When you are developing an application using a particular MCU, likely one of the popular models, maybe built around an Arm core, you have a few different paths you can take. You can go at it on your own, you can get an assist from the MCU vendor, or you can partner with a third party to get you past the rough patches. Each of these choices comes with different tradeoffs, including the costs, design times, and a few other factors.

To help you understand how to make these choices for your application, Rich and Vin brought in one of those potential partners to discuss the various trade-offs. This episode of DevTalk with Rich and Vin features Ranganathan SK, the Associate Vice President of Product Engineering Services at MosChip Technologies.

Nary does a conversation take place these days in my professional circles without some mention of AI. And for good reason. It’s not just the latest cool technology. It is, without question, a game changer.

However, AI does come with a downside, and a potentially deep and dark downside if you believe some “experts.” In fact, that downside can be extremely destructive. Hence, who should be watching over the makers of this technology to ensure it is used in a safe and viable manner?

That’s a question that is not easily answered, as you will hear on this episode of DevTalk with Rich and Vin, with special guest Dr. David Utzke, a former U.S. Treasury cybercrimes technologist.

The community has been designing embedded systems for a very long time. If we look at one slice of time, say the last 25 years, how have embedded systems changed over the last 25 years?

The short answer is: immensely.

You could argue that there’s very little resemblance between today’s AI-based computing platforms and large, generally single-function embedded computers of yesteryear.

Rich and Vin decided to dive deeper into the topic, and it became quite animated in the latest episode of DevTalk with Rich and Vin.