Part 2 of this article series covers a period of explosive growth for the Heath Company as its amateur radio equipment kits captured a larger and larger share of the market. This article series is based on a presentation by Chas Gilmore (W8IAI), a life-long Ham who joined the Heath Company in 1966 as a design engineer and worked at the Heath Company for more than two decades, … Read More → "“H” is for Heathkits and Hams: Part 2 – The 1960s"
There’s a famous saying along the lines of, “Predicting things is difficult, especially about the future.” This quote has been attributed to many people, including Mark Twain, Niels Bohr, and Yogi Berra. In Yogi’s case, however, it’s usually phrased as, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”
I know that when I staggered into the current millennium, … Read More → "Predictions for Multi-Die System Designs in 2025"
Late last year, I published a 6-part article series that recounted the history of the Heath Company and its world-famous Heathkits. The series was based on an interview with Chas Gilmore, who joined the Heath Company in 1966 as a design engineer and worked at the Heath Company for more than two decades, eventually becoming VP of product development, marketing, and sales and finally EVP and General Manager. … Read More → "“H” is for Heathkits and Hams: Part 1 – Early Days through the 1950s"
My podcast guest this week is Eitan Elkin, director of marketing at Prisma Photonics. Eitan and I discuss how optical fiber sensing can make a huge impact in infrastructure monitoring. We explore the details of the solution at the heart of Prisma Photonics: Hyper-Scan Fiber-Sensing, the applications that could take advantage of this technology including extreme weather events … Read More → "Hyper-Scan Fiber Sensing: A Revolution in Infrastructure Monitoring with Prisma Photonics"
Have you heard tell of the Rust programming language and how it is growing to be a serious contender in embedded space (where no one can hear you scream)? If not, then make yourself comfortable, “O my Best Beloved,” and I shall babble, blabber, and blather on this topic, as is my wont, but first…
If you are a non-programmer (or even if … Read More → "Rust Rules! (Programming Language-Wise)"
Starting with the development of the world’s first single-chip DSP, the Bell Labs DSP1, Jim Boddie devoted his long career to expanding the world of digital signal processing. His early work in developing signal-processing algorithms on minicomputers with attached array processors led him to cutting-edge signal-processing research at Bell Labs. That work resulted in the development of the DSP1, which AT&T successfully deployed in … Read More → "In Memoriam: James Boddie, DSP Pioneer"
