Analog & power electronics
Product design & engineering
194 episodes across 15 shows cover analog & power electronics. The shows that cover it most are The Amp Hour, Hackaday Podcast and Embedded.fm. The most recent, from 18 Sept 2026, is “The Walmart Greeter of Electronics” from The Amp Hour.
Analog and mixed-signal circuits, power supplies and converters, grounding, noise and data converters.
194 episodes from 15 shows, most relevant and most recent first.
194 episodes
Perpetual Wearable Biosensing with Andy Kong
Andy Kong, founder of Chargerless, explains how his pre-seed wearable biosensing device achieves perpetual operation using just one minute of daily sunlight. He details the system architecture, which relies on a deliberately underpowered…
Making Analog Chip Designs Without Analog Designers
Dr. Jennifer Hasler of Georgia Tech discusses her work on Field Programmable Analog Arrays (FPAAs) and new Python-based analog synthesis tools designed to make analog chip design accessible to non-analog experts. She explains how…
High Power PCB Design: Pushing the Limits with Caleb Buck
Caleb Buck, a PCB Design Electronics Engineer at Nidec Aerospace, discusses the complexities of high-power PCB design, ranging from guitar pedal prototypes to aerospace systems handling over 500 amps. He explains how uneven current…
High Current PDN Design: Engineer of the Year Reveals Industry Secrets
Ben Dannan, founder of Signal Edge Solutions and DesignCon's Engineer of the Year, discusses the engineering challenges of designing 2,000-amp power distribution networks (PDN) for high-power AI processors like NVIDIA's Blackwell platform…
Accelerating Complex Analog IC Design: The Power of Early Reliability Verification
Matthew Hogan, Product Management Director at Siemens Digital Industry Software, explains how Insight Analyzer enables 'shift-left' reliability verification for complex analog and mixed-signal IC designs. He details how the tool performs…
EMC Expert Debunks Common PCB Grounding Myths
Todd Hubing, president of LearnEMC, explains that grounding myths stem from confusing signal integrity return paths with EMC ground structures, arguing that high-frequency currents follow the path of least impedance and do not cause ground…
Innovation Under the Hood - Part 2
Peter Vaughan, Director of BizDev for Automotive at Power Integrations, discusses the evolution of electric vehicle power electronics, focusing on the transition from 12V lead-acid batteries to high-efficiency power supplies. He explains…
EP 189: Analyzing ADI Earnings, Custom Silicon Shifts, and Semiconductor Debt
Hosts Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg analyze Analog Devices' (ADI) recent earnings, highlighting a doubling of data center revenue driven by 800-volt architectures and high gross margins, while noting their conservative focus on Serviceable…
Energizing the Future: Real-Time Precision in Renewable Energy Management
Henrik Mannesson, General Manager of Grid Infrastructure and Power Delivery at Texas Instruments, discusses the evolution of smart grids, emphasizing the shift from simple metering to real-time energy management. He details how…
QSPICE Circuit Simulation: A Spicy Discussion with Mike Engelhardt
Mike Engelhardt, creator of LTspice and now QSPICE at Qorvo, explains how he built circuit simulation tools starting from his work in physics labs and oil exploration. He details the rapid development of LTspice in 10 months to serve as…
412: Inductors Don't Have Feelings
Tom Anderson, an engineer at Keysight Technologies, explains the fundamental physics of passive components and semiconductors, starting with vacuum tubes to demystify diodes, transistors (NPN/PNP), resistors, capacitors, and inductors. He…
Reducing Energy Consumed By Household Appliances
Darrel Kingham, CEO of Cambridge-based startup Pulsiv, explains how their patented power electronics technology eliminates the need for PFC inductors in AC-to-DC conversion, thereby improving efficiency and reducing global energy waste…
The Custom Power Chip You Configure Yourself: Power GreenPAK
Sidney Chan, product marketing director at Renesas, explains how Power GreenPAK allows engineers to configure custom power chips with integrated DC-DC converters, LDOs, and load switches at their desk. He demonstrates the SLG51002, an…
The rise of grid power electronics with Drew Baglino
Drew Baglino, founder and CEO of Heron Power and former Tesla energy leader, explains how solid-state transformers (SSTs) use silicon carbide power electronics to replace aging, passive grid infrastructure. He details the severe…
Switching Converter Engineering with Carmen Parisi
Carmen Parisi, Staff Applications Engineer at Renesas (formerly Intersil and TI), explains the engineering challenges of designing high-current switching regulators for Intel and AMD processors. She details the use of multi-phase buck…
Applied Embedded Electronics with Jerry Twomey
Jerry Twomey, author of 'Applied Embedded Electronics' and founder of Effective Electrons, discusses his consulting work helping companies like Dexcom and IBM build reliable embedded systems. He emphasizes that robust design requires…
Power Transmission with Toby Robb
Toby Robb, a distribution network professional from the Illawarra region of Australia, explains the architecture of the power grid, from coal-fired generation and 500 kV transmission to the 132 kV distribution network managed by providers…
Zonal Power: 48V Architectures for the Software Defined Vehicle
Elmech Dihiras, a senior technical marketing engineer at Monolithic Power Systems (MPS), explains the automotive industry's transition from legacy 12V domain architectures to 48V zonal architectures for Software Defined Vehicles (SDVs). He…
491: Oscillators Oscillating Other Oscillators
Kirk Pearson, founder of Dogbotic, discusses his book "Make: Electronic Music from Scratch" and his virtual workshops that teach beginners to build analog synthesizers and other audio gizmos. He explains how simple oscillator circuits…
EP 180: HPE Reflections on AI Compute Racks, Analog Analog Analog Semis.
Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg discuss findings from HPE Discover and Computex, focusing on how Dell and HPE are differentiating their AI infrastructure through custom rack engineering, hybrid cooling, and specialized networking strategies…
EP 372: Pop Tubers, Shifty Semiconductors, and Shelving Shelf Labels
Hosts Tom Nardi and Kristina Panos discuss a range of hardware hacks, including Texas Instruments' changes to legacy op-amps like the NE5532 and OPA134, which create compatibility issues for designers. They explore creative projects such…
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Programmable Logic Made Easy: GreenPAK Tutorial with Dima Mymrikov
Dima Mymrikov, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Renesas, demonstrates the GreenPAK programmable mixed-signal IC family and its Go Configure software. He shows how engineers can replace multiple discrete components with a single tiny…
Ep. 6 | Crucial Trade-Offs in Automotive Power Design with Tesla and Vicor
Milovan Kovacevic, a power electronics engineer at Tesla, and Paul Yaman, Director of Applications Engineering at Vicor, discuss the critical trade-offs in automotive power design. They analyze the technical differences between IGBTs and…
516: Voices From the Cataclysms of the Universe
Sophi Kravitz, an electrical engineer and artist, discusses her upcoming art installation 'Messages from Space,' which uses Geiger–Müller tubes to detect cosmic rays and trigger sounds and stories. She explains the physics of cosmic rays…
An Interview with Kendall Castor-Perry
Dave Jones, known as the 'Filter Wizard' and former audio specialist at Burr-Brown and Cypress, discusses the evolution of analog filtering from discrete components to integrated circuits. He explains how the shift to Delta-Sigma ADCs…
IoT Energy Management with Switch Always On | Smart Charging Technologies's Nasser Kutkut
Nasser Kutkut, founder and CEO of Smart Charging Technologies, explains the development of Switch Always On, a smart DC micro power supply designed to provide uninterrupted power and automated connectivity restoration for IoT networking…
An Interview with Matt Duff
Matt Duff, an engineer at Analog Devices, discusses the company's strategic shift from pure performance optimization to user-centric design tools, such as the Filter Wizard and ADC Driver. He explains how these web-based applications…
An Interview with Art Kay
Art Kay, an application manager at Texas Instruments, discusses his career starting at Burr Brown and the transition to TI, highlighting the shift from laser-trimming bipolar devices to digital trimming in CMOS. He details the evolution of…
Can Neuromorphic Be Low-Power, Reconfigurable, and Scalable?
