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Nordic Semiconductor’s RF System-on-Chip Supports Standard and Proprietary Protocols

This article briefly reviews some important principles of power-supply design before discussing the features of the nRF5340.

16 hours ago by Robert Keim

The UK Moves Forward on a Massive Upgrade of its National Railway Network

Following characteristic delays, Boris Johnson has confirmed that High Speed 2 (HS2), the UK’s $100 billion+ high-speed rail line, is to go ahead.

4 days ago by Luke James

5G Automotive: What We Can Expect and The Challenges with Implementation

5G may still have a long way to go, but its potential for connected car applications are already unmistakable.

February 13, 2020 by Sam Holland

Nexperia Says Its Silicon-based ESD Protection Bests Varistors for Automotive Ethernet

Nexperia’s PESD2ETH100-T and PESD2ETH1G-T comply with the Open Alliance SIG’s 100BASE-T1 and 1000BASE-T1 standards.

February 13, 2020 by Gary Elinoff

Understanding Local Minima in Neural-Network Training

This article discusses a complication that can prevent your Perceptron from achieving adequate classification accuracy.

February 06, 2020 by Robert Keim

Incorporating Bias Nodes Into Your Neural Network

This article shows you how to add bias values to a multilayer Perceptron implemented in a high-level programming language such as Python.

February 05, 2020 by Robert Keim

5G Network Reach Grows in the UK with Several New Cities Gaining Access

Sky Mobile is the latest British network to take the inevitable plunge and bring 5G connectivity to UK customers.

February 04, 2020 by Luke James

How to Increase the Accuracy of a Hidden Layer Neural Network

In this article, we’ll perform some classification experiments and gather data on the relationship between hidden-layer dimensionality and network performance.

February 04, 2020 by Robert Keim

Analog Devices Inc. Industrial Ethernet PHY | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

February 03, 2020 by Mouser Electronics

How Many Hidden Layers and Hidden Nodes Does a Neural Network Need?

This article provides guidelines for configuring the hidden portion of a multilayer Perceptron.

January 31, 2020 by Robert Keim

Training Datasets for Neural Networks: How to Train and Validate a Python Neural Network

In this article, we’ll use Excel-generated samples to train a multilayer Perceptron, and then we’ll see how the network performs with validation samples.

January 30, 2020 by Robert Keim

Signal Processing Using Neural Networks: Validation in Neural Network Design

This article explains why validation is particularly important when we’re processing data using a neural network.

January 28, 2020 by Robert Keim

Microchip Technology Ethernet Switches | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

January 25, 2020 by Mouser Electronics

One Month Into 2020, What’s New With 5G?

Just a few weeks into the new year, many companies are progressing 5G to make 2020 the "year of 5G."

January 21, 2020 by Gary Elinoff

Processing, Protocols, and Protection: A Closer Look at IoT and IIoT

While IoT and IIoT are based on similar hardware, their specific applications warrant different data processing, protocols, and security considerations. 

January 20, 2020 by Lisa Boneta

How to Create a Multilayer Perceptron Neural Network in Python

This article takes you step by step through a Python program that will allow us to train a neural network and perform advanced classification.

January 19, 2020 by Robert Keim

Socionext Side Steps the Pitfalls of Cloud Computing with New Edge Computing Devices

BOXiedge is a 24-core mini-server driven by an SoC clocked at 1GHz. What about this solution speaks to the trend toward edge computing?

January 16, 2020 by Robin Mitchell

Microchip Revamps Popular Ethernet Transceiver and MCU for Space

Based on familiar COTS devices, these two radiation-hardened devices are designed to facilitate space-based Ethernet connectivity.

January 15, 2020 by Gary Elinoff

Neural Network Architecture for a Python Implementation

This article discusses the Perceptron configuration that we will use for our experiments with neural-network training and classification, and we’ll also look at the related topic of bias nodes.

January 09, 2020 by Robert Keim

Implementing LoRa-based Solutions for Smart Metering

This article explores the use of LoRa devices for long-range, low power smart metering of utilities, which allows for remote daily operations and the collection of data.

January 07, 2020 by Rémi Demerlé, Semtech