Max Maxfield

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Articles

LEDs & Current-Limiting Resistors

6 days ago | designnews.com | Max Maxfield

I don’t know about you, but although I like reading about electronics in a theoretical sort of way, there’s nothing I enjoy more than the hands-on building of something and then watching that thing perform its magic in the real world, especially if flashing light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are involved. “Show me an LED flashing, and I’ll show you a man drooling,” as I’m prone to say. Before we proceed any further, let’s remind ourselves that the LED abbreviation can be pronounced in two ways.
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad 48V World

1 week ago | eejournal.com | Max Maxfield

It seems that many of our electronic systems (communications, computing, automotive, industrial, etc.) are transitioning from 12V to 48V. How are you going to power yours? (Don’t worry, that’s a trick question because I’m about to expound, explicate, and elucidate like an Olympic champion.)For some reason, I currently find the phrase “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad 48V World” bouncing around my bonce.
Only the Most Epic Embedded Online Conference Ever!

1 week ago | eejournal.com | Max Maxfield

The value of online (virtual) conferences is increasing in leaps and bounds as travel becomes more problematic and time is increasingly at a premium. Some of these events “stand proud in the crowd,” as it were. Allow me to expound, elucidate, and explicate. When it comes to embedded space (where no one can hear you scream), the virtual extravaganza on everybody’s lips is the Embedded Online Conference (EOC).
Is Integral Mind’s Digital Enlightenment Platform a True Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)?

2 weeks ago | eejournal.com | Max Maxfield

Sponsored by Mouser Electronics and ArduinoJoin Libby and Demo in this episode of “Libby’s Lab” as they explore the Arduino Portenta Environmental Monitoring Bundle, available at Mouser.com! This bundle is perfect for engineers requiring environmental data such as temperature, humidity, and pressure. Designed for ease of use, the bundle is great for IoT, smart home, and industrial devices, and it includes WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity.
TASKBOTs Set to Seamlessly Integrate into Human Workplace Environments

3 weeks ago | eejournal.com | Max Maxfield

Sponsored by Mouser Electronics and ArduinoJoin Libby and Demo in this episode of “Libby’s Lab” as they explore the Arduino Portenta Environmental Monitoring Bundle, available at Mouser.com! This bundle is perfect for engineers requiring environmental data such as temperature, humidity, and pressure. Designed for ease of use, the bundle is great for IoT, smart home, and industrial devices, and it includes WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity.
The Beginner’s Guide to Electronics: Components—What to Buy First, Part 4

3 weeks ago | designnews.com | Max Maxfield

The phrase, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it," is famously attributed to Yogi Berra, the legendary baseball player known for his humorous and often paradoxical sayings. On the surface, this seems nonsensical—how can we take both paths at a fork? Like many of Yogi's quotes, however, this carries deeper meaning and can be interpreted in multiple ways. First and foremost is the humorous absurdity.
Findchips: From Engineer’s Hack to Advanced Component Search Engine

3 weeks ago | eejournal.com | Max Maxfield

As I may have mentioned on occasion, one of my favorite science fiction movies is the 1982 American-Hong Kong dystopian science fiction movie Blade Runner, which was directed by Ridley Scott and is often rated as one of the greatest sci-fi films ever (it was based on the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick).
What Is Platypus from Zero ASIC in the World of FPGAs?

4 weeks ago | designnews.com | Max Maxfield

Before I tell you what I’m about to tell you, let’s first refresh our minds as to RISC-V processors. Why? Well, because even though what I’m about to tell you has nothing to do with RISC-V per se, in the not-so-distant future, this may well turn out to be the FPGA equivalent to the RISC-V story, in which case you can tell everyone that you heard it here first.
Are You Going to RISC-V Con 2025?

4 weeks ago | eejournal.com | Max Maxfield

I’m thinking of a RISC-V IP vendor. One that has a 30% market share of the global RISC-V IP market. One whose IP cores are to be found in more than 16 billion system-on-chip (SoC) devices. Are you thinking who I’m thinking? No, not them, silly! I’m talking about Andes Technology. Since Andes was founded in Taiwan (it’s a public company on the Taiwanese stock exchange), it’s less well known in North America than some of the other guys.
From Power Supply Block Diagram to Completed Design in 60 Seconds!

1 month ago | eejournal.com | Max Maxfield

There are many things I’ve not really thought about before. I don’t like to boast (I pride myself on my humility), but I bet I’ve not thought about more things than most people. One reason I say this is that I keep on being introduced to new things I’ve never even considered. Take the power supply portion of embedded systems and the “things” part of the IoT, for example.