Embedded Executive Podcast

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 manufacturer-owned group, and now it’s independent. That “launch” comes on the heels of a second supplier being added to the mix. Previously, you had to go to Silicon Labs to get your transceivers. Now that the spec is truly open, other transceiver manufacturers will likely come on line, and Trident IoT is the first to join. To hear more about what this means and where the spec and the Alliance is headed, check out this week’s Embedded Executives podcast.

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. It’s actually easier than you might think.

Frédéric Desbiens, from the Eclipse Foundation, discusses Microsoft's decision to release the ThreadX operating system to the open-source community. They explore the implications of ThreadX becoming vendor neutral and the permissive license it offers. The podcast also dives into Microsoft's involvement and transition to open source, along with the benefits of open sourcing ThreadX for the open source ecosystem.

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 podcast.

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 applications. This makes the tolerances even more difficult to match. What to do? Your first step is to check out this week’s Embedded Executives podcast.

Avijit Sinha, President of Wind River, discusses the challenges of achieving fully autonomous vehicles and the importance of software and hardware optimization. The podcast also highlights the importance of safety, building redundant systems, minimizing hacking damage, and shared responsibility among car manufacturers, technology suppliers, standard agencies, and regulatory authorities.

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 Founder of Raspberry Pi had to say in this week’s Embedded Executives podcast.

A memory expert from Microchip debunks common memory myths such as vulnerability to magnets. The podcast covers topics like memory wearing out, data retention, and longevity in system design. It also discusses the variation in price and quality of memory types like DRAM and flash memory.

Bill Merkel, Vice President of Business Development, discusses the challenges of writing firmware code and potential solutions. Topics include the engineering shortage, the impact of AI on the embedded world, using operating systems in firmware development, and parallel design of software and hardware.

Explore the evolution of the AI ecosystem and the integration of different technologies in this podcast. Learn about the partnership with Edge Cortex for seamless AI development at the edge. Discover how AI can be an application enabler and its potential in battery technology. Find out how adding AI can reduce costs by removing sensors.