Silicon Labs: Talking Tech

This podcast captures a conversation with Joe Perch, a Senior Applications Engineer for Silicon Labs Isolated Gate Driver devices. Joe gets into details on best practices for using Isolated Gate Drivers.  These suggestions can improve your isolated FET design.

• What exactly is a Gate driver?  Where are they used?
• What criteria are used to determine which part # to use?
• What are common design issues when using Gate Drivers?

This podcast captures a conversation with Calvin Pitman, an Applications Engineer for Silicon Labs Isolation devices.  Calvin answers questions to help the listeners better understand how to use digital isolators in their designs.

• What are the key features of Digital Isolators?
• What applications use these isolators?
• What parameters differentiate the Silicon Labs products?
• What design issues are most common with customers?

This podcast captures a conversation with Nick Dutton, the product manager for Silicon Labs' Wi-Fi Xpress devices.  Several questions are answered to help you understand how these products makes it easy to add Wi-Fi to your designs.

• What are the parts that are included in Wi-Fi Xpress?
• What technical features do customers like the most?
• How can customers gain Cloud services with Wi-Fi Xpress?
• What design examples are available to customers?

This podcast captures a conversation with Parker Dorris, the product manager for Silicon Labs' new Bluetooth Xpress devices.  Several questions are answered to help you understand how these products makes it easy to add Bluetooth to your designs.

• What design challenges does Bluetooth Xpress eliminate
• How is Bluetooth Xpress different from other "easy" solutions?
• What example projects are provided for customers?
• How easy is Mobile App development for Bluetooth Xpress?

This podcast captures a conversation with Nick Dutton and Parker Dorris.  They are the product managers for Silicon Labs' new Wireless Xpress solutions.  Several questions are answered to help you understand how these products makes it easy to add Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to your designs.

• BGX and WGX modules are easiest path to add wireless
• Certified modules use Xpress Command API for easy control
• Pre-programmed and configured = No code development

This podcast captures a conversation with John Gammel, an Applications Engineer for Silicon Labs Isolation devices.  Several questions are answered to help you better understand the market for PLC designs and the benefits of using Silicon Labs' isolation products.

• What is the PLC market like?
• Where do the Silicon Labs isolation parts fit in PLC designs?
• Do these solutions apply to architectures that use "field bus"?
• How can engineers quickly design with these isolation devices.

This podcast captures a conversation with Kyle Beckmeyer, the product manager for Silicon Labs clock generator products.  Several questions are answered to help you understand how the Si5332 clock generator is ideal for customer designs.

• What is new with the Si5332?  What is Multi-profile?
• What are the pricing differences for having the internal crystal?
• How can customers make multiple clock profile configurations?
• Are there any performance improvements with recent revisions?
• What new applications are ideal for the Si5332?

This podcast captures a conversation with Parker Dorris, product manager for Silicon Labs Interface solutions.  Several questions are answered about the applications and benefits of the CP2615.

• Additional user input control and gestures
• Reference designs to get designs started quickly
• USB Class 1 Audio
• What does it mean by "Integration"?

This podcast is a Q&A session between a Silicon Labs Field Applications Engineer, Mike Yrenaya, and the PoE Product line manager, Charlie Ice.  They discuss:

• Latest PoE PD solutions Si3404 and Si3406x
• Developing PoE applications
• Advantages of the Silicon Labs devices

This podcast is a Q