Archives: Articles
-
The Rise and Fall of Heathkit – Part 2: The 1960s through the mid-1970s
Chas Gilmore joined the Heath Company in 1966 as a design engineer in the company’s Scientific Instruments group and worked at the Heath Company on…
-
There’s Exciting News on the Multi-Modal AI SoC Front
As is often the case, I’m amazed by how so many things seem to be interrelated and interconnected. I’m sorry… I feel an aside coming…
-
The Rise and Fall of Heathkit – Part 1: Early Days
If you came of age in the 1960s or 1970s and then later became an EE, chances are you’re more than casually acquainted with Heathkit.…
-
Customized Analog ASSPs for Smart Factories and Industry 4.0
I’m a digital logic design engineer by trade. In this uncertain world in which we live, I find comfort and take solace in the fact…
-
In Memoriam: Charlie Sporck, Former CEO of National Semiconductor
Charles (Charlie) Sporck, a former CEO of National Semiconductor, died in October. He was a true semiconductor pioneer – a contemporary of Robert Noyce and…
-
Altera unveils slightly more detail about the Agilex 3 FPGA family a year after announcing it
At Altera’s recent Innovators Day, the company’s CEO Sandra Rivera mostly rehashed the newly freed FPGA company’s goals and plans. She also disclosed just a…
-
Arrggghhh! Now I Want an NI mioDAQ! (Ignore the ‘!’)
For those who don the undergarments of authority and stride the corridors of power, pompously parading the insignia of the punctuation police and SEO security,…
-
What if Your Strawberries Could Talk?
So, there I was, happily minding my own business, when my email system went “ping” and I looked up to see a message with a…
-
Welcome to the Wild Goose Lodge, a LoRaWAN hotel where you can check in and out any time you like
On a recent trip through Oregon, my wife and I stopped in a very small town named Merrill, which is the closest town to the…
-
Humanoid Robots Will Be Serving You Soon
As I always say, if you show me a picture of a robot or an elephant, you will have my full and undivided attention. This…