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“Any Core, Any Cloud” : Microchip Releases a Host of Dev Tools for Fast IoT Prototyping

“Any Core, Any Cloud” : Microchip Releases a Host of Dev Tools for Fast IoT Prototyping

Complex IoT environments can slow down the prototyping process. Microchip wants to pick up the pace with cloud-agnostic solutions.


News Mar 11, 2020 by Hannah DeTavis
Data Centers Are Overloaded. The Inventor of FPGAs Is Swooping In With a “Comprehensive” SmartNIC

Data Centers Are Overloaded. The Inventor of FPGAs Is Swooping In With a “Comprehensive” SmartNIC

The FPGA-based SmartNIC arena—including giants like Microsoft and Intel—just got more interesting. Enter the inventor of FPGAs.


News Mar 04, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Five Highlights of Intel’s New 5G Portfolio

Five Highlights of Intel’s New 5G Portfolio

Intel recently announced its latest portfolio of hardware and software to bring the company to the forefront of the 5G technology race.


News Feb 25, 2020 by Lisa Boneta.
Nordic Semiconductor’s RF System-on-Chip Supports Standard and Proprietary Protocols

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.


News Feb 22, 2020 by Robert Keim
Understanding Local Minima in Neural-Network Training

Understanding Local Minima in Neural-Network Training

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


Incorporating Bias Nodes Into Your Neural Network

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.


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

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.


News Feb 04, 2020 by Luke James
How to Increase the Accuracy of a Hidden Layer Neural Network

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.


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

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.


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

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.


Signal Processing Using Neural Networks: Validation in Neural Network Design

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.


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

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."


News Jan 21, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
How to Create a Multilayer Perceptron Neural Network in Python

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.


Microchip Revamps Popular Ethernet Transceiver and MCU for Space

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.


News Jan 15, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Neural Network Architecture for a Python Implementation

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.


Implementing LoRa-based Solutions for Smart Metering

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.


How to Train a Multilayer Perceptron Neural Network

How to Train a Multilayer Perceptron Neural Network

We can greatly enhance the performance of a Perceptron by adding a layer of hidden nodes, but those hidden nodes also make training a bit more complicated.


The Sigmoid Activation Function: Activation in Multilayer Perceptron Neural Networks

The Sigmoid Activation Function: Activation in Multilayer Perceptron Neural Networks

In this article, we’ll see why we need a new activation function for a neural network that is trained via gradient descent.


Understanding Learning Rate in Neural Networks

Understanding Learning Rate in Neural Networks

This article discusses learning rate, which plays an important role in neural-network training.


Utilizing INICnet for Automotive Networking and Connectivity

Utilizing INICnet for Automotive Networking and Connectivity

In this article, learn about INICnet and how it helps to solve the question of how designers can create a safe and effective connectivity method for vehicles.