The Current

Easy Solutions for Cloud Connectivity for Embedded Systems

In this episode of The Current, Todd Baker speaks to Mark Calhoun, Future Electronics Connectivity Specialist, about tools that are available to embedded engineers to make cloud connectivity simpler than it can often be. Together, they walk through some of the system designs Future Connectivity Solutions has created to make embedded cloud design more efficient with faster time to market for customers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Optimizing Size and Efficiency for Lower Power Applications

Power circuitry design is often a consideration late in the design cycle of a product after all the application circuitry has been selected, and basic functions defined. The challenge for engineers has been how to get the best components that can maximize battery life, efficiency, and voltage regulation without taking up prime real estate on the board. In this episode of The Current, Todd Baker talks to Bob Card and Tim Kaske of onsemi about their solutions to get the best power, and small components to fit your design. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Securing our Embedded Systems against External Threats

More than ever, embedded systems are performing critical functions vital to the users safety and environment, often while being vulnerable to attack through internet connectivity, IP theft, or malicious reprogramming. Embedded systems security is relevant to all industries - from transportation, aerospace and healthcare to household appliances. As embedded systems are becoming more intricate and interconnected with IoT, so is the potential for a breach in security. In this episode of The Current, Todd Baker talks with Kimberley Dinsmore of Renesas, exploring how to manage the time and cost associated with improved security in embedded designs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Next Generation of Temperature Sensors

In today's embedded system designs, temperature sensor requirements are more intense and acute than they have been in the past. Temperature sensor cost, accuracy, and size are key factors that make or break the viability of many applications. In this episode of The Current, Todd Baker is breaking down industry trends in temperature sensors with Joris Roels of Melexis, and discussing the next generation of thermal monitoring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Northern Lights - The Next AI Platform

Machine Vision in embedded systems continues to be a field of growth that offers tremendous opportunity, amazing new possibilities for our products, and a level of complexity that can sometimes seem daunting to accomplish. Can this complex technology be implemented and controlled with reasonable cost, power consumption, and in less complex silicon? Gain additional insight and solution ideas by learning more about the Future Electronics newly released Northern Lights platform. In this episode Todd Baker talks with Bill Pratt about showcasing multiple Microchip solutions that target intelligent machine vision in motor control applications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Making Image Sensor Implementation Easier for Facial and Object Recognition

With the need for facial or object recognition in more applications today, integrating MIPI based camera sensors to assorted processors can be a challenge for design engineers. In this episode of The Current, Todd Baker speaks to our very own Intelligent Sensing Engineer, Don Gunn, who takes us through new solutions he has developed to make proof of concepts easier, and how engineers can build their own camera enabled embedded systems with NXP's i.MX or Renesas's RZ processors and onsemi's imaging sensors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Time of Flight Sensors - New Technologies for Distance and Movement Tracking

Time-of-Flight (ToF) sensors have endless variety of uses across many industries. In this episode of The Current, Todd Baker talks to John Kvam about how ST Micro's ToF sensors provide an all-in-one (emitter, receiver, and processor) system for an easy, cost effective, and small footprint integration. We'll explore applications ToF is rapidly growing into, and look in depth at a people counting application system that we can share with customers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bare Conductive - New Conductive Materials Changing IoT!

The world of IoT has grown at a rate that is beyond what most had imagined. The capabilities to integrate electronics directly into the environment has allowed consumer products to be taken to the next level. In this episode of The Current, Todd Baker speaks to Matt Johnson CEO and co-founder of Bare Electronics about the easy-to-use Bare Conductive printed conductive technology that can revolutionize where electronic circuits can be placed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices