The Current

Sifting through Microcontoller Technology

Microcontroller technology continues to be critical to the development of applications. What these incredible devices allow us to bring to our products is nothing short of amazing, but with more complexity required in our designs we're demanding more from them than ever. In this episode Todd talks with Daniel Hou, Technical Marketing Engineer at NXP about his insights into this technology.

How Secure is Secure Enough?

The interconnection of devices brings a whole new range of threats to personal data, identities and safety. Embedded Security continues to be a key area where engineers must focus attention to ensure systems are not providing gateways for misuse of designs that can hurt our end users. In this episode, Todd speaks with Xavier Bignalet, Product Marketing Manager at Microchip on making our systems and designs safe.

Wireless Capability Crescendo

Engineers continue to build a strong knowledge of designing wireless products for general communication. Now, that communication is getting more complex with needs for indoor location, mesh networking, and precise object tracking. In this episode, Todd speaks with Matt Rose, Senior Field Applications Engineer at Panasonic about new tools that are available to make these wireless applications easier to implement.

Ohm's Law of Security

Embedded Security is often seen as incredibly complex, with engineers asking themselves the constant question of "how secure is secure enough?" To help answer that question, Todd chats with Patrick Carrier,  Product Marketing Manager at Infineon. They discuss how to understand security and implementing it in our systems.

Industry Overview

The semiconductor industry is expected to grow to over 1 trillion by 2033, but as we enter this year and the instability of the global market, will that still be the trajectory? In this first episode of Season Four, Todd discusses with our very own Karim Yasmine, Executive VP of Global Marketing, what the major areas of growth will be.

Artificial Intelligence in Next-Gen Designs

Artificial Intelligence is a key buzzword in the industry as we look to expand the capabilities of our embedded systems to operate with greater autonomy. In this episode, Todd speaks with Markus Mayr, Product Marketing Manager at ST about embedded engineers look to design this new technology into the next generation of our products.

New Wide Band Gap Capabilities

Generation and utilization of electricity has been an area of engineering that is seeing rapid change over the last few years.  We all want cleaner sources of energy, and with that requires new technologies to maximize the efficiency of how we generate that energy and utilize it. In this episode Todd talks to Hunter Freburg- Technical Marketing Engineer at onsemi about how new wide bandgap materials, Silicone Carbide and Gallium Nitride, are enabling new levels of capability in our systems.

Protecting EV Embedded Designs

Discussions of electric vehicle circuit design are incredibly important for the direction that our industry is going.  In this episode, Todd talks to Pete Pytlik, FAE manager at LittelFuse about how protection of EV embedded systems is critical in design to ensure that our systems have adequate protection to handle the high voltages and currents present in an electric vehicle battery. 

Brushless DC Motor Working Principles and Applications

As the world moves more towards electrification of systems, brushless DC motor usage is constantly expanding on different applications. In this episode, Todd Baker speaks to Tom Wolfe, Senior Field Applications Engineer (FAE) at Nexperia, about the constant new developments in drive circuitry around brushless motors and the considerations engineers must take in building that circuitry.

Evolution of Electronic Components in Transportation

As the world sees a tremendous shift with the expansion of the Electric Vehicle market, with drone delivery, autonomous transport, and smart cities are on the cusp of great growth. In this episode, Todd talks with Ralf Klaedtke, CTO of Transportation Solutions at TE about the expansion of these trends and what design considerations engineers should be learning more about.