Design Essentials for Robust Systems
Jerry Twomey is an engineering consultant with a deep background in electronics design, medical devices, electromechanical systems, and board-level integrated circuits. He’s the author of the book Applied Embedded Electronics – Design Essentials for Robust Systems, a comprehensive reference that covers the design process from initial concept to final PCB for all embedded system electronics.
In this podcast, we talk with Jerry about electronics and system design.
SHOW NOTES
01:19 – What are Applied Embedded Electronics
02:25 – Jerry's Background
04:22 – Challenges for Today’s EEs
07:41 – Analog
09:07 – Digital Feedback Control
11:59 – Reader Feedback
16:09 – Advice to Designers
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About the Author
Alix Paultre
Editor-at-Large, Electronic Design
An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the US military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications in the embedded electronic engineering space. Alix currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Also check out his YouTube watch-collecting channel, Talking Timepieces.
Jerry Twomey
Founder and Engineering Consultant, Effective Electrons
Jerry Twomey has extensive experience designing electronics for medical devices, electromechanical systems, and transistor-level integrated circuits. This includes many consumer, medical, aerospace, and commercial products.
Jerry holds several patents and is an author of multiple trade magazine publications, many of which appeared in Electronic Design magazine, providing solutions for commonly encountered design problems. He teaches seminars in embedded systems, IC design, EMC, and medical technology, and has lectured at UCSD. Jerry has also chaired the San Diego IEEE chapters for Microwaves and for Solid State Circuits.
Jerry Twomey is the author of Applied Embedded Electronics – Design Essentials for Robust Systems, a comprehensive reference book covering the design process for embedded-systems electronics from initial concept to final PCB.