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Analog Devices to Buy Power Chip Startup Empower in $1. 5 Billion Deal
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (523+ words) Analog Devices (ADI) said it agreed to buy power chip startup'Empower Semiconductor in a $1. 5 billion all-cash deal, aiming to tackle the tricky problem of efficient power delivery in AI data centers. ADI is already one of the main players in…...
Writing Software Right the First Time
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (581+ words) Programming languages like Ada/SPARK and Rust aim to improve things with or without AI assistance. Developers may want to take a closer look at these even while turning to AI to enhance their productivity. While a definitive accounting of…...
Quick Poll: Writing Bug-Free Code for Embedded Applications
21+ hour, 13+ min ago (369+ words) "The target audience includes embedded software developers and engineers interested in improving code quality and reducing bugs in their applications, particularly those who participate in industry webinars and technical discussions." Quick Poll: Writing Bug-Free Code for Embedded Applications This poll…...
The Principles of Safe Industrial Power Design
21+ hour, 55+ min ago (745+ words) A safety function can either carry out positive actions to avoid hazardous situations or prevent actions from being taken to maintain a safe state. In terms of failures, a safety function could either have a systematic failure or a random…...
Accelerated Embedded Systems for Physical AI
1+ day, 26+ min ago (313+ words) Physical AI is the latest term for robot and drones with a mix of artificial intelligence (AI) that allows them to be smarter and more robust. The latest crop of physical AI devices integrates more sensors that feed more AI…...
Infographic: Framework Vs. Execution: The True Drivers of Performance In Power Topology
1+ week, 26+ min ago (24+ words) Designing efficient and reliable power systems requires more than simply choosing the right architecture. Successful power topology design depends on how engineers execute critical. .....
Applying Edge AI to DC Arc Fault Detection (Part 2): Software Development to Deployment
6+ day, 26+ min ago (905+ words) Part 1 of this article series explored how edge AI-enabled microcontrollers can more effectively detect dangerous DC series arc faults in solar, electric-vehicle (EV), and battery storage systems compared to traditional protection methods. Part 2 explores the practical software workflow, from data…...
Low-Power Vision Processing for Physical AI
1+ week, 26+ min ago (204+ words) Physical artificial intelligence (AI) typically equates to robotics or some variation thereof. One of the key components of such a system is vision processing using large language models (LLMs) and vision language models (VLMs) running on a local system. I…...
Flyback Design in Practice: From Po E to Offline AC/DC
1+ day, 26+ min ago (221+ words) "The target audience is engineers and technical professionals interested in power supply design, particularly those working with flyback converters in applications like Po E and offline AC/DC systems." This episode of Inside Electronics, sponsored by Digi Key and W'rth…...
Rethinking How Physics is Used in Hardware Design
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1157+ words) Modern hardware design is no longer limited by creativity or compute " it's limited by how and when physics can be evaluated. The limitation isn't computational power " it's the structure of the workflow itself. Simulation is inherently episodic. Physical behavior is…...