, Alix Paultre discusses some of the groundbreaking developments on display at CES 2024.
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    Pickering's Robert King gives insight on the company’s latest high-voltage surface-mount reed relays that target multiple test-related platforms.
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    AI and ML are hotter than ever across the industry landscape. This episode of Inside Electronics discusses where these technologies currently stand in the marketplace.
    Alix talks with Rohde & Schwarz's Dr. Ernst Flemming and CS Wong about the new MXO 5 oscilloscope featuring four-channel bandwidth up to 2 GHz.
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    In this podcast, we cover some of the considerations that fast-charging EV station designers should think about when selecting the connector suite for an advanced EV charging ...
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    The explosive growth in mobile solutions and cloud computing puts a great deal of pressure on communication infrastructures, which must handle the large amounts of data being ...
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    Modern electronics are being deployed in more and more harsh environments, where they must work optimally. The cables and connectors used need to be as rugged as the package they...
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    Automation in factories and other facilities is evolving with smart-system integration, but no matter how sophisticated the technology in any automation solution, it cannot work...
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    With all the growth and development in the creation of smart intelligent lighting systems, it is important to remember that no matter how sophisticated the technology is, it cannot...
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    The biggest issues with automotive systems include performance, reliability and safety. No matter how sophisticated your battery management system (BMS) is, it is only as good...