Embedded Executive Podcast

Is 5G more hype than reality? After all this time, I sure hope not. There are pockets where 5G is actually in use, but a real full-scale rollout is still quite a ways away, particularly in the embedded and industrial sectors. So, when and where will we finally see 5G? That’s the question I asked Mike Fahrion, the Chief Technology Officer of Multi-Tech Systems in this week’s Embedded Executives podcast... And as you’ll hear, I didn’t let him off the hook too easily.

The Eclipse Foundation recently conducted a survey that focuses on IoT and Edge solutions. When I saw the results, I thought some sort of explanation was required, and that’s exactly what I got from Frederic Desbiens, Program Manager for IoT & Edge at the Eclipse Foundation in this week’s Embedded Executives podcast.

Firmware testing is often performed in a vacuum, aka a perfect environment in a lab. When taken out to the real world, the product may or may not perform as expected due to a variety of factors. To try and combat that, Memfault has designed a test platform that allows for testing in the field. And to get started, you can download the tool for free. To learn more about the pluses and minus of this technology, check out this week’s Embedded Executives podcast with François Baldassari, the CEO and Co-Founder of Memfault.

Security is one of the foremost topics in the embedded space today. In a recent conversation with Patrick Carrier, the Regional Manager for IoT and Cloud Security at Infineon Technologies, he had a different spin on security. Namely, there’s far more to it than whether you have or don’t have security built into your system. Not understanding what he meant by that, I thought it would be appropriate to have Patrick on as a guest on this week’s Embedded Executives podcast.

Develop an ASIC for less than $10,000? I didn’t believe it either. But according to Jeff DiCorpo, a Senior VP at efabless, not only is it possible, but people are doing it with his company’s tools. Learn how to generate your own design on this week’s Embedded Executives podcast.

LoRaWAN wants to invade your home. Its backers think that it’s perfect for many smart home applications. However, don’t we already have one — or two or three —wireless networks that are “perfect” for the home, namely Bluetooth and WiFi?That’s how the conversation started with Remi Lorrain, Semtech’s LoRaWAN Network Director, in this week’s Embedded Executives podcast.

Two applications we discuss often at Embedded Computing Design are automotive and medical. More and more, these applications are making use of the Linux operating system. Why is that the case, and is it the same flavor for each? That’s where I started the interview with Shuah Khan, of the Linux Foundation. Shuah is both a Linux Kernel Fellow and Chair of the ELISA Project Technical Steering Committee, and she was my guest on this week’s Embedded Executives podcast.

Here’s a fact that won’t shock you—the automotive industry is in the midst of a huge transformation thanks to AI technology. Here’s another fact that won’t be a surprise—NVIDIA is smack in the middle of that transformation. To understand what that transformation is all about and how it’ll play out, I spoke to Danny Shapiro, NVIDIA’s Senior Director of Automotive in this week’s Embedded Executives podcast. Spoiler alert: we needn’t wait for 5G to make autonomous drive a reality.

Is Intel teaming up with SiFive to produce RISC-V chips? It depends how much you read between the lines in a recent release from SiFive. Rather than speculate, I decided to go to the source and ask the folks at SiFive what’s going on, and that’s what I did with James Prior, SiFive’s Head of Global Communications, in this week’s Embedded Executives podcast.

We spent a lot of time talking about the specification known as CHIP (Connected Home over IP). While the hard work on this topic continues, the names of the group and the standard have changed. This includes Matter, which is a set of standards that encompass the connected home in a safe and secure manner, and the ZigBee Alliance. It sounds complicated, but if you listen to Steve Hanna, a Distinguished Engineer, Infineon Technologies, you’ll understand it as quickly as I did. Steve was my guest on this week’s Embedded Executives podcast.