Rob Kräwinkel on Optimization in Solar-Powered Race Cars

Rob Kräwinkel, the lead electrical engineer of Solar Team Twente 2019, talks about how he optimized solar-powered race cars. When asked what solar-powered vehicle race he wouldn’t miss, he answered the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. It takes place on a 3,000-km route all the way from Darwin to Adelaide, Australia and involves racing in the quickest time possible while only relying on sunlight for power.
According to him, the key to winning this is for a race car to generate the greatest amount of solar energy possible. After that, it should convert …

Tony Bibbs on Project and Collaboration Software

In an interview with Tony Bibbs, the president and owner of the GForge Group, he revealed his thoughts on collaboration and project software right now. Keep reading to learn more about what he has to say about the industry at the moment.
According to him, there are many options in the world of collaboration right now. Solutions can be delivered through different means like software as a service or hybrid or on…

Dr. Dominic Binks on Sound-Recognition AI Software

Dr. Dominic Binks is the Vice-President of Technology at Audio Analytic. He has recently talked about his decision to add sound-recognition AI software to the Arm Cortex-M0+ processor. Binks explained that the ai3 software relies on AuditoryNET, which is a deep neural network made for modeling the temporal and acoustic features of sounds. He said that they wanted to grant a sense of hearing to all machines, even the tiniest ones with constrained processing and power.
For the M0+ implementation, the ai3 software called for 181kB across the ROM and RAM. This is …

Wide Bandgap Material Strength and Power Electronics

To any device that requires electricity, power electronic devices are incredibly important. Despite this, they remain underappreciated in the semiconductor sector. In general, they are present in power converter circuits for the conversion of AC to DC voltage. They also power electric motors and DC-DC voltages.
Their improvement increases the efficiency of electronic devices. Today, they are key in enabling carbon-…