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After completing his studies in electrical engineering, Jon Gabay has worked with defense, commercial, industrial, consumer, energy, and medical companies as a design engineer, firmware coder, system designer, research scientist, and product developer. As an alternative energy researcher and inventor, he has been involved with automation technology since he founded and ran Dedicated Devices Corp. up until 2004. Since then, he has been doing research and development, writing articles, and developing technologies for next-generation engineers and students.

An Engineer's Primer: Designing AI Systems

On March 10, 2023 in All, Computing, General, IoT by Jon Gabay

AI poses design challenges to engineers classically trained in analog and digital logic design. Fortunately, there are devices, libraries, education, and dev kits to help accelerate the learning curve. Learn more about the types of AI learning, where new AI design differs from classic techniques, and how to accelerate your designs.

Tagged With: ai, algorithms, chips, data, embedded, logic, programming

MaaS: New Tech Challenges

On January 19, 2023 in All, Automotive, Computing, IoT, Power, Security, Sensors, Wireless by Jon Gabay

Mobility as a Service (MaaS) wants to eliminate internal combustion engines and reduce the number of privately owned vehicles. There are many environmental benefits to this idea if done right. We are at a point now where we can solve the tech problems efficiently.

Tagged With: autonomous, electric car, iot, maas, ridesharing, self-driving

Depth Sensors Visualize Volumes

On April 15, 2022 in All, Automation, Computing, Dev Tools, EIT 2022, Robotics, Security, Sensors by Jon Gabay

Many new machines and robots will be able to take advantage of modular 3-D sensing and measurement thanks to the recent Analog Devices’ Time of Flight development kit. As a reference design or an OEM module, volumetric sensing just got easier.

Tagged With: distance sensing, factory, machine vision, occupancy, ranging, robot, volumetric

The IoT Machine Authentication Dilemma

On April 6, 2022 in All, Computing, General, Industrial, IoT, Security, Wireless by Jon Gabay

There are more machine-to-machine communications today than person-to-person. Securing the exponentially growing number of IoT devices is no simple task. Can a device authenticate who it is talking to? If everything can be accessed from anywhere, is anything truly safe?

Tagged With: authentication, communications, hacking, iot, security, vulnerable

A New Creature Processes the Earth

On December 1, 2021 in All, Computing by Jon Gabay

The Compute Element has evolved to tackle today’s more complex and autonomous machinery needs. It will change how embedded systems are designed. We’ll tackle processor selection, features, and potential.

Tagged With: computing, intel, intel compute element, processing, processors, single board computers

Microchip and the Changing Automotive Reality

On November 12, 2021 in All, Automotive, General, IoT by Jon Gabay

New integrated circuits for modern cars help design engineers integrate more effective engine control, augmented reality, and virtual reality systems that improve performance, fuel efficiency, comfort, and safety.

Tagged With: analog, augmented reality, automotive, infotainment, logistics, microchip technology, processors, timing devices, virtual reality

Thermal Imaging Sensor Measures, Alerts Human Presence

On September 16, 2021 in All, Sensors by Jon Gabay

Occupancy detection is difficult for technology to do. Motion detectors, floormat switches, and electric eyes can’t discern groups of people. New thermal imaging arrays designed to count and track people in specific areas solve this problem and even determine whether people are too close.

Tagged With: detection, grid eye, panasonic, sensor array, thermal, thermal sensor

Intel® NUC 8 Enables Higher Level Designs

On April 28, 2021 in All, Automation, Computing, Industrial, IoT, Motor Control, Wireless by Jon Gabay

Intel® NUC 8 single-board computers include higher level integrated functional blocks and application-specific software coupled with debugged drivers and APIs that glue the system design together and get projects up and running quickly with low risk.

Tagged With: computer, computers, design engineer, hardened, integrated, intel®, interfaces, processors, ruggedized, single board, time to market

Precise Position Tracking Using Ultra-Wideband

On March 15, 2021 in All, Automation, Computing, Dev Tools, General, Industrial, IoT, RF, Sensors, Wireless by Jon Gabay

GPS technology changed the world. So too will UWB position-tracking capabilities for accurately tracking and combining data in personal, public space, and industrial applications.

Tagged With: ieee 802.15.4a, ieee 802.15.4z, location aware, location tracking, ultra wide band, uwb, wireless

Power over Ethernet Pushes Forward

On March 11, 2021 in All, Automation, Computing, Connectors, Dev Tools, IoT, Power, Security, Sensors by Jon Gabay

Wired Ethernet provides a more secure connection and will not bog down wireless networks for data hogs like high-definition streaming video. 802.3bt now adds up to 90W of power over Ethernet to each device, eliminating the need to run power. Self-power sensors and IoT devices can now thrive.

Tagged With: applications, cat5, communications, data, devices, ethernet, infrastructure, iot, microchip technology, mpoe, networking, poe, power over ethernet, topology

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