#MaxCoolBeans : Captivating Component Art clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/capt… I’m envisioning what one of these pieces would look like on the wall of my office. It would look awesome!

Issuing a Challenge to Edge AI Processor Manufacturers eejournal.com/article/issuin… I want an affordable Webcam + AI-MCU combo that can detect when someone is looking in its general direction and use this info to activate a display.

Ode to Bodacious Breadboards, Part 3 designnews.com/components-sub… It’s often advantageous to gather groups of components onto mini-breakout boards.

SPOT Platform Gives Ambiq Apollo510 MCU an Unfair Low Power Advantage eejournal.com/article/spot-p… The Apollo510 provides the ability to do AI/ML workloads concurrently with complex graphics, telco-quality voice applications, and always-on voice/sensor processing.

#MaxCoolBeans : Wow! Biomimetic LEDs! clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/wow-… Biological-inspired developments result in LEDs that are 55% brighter, but 55% brighter than what?

Something M-azing This Way Comes eejournal.com/article/someth… Connectivity on Steroids! Particle's new M-Series SOMs (System-on-Modules) support Wi-Fi, Cellular, LoRaWAN, and Satellite (NTN / Non-Terrestrial Network) communications.

#MaxCoolBeans : One Robotic Step Closer to Humanoid Robots in the Home clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/one-… Are you ready for a revolution in robotic technology (as opposed to a robotic revolution, of course)?

I would LOVE to get a copy of this book from 1984 (I'd like to enter the code on my THEC64 clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/spea…), but the book is currently trading at well over $100 (sad face)

Okay, fine, I'll jump on the AI bandwagon.

Affordable Rack-Mount Quantum Computers Are Here! eejournal.com/article/afford… Quantum Computing's Dirac-3 Entropy Quantum Computer (EQC) is an affordable 5U rack-mount quantum computer that is is purpose-built for solving complex optimization problems.

Ode to Bodacious Breadboards, Part 2 designnews.com/components-sub… There’s always something new to learn, even with something simple like breadboards.

Understanding and Optimizing SoC Hardware Performance eejournal.com/article/unders… Performance Cookbook: Understand & optimize the hardware performance of Arm-based SoCs in exhilarating detail (the tools and techniques are also applicable to RISC-V and other processor-based systems).

AMD Rocks with New Versal Gen 2 AI Edge SoC FPGAs eejournal.com/article/amd-ro… AMD is introducing two new series of devices—Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 for artificial intelligence (AI)-driven embedded systems and Versal Prime Series Gen 2 for classic embedded systems.

Will the Renesas RZ/VH2 MPU Dominate Embedded AI Vision Applications? eejournal.com/article/will-t… These bodacious devices are focused (no pun intended) on stste-of-the-art vision applications in the edge embedded application space.

Controlling the World with Raspberry Pi eejournal.com/article/contro… Sfera Labs has made a name for itself with its ruggedized control and automation systems based on open-source processors like Arduino and Raspberry Pi

Ncore’s Not Your Granny’s Coherent NoC (Network-on-Chip) designnews.com/semiconductors… Things have evolved beyond all expectation since I designed my first ASIC.

A Brave New World of Emulation and Software Prototyping eejournal.com/article/a-brav… The guys and gals at Siemens have just announced not one, not two, but three new families of congruent ASIC/SoC emulation and software prototyping solutions that bring tears of joy to my eyes.

#MaxCoolBeans : Ask Not for Whom the Ball Rolls clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/ask-… The awesome thing about these machines is that you are limited only by your imagination, and I’ve got a GREAT imagination.

#MaxCoolBeans : World’s Simplest Electric Train clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/worl… I want to build one of these myself. How about you? Could you be tempted to dip your toes in the electric train waters?

Reimagining Radar in the Form of High-Resolution 4D Sensing Systems eejournal.com/article/reimag… Applications for bitsensing’s technology: transforming the capabilities of autonomous vehicles, reimagining the abilities of smart city infrastructures, and elevating connected living...