Inside Electronics

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) tools have changed how software is designed and tested but developing safe and secure software that must meet safety requirements like ISO 26262 and DO-179C or security standards like ISO/IEC 27001. 

In this episode, we talk with Chuck Brokish, Director of Automotive Business Development at Green Hills Software, about developing safe and secure software and how AI may come into play.

For AI to migrate properly into edge environments, like those needed in wearables, trackers, drones, and camera systems out in the field, we need milliwatt-level, always-on sensing that doesn't force developers to choose between battery life and sophisticated edge performance.

In this episode, we talk about EMASS’ flagship ECS-DoT chip offering high-performance AI processing for vision, audio, and sensor data directly on-device, maximizing energy efficiency through its RISC-V architecture and non-volatile memory.

Energy companies need new solutions to meet rising demand without causing price spikes or slowing the energy transition, and battery storage could help optimize existing power grid infrastructure – the tools and capital exist; now, resolve and regulation are needed. 

In this episode, Gareth Foulkes-Jones discusses the growing role of battery storage in European energy markets and considers the commercial and financing factors that sit alongside the technology.

In this episode of Inside Electronics from Electronic Design, host Alix Paultre interviews Mayrim Verdejo, product line manager-high voltage amplifiers at Texas Instruments (TI), about the growing complexity of embedded-system design.

Mayrim notes engineers must add functionality and bring products to market faster while managing such challenges as power, sensing, signal conditioning, control, timing, wireless connectivity, and other essential functions. She says that trusted, proven components free designers to focus on product differentiation rather than rebuilding basic circuits.

Alix and Mayrim identify autonomous vehicles, AI, medical equipment, and data centers as major drivers of integration, yet emphasize that these technologies depend on reliable foundational components. Mayrim says designers weigh performance, cost, design time, long-term availability, supply-chain reliability, and quality when selecting parts.

Mayrim also presents TI’s differentiation as a broad analog and embedded portfolio, application support and design tools, pin-compatible options, rigorous qualification, and long-term reliability.

The closing message: Designers should consider revisiting existing designs and consider TI’s newer general-purpose and application-specific offerings to improve cost, size, and performance.

Unlike traditional radio frequency communication, optical communication uses narrow and highly focused beams of light that enable up to 100 times higher data transmission rates and make links harder to detect, jam, or intercept. Laser communication can also reduce dependence on congested radio frequency spectrum, where operators face regulatory scrutiny, licensing delays, and interference bottlenecks.