Professor Gert Cauwenberghs of the University of California San Diego, leading the Neuromorphic Commons (Thor) hub, explains his approach to building brain-scale neuromorphic systems that are low-power, reconfigurable, and scalable. He…
Ep 359: Flying Squids, Edible Passwords, and a CAD Automaton
Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams discuss a variety of hardware hacks, including Oliver Pet's 18-joint CAD automaton that uses 36 cables and CNC-cut cams to mimic human archery mechanics. They analyze Peltier cooler…
Ep 222: VCF East Special Edition
Managing Editor Tom Nardi hosts a special episode from the Vintage Computer Festival East, featuring interviews with David Lovett of Usagi Electric and Jerry Ellsworth, co-founder of Till5. Lovett details his vacuum tube-based recreation…
Electronica 24: Mo Mirvakili's Journey from Bathroom Lab to Breakthrough Technology
Mo Mirvakili, founder of Seron Electronics, explains how his PhD research at MIT led to the creation of a precise power platform developed in a bathroom lab during the pandemic. He details the system's unique constant power feature at low…
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Building Brain-Like Systems from Sub-Threshold Electronics
Professor Giacomo Indiveri of the Institute of Neuroinformatics explains his work on sub-threshold analog neuromorphic chips like DynapSE2, which mimic biological neurons for ultra-low-power biosignal processing. He discusses the shift…
Ep 386: Doomscroll Tamagotchis, Clavichords, and Vibrotrucks
Hosts Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos review a week of hacks, including Isar Aerospace's successful orbital launch from Europe and the growing Retrocomputing Challenge. They discuss Peter Reisek's self-balancing monopole that uses…
An Interview with Jørgen Jakobsen
Jørgen Jakobsen, an IC designer at Mios Audio, details his career designing hearing aid chips in Denmark and his current work on ultra-low-power Class D amplifiers. He explains how Mios Audio's multi-level output stages eliminate idle…
The Spark Gap - Episode 33
Hosts Carl and Corey discuss the practical application of Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs) and Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs) in embedded electronics. They highlight specific components like the TI INA226 current/voltage monitor…
Tugging on the Nerd Heartstring
Dave Jones and Chris Gammell discuss the evolution of test equipment, highlighting Rigol's aggressive pricing and custom ASIC/FPGA strategy with the MHO 900 series oscilloscope, which has disrupted the market by offering high bandwidth at…
An Interview with Jean Rintoul
Jean Rintoul, founder of Mindseye Biomedical, discusses the Spectra, an open-source electrical impedance tomography (EIT) kit designed to make medical imaging accessible. He explains the physics of using low-level AC current to reconstruct…
The Spark Gap - Episode 30
Hosts Carl and Corey discuss methods for switching and routing power in embedded electronics, starting with the limitations of microcontroller GPIO pins and the distinction between high-side and low-side switching. They analyze the…
The Spark Gap - Episode 25
James Lewis, technical marketing director at Kemet Electronics, joins the show to explain the physics and selection of capacitors, covering ceramic (X5R, X7R, C0G), tantalum, and aluminum types. He details how DC bias, temperature…
Ep 378: C Coders, Ceramic Printers, and Shadow Archives
Hosts Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos discuss the upcoming Supercon conference in Pasadena and the Frikkin' Lasers Contest. They cover several hacks, including Abdul Sahil's OpenStrap project which reverse-engineers the Whoop fitness…
480: Surprises Early In The Game
Jerry Twomey, principal engineer at Effective Electrons and author of the new O'Reilly book 'Applied Embedded Electronics,' discusses the critical gap between ideal textbook electronics and real-world non-ideal behaviors. He explains how…
Bio-Inspired Networks to Interface with Nervous System
Dr. Elisa Donati of the Institute of Neuroinformatics in Zurich discusses using neuromorphic circuits to create closed-loop interfaces with the peripheral nervous system for prosthetics and drug delivery. She explains her design of analog…
Why Sound Processing Takes Time, Not Just Frequency
Dr. Shih-Chii Liu, co-director of the Sensors Group at the Institute of Neuroinformatics (ETH Zurich), explains how her neuromorphic silicon cochlea converts sound into asynchronous spikes to enable low-power voice activity detection. She…
Leading Edge Analog with Joren Vaes
Joren Vaes, a high-speed design engineer at SOFICS, explains the complexities of designing analog IP blocks for leading-edge semiconductor nodes like TSMC's 2 nm process. He details how designers navigate massive Process Design Kits (PDKs)…
The Spark Gap - Episode 14
Hosts Carl and Corey explain the design and operation of an adjustable constant current electronic load (E-load), detailing how to build one using a MOSFET, a sense resistor, and an op-amp. They discuss critical component selection…
An Interview with Eric Bogatin - Tilded Thumb Tenets
Eric Bogatin, Dean of the Teledyne LeCroy Signal Integrity Academy, explains the foundational physics of signal integrity, emphasizing that engineers must understand Maxwell's equations and the concept of 'being the signal' to grasp how…
Software Defined Power Supplies with Werner Johansson
Werner Johansson of Qoitech discusses the design and application of software-defined power supplies, specifically the ARC and ACE programmable power supplies and electronic loads. He explains how these devices enable firmware teams to…
The Spark Gap - Episode 3
Hosts Carl and Corey explain the fundamentals of powering electronic circuits, contrasting linear regulators (including LDOs and precision references) with switch-mode power supplies (buck, boost, and buck-boost). They detail the…
Ep. 4 |The Future Is Coding: Experts from iRobot and STMicroelectronics
Tim Saeger, Executive Vice President and Chief R&D Officer at iRobot, explains how the company integrates hardware and software, leveraging cell phone industry components and specialized software teams to manage complex robotics platforms…