Beyond the Microchip
Episodes
Episode 026 - Biomimicry and the next evolution of AI from the Edge to Data Centers
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 025 - Microchip Technology Powers Sustainability; part 2-of-2
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Every mammal on this planet, instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment. But you humans do not. You move to an a...
Episode 025 - Microchip Technology Powers Sustainability; part 1-of-2
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Every mammal on this planet, instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment. But you humans do not. You move to an a...
Episode 024 - Microcontrollers, Makers, and the DIY Movement; Part 2-of-2
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Arduino. Founded in Italy twenty years ago by a group of visionary educators and engineers, Arduino was born out of a desire to democratize electronic...
Episode 024 - Microcontrollers, Makers, and the DIY Movement; Part 1-of-2
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Arduino. Founded in Italy twenty years ago by a group of visionary educators and engineers, Arduino was born out of a desire to democratize electronic...
Episode 023 - FIRST Robotics and Generational Influences in Engineering; part 2-of-2
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The relationship between generations often shapes the trajectory of careers, with parents serving as role models, mentors, and sources of inspiration ...
Episode 023 - FIRST Robotics and Generational Influences in Engineering; part 1-of-2
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The relationship between generations often shapes the trajectory of careers, with parents serving as role models, mentors, and sources of inspiration ...
Episode 022 - Space Power and the Greatest Selfie Ever Taken
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve probably seen the photo.  "Earthrise" is one of the most significant photographs in the history of human civilization, and certainly the mo...
Episode 021 - Greenwashing, Last Mile Power and Power-over-Ethernet
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The term "greenwashing" was coined back in 1983 by environmentalist Jay Westerfeld while surfing in Fiji. He later published an essay in 1986 titled "...
Episode 020 - Silicon Carbide and it’s positive impact on efficiency of heat pumps
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
 Imagine living in complete comfort - a home that's perfectly warm in winter and delightfully cool in summer, all while your energy bills shrink and...
Episode 019 - Stellar Solutions: Space-Inspired Tech in Our Everyday Lives; part 2-of-2
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“We hold patents on a few gadgets we confiscated from visitors. Velcro, microwave ovens, liposuction.” - Tommy Lee Jones as "K", describing how th...
Episode 019 - Stellar Solutions: Space-Inspired Tech in Our Everyday Lives; part 1-of-2
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“We hold patents on a few gadgets we confiscated from visitors. Velcro, microwave ovens, liposuction.” - Tommy Lee Jones as "K", describing how th...
Episode 018 - Silicon Carbide and it’s positive impact on energy efficiency of data centers
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our insatiable appetite for information has gone digital. Once upon a time, knowledge seekers ventured into libraries, thumbing through card catalogs ...
Episode 017 - Silicon Carbide and Omnidirectional Power Grids
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the banks of the Susquehanna River in Columbia County, in the northeast corner of the state of Pennsylvania, just outside the town of Berwick; popu...
Episode 016 - Gate Drivers and the Rise of Residential EV Charging
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The service station is a staple of America’s love affair with the automobile. Now it’s going away as the rise of electric vehicles and e-mobility ...
Episode 015 - Cybersecurity and the Internet of Medical Things
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Internet of Things is nothing short of a modern miracle. The ability to connect devices across a network and control them remotely, gathering data...
Episode 014 - Microcontrollers, Power Semiconductors and Fostering Growth Through Renewable Energy
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Picture if you will, a source of energy, so radiant, that it holds the key to our energy future. The sun, a source of limitless potential, emits almos...
Episode 013 - Chips Making Chips
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Machines that build machines. It’s a curious paradox. Whenever you consider something that builds itself, physically, it could conjure thoughts of a...
Episode 012 - Alternative PNT and Hollywood Spy Thrillers Come to Life - Part 2 of 2
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Words are the new weapons, satellites the new artillery.” Jonathan Pryce’s villain Elliot Carver says to James Bond in Tomorrow Never Dies righ...
Episode 012 - Alternative PNT and Hollywood Spy Thrillers Come to Life - Part 1 of 2
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Words are the new weapons, satellites the new artillery.” Jonathan Pryce’s villain Elliot Carver says to James Bond in Tomorrow Never Dies righ...
Episode 011 - Motors, Motors, Everywhere
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s no secret the world turns. Its 24-hour rotation on its axis gives us the definition of a day. Our moon, recently eclipsed in North America, orb...
Episode 010 - Silicon Carbide and the Electrification of Everything
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Picture a world where the hum of electricity permeates every aspect of our lives, from the devices we hold in our hands to the vehicles that transport...
Episode 009 - Sensors, Microcontrollers, and Community Gardens in Smart Agriculture
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Third place”. The term originated in a 1989 book written by sociologist Ray Oldenberg. It refers to a place separate from Work or Home where huma...
Episode 008 - Embedded Control in Medical Devices and the COVID-19 Global Pandemic
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
COVID-19 impacted the world. In December of 2019 news reports out of Wuhan, the capital of Central China's Hubei province, detailed the emergence of a...
Episode 007 - Sensors, Microcontrollers, and Water Conservation in Smart Agriculture
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Water is the most precious substance on earth and a primary building block of life. Humans can’t live more than a few days without it. Yet in order ...
Episode 006 - Core Independent Peripherals and the battle against Child Asthma
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Asthma is a global phenomenon. According to the World Health Organization, Asthma affected an estimated 262 million people in 2019. In the United St...
Episode 005 - Sensors, Microcontrollers, and Automation in Smart Agriculture
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The old parable of the country kid moving to the big city and leaving the farm behind is a timeless yarn of youth, ambition, and Hope. In recent years...
Episode 004 - Power over Ethernet and Natural Disasters
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Severe Storms. Wildfires. Floods. According to Statista, there were 421 natural disaster events recorded worldwide in 2022. Among the most damaging ar...
Episode 003 - Sensors, Microcontrollers, and Farm-2-Table in Smart Agriculture
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When you sit down to eat your next meal, think about how your food got in front of you. Did you grow it yourself or did you buy it from someone? If th...
Episode 002 - I3C Protocol and the Rise of Data Centers
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Picture an average night at home. You’re sitting on the couch, remote in hand, maybe with a beverage by your side. You use your remote to navigate t...
Episode 001 - Inductive Position Sensors, Thermocouple ICs, and the perfect Espresso
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the few things every human on this planet, and every other living thing for that matter, shares is the fact that everything gets 1,440 minutes ...
Episode 000 - Welcome to Beyond the Microchip
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Beyond the Microchip So much of our daily lives are controlled or influenced by electronics. We rely on GPS to direct us, we hit "brew" on ...