Electronic Design Weekly: July 6-10, 2026
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- Cabe's Special Section
- Multimedia on ElectronicDesign
- Editor's Choice: From the ElectronicDesign Archives
- Editor's Weekly Picks
- Illustrated Engineering
- Electronic Design Word of the Week
- New in Electronic Design's Member Library
- More Electronic Design Weekly
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The Great Debate: Do We Use AI Tools to be Better Engineers?
On one side of the coin, artificial intelligence (AI) can make images, sound, and video — a final product presented by the user as if they made it. On the flipside of that coin, AI is able to make code, solve problems, analyze, automate, process and parse data — the user creates a machine that performs work or produces an output, invisible in relation to the final product they present.
I think we engineers have a unique and healthy relationship with AI. We’re asked to create a “thing” that does “something.” AI is at the core of that “thing,” helping it do “something.” AI is not the “thing” but how it does the “something.”
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Editor's Choice: From the ElectronicDesign Archives
These articles were chosen by the editors at ElectronicDesign that complement the new articles above. They’re included in our regular newsletters.
Bill Wong's Picks of the Week
No theme for me this week. Just some topics I find interesting like the EU's Industry 5.0 and MWRF's International Microwave Symposium coverage.
- The Coming Shift: Why Industry 5.0 Will Be Driven by AI in Mechanical @ Machine Design
The next wave of robotics depends on unifying code and hardware—embedding AI directly into the deterministic systems that power modern engineering. - What Were the Big Buzzwords at IMS 2026? @ Microwaves and RF
With each year’s edition, the International MTT-S Symposia proclaims consensus buzzwords that purport to point to the microwave industry’s future. 2026 was no exception. - What It Takes to Secure the 2026 World Cup @ Security Infowatch
From drones and cyber threats to AI-powered situational awareness, former FBI national security agent Carl Ghattas examines what it takes to secure a month-long sporting event spanning three countries and 16 host cities. - Microwaves & RF Online: June, 2026
Check out more of Microwaves & RF's (our sister publication) articles, videos, and other content for the month of June.
The last heroic deed by the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh, Kazuki Takahashi, inspired this cartoon. Kazuki also created, what I consider, the greatest engineer-hero-character in media today.
You can read about all this on the cartoon’s page.
Or see my whole Engineering on Friday cartoon catalog here.
The latest from AndyT's Inventors Comics Collection:
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About the Author
William G. Wong
Senior Content Director - Electronic Design and Microwaves & RF
I am Editor of Electronic Design focusing on embedded, software, and systems. As Senior Content Director, I also manage Microwaves & RF and I work with a great team of editors to provide engineers, programmers, developers and technical managers with interesting and useful articles and videos on a regular basis. Check out our free newsletters to see the latest content.
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I earned a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Masters in Computer Science from Rutgers University. I still do a bit of programming using everything from C and C++ to Rust and Ada/SPARK. I do a bit of PHP programming for Drupal websites. I have posted a few Drupal modules.
I still get a hand on software and electronic hardware. Some of this can be found on our Kit Close-Up video series. You can also see me on many of our TechXchange Talk videos. I am interested in a range of projects from robotics to artificial intelligence.
Roger Engelke Jr.
Managing Editor - Electronic Design and Microwaves & RF
Roger manages the websites and print issues for Electronic Design and Microwaves &RF.
Cabe Atwell
Technology Editor, Electronic Design
Cabe is a Technology Editor for Electronic Design.
Engineer, Machinist, Cartoonist, Maker, Writer. A graduate Electrical Engineer actively plying his expertise in the industry and at his company, Gunhead. When not designing/building, he creates a steady torrent of projects and content in the media world. Many of his projects and articles are online at element14 & SolidSmack, industry-focused work at EETimes & EDN, and offbeat articles at Make Magazine. Currently, you can find him hosting webinars and contributing to Electronic Design and Machine Design.
Cabe is an electrical engineer, design consultant and author with 25 years’ experience. His most recent book is “Essential 555 IC: Design, Configure, and Create Clever Circuits”
Cabe writes the Engineering on Friday blog on Electronic Design.
See Cabe's cartoons & comic strips here.
James Morra
Senior Editor
James Morra is the senior editor for Electronic Design, covering the semiconductor industry and new technology trends, with a focus on power electronics and power management. He also reports on the business behind electrical engineering, including the electronics supply chain. He joined Electronic Design in 2015 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.
Andy Turudic
Technology Editor, Electronic Design
Andy Turudic is a Technology Editor for Electronic Design Magazine, primarily covering Analog and Mixed-Signal circuits and devices and also is Editor of ED's bi-weekly Automotive Electronics newsletter.
He holds a Bachelor's in EE from the University of Windsor (Ontario Canada) and has been involved in electronics, semiconductors, and gearhead stuff, for a bit over a half century. Andy also enjoys teaching his engineerlings at Portland Community College as a part-time professor in their EET program.
"AndyT" brings his multidisciplinary engineering experience from companies that include National Semiconductor (now Texas Instruments), Altera (Intel), Agere, Zarlink, TriQuint,(now Qorvo), SW Bell (managing a research team at Bellcore, Bell Labs and Rockwell Science Center), Bell-Northern Research, and Northern Telecom.
After hours, when he's not working on the latest invention to add to his portfolio of 16 issued US patents, or on his DARPA Challenge drone entry, he's lending advice and experience to the electric vehicle conversion community from his mountain lair in the Pacific Northwet[sic].
AndyT's engineering blog, "Nonlinearities," publishes the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month. Andy's OpEd may appear at other times, with fair warning given by the Vu meter pic. His cartoon series, "Inventors", appears each week in Electronic Design Weekly.
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