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Send us Fan MailComing off the heels of CES, it was clear that home automation is a hot topic. One vendor making waves in that space (pun intended) is EnOcean. The company is behind the technology that provides for self-powered IoT devices, including sensors, switches, etc. It's a very cool technology, one that was worthy of delving into, which is exactly what I did with my Five Minutes with…discussion with Troy Davis, a Director at EnOcean. https://www.enocean.com/en/For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan MailSecurity is at the forefront of all IoT design. Or is it? I'm hearing too often that security is employed when it makes fiscal sense to do so, and not on just about every design, which is how it should be. This was the heart of the conversation I had with Rod Schultz, who is the Chief Product Officer for Rubicon Labs in this week's Five Minutes with…discussion. https://www.rubiconlabs.io/For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan MailThe HSA Foundation is a non-profit group whose goal is to simplify the programming of heterogenous systems. in this week’s Five Minutes with…discussion, I spoke to John Glossner, President HAS Foundation. He went through some of the findings of a recent survey conducted by the Foundation. http://www.hsafoundation.com/For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan MailLast week the Embedded Insiders faced the grind of CES 2018, but came away with a bunch of interesting topics to kick off 2018. Most notably, the Insiders encountered some problems with current use of the term, "connected car," listened in on some amazing advances in digital signal processing (DSP) for virtual assistants, and heard that LiDAR was a bunch of sh**. Tune in and tag along as they explain.For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan MailMake the digital transformation. What does that mean? That’s the first question I asked of Shawn Reynolds, the Chief Marketing Officer for Telit in this week’s Five Minutes with…discussion. It has everything to do with capturing data and applying it in an environment like the IoT. Telit is in the module business, so it’s in their best interest to make this transformation, both in terms of hardware and software. https://www.telit.com/For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan MailLast episode, the Embedded Insiders explored how voice recognition will impact privacy and security in the smart home. This episode, Todd Mozer, CEO of audio and voice processing company Sensory, joins the pair. Mozer gives an insider's perspective of the DSP and machine learning technologies powering voice rec platforms, and what they mean for developers (and users) of virtual assistants.For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan MailWhat’s more important than reliability when you’re dealing with an industrial IoT system? Not much. That’s the reason why ATEK Access Technologies installed a Director of IIoT Reliability in its organization. Hence, it’s Craig Truempi’s job to ensure the reliability of the company’s platforms, including predictive maintenance. How does he do that? You’ll have to tune in to this week’s Five Minutes with…discussion wo find out. http://atekcompanies.com/access-technologiesFor more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan MailRISC-V has caused a slew of start-ups. One of those, SiFive, is composed of some of the folks behind the original spec, derived at Berkeley. Jack Kang, SiFive’s Vice President of Product and Business Development, had a great perspective on the RISC-V instruction set architecture, and cleared up some of the misconceptions. On this week’s Five Minutes with…interview, Jack went through everything from the latest silicon announcements to the all-important ecosystem. https://riscv.org/ https://www.sifive.com/For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan MailIt always seems like it's a ways away, and then you look at the calendar and it's right around the corner. The Embedded Insiders' inboxes are already overflowing with CES 2018 meeting requests, and unfortunately there's not enough time to meet with everyone. Tune into this week's Embedded Insiders podcast as the two try to decipher which meetings are most appropriate. They also discuss technologies they're excited to see at the show, such as autonomous vehicles and voice recognition.For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan MailLast week, the RISC-V Foundation held a workshop in Silicon Valley. The purpose was to update developers on the progress of the technology and also let some of the partners talk about their own developments/products. By most measures, the workshop was deemed a success. I spoke to Rick O’Connor, the Executive Director of the RISC-V Foundation in this week’s Five Minutes with…discussion to see if he agreed. Rick also went through one of the key announcements that were made last week, and we talked about where the RISC-V instruction-set architecture (ISA) is headed, including its tradeoffs. https://riscv.org/ https://riscv.org/risc-v-isa/For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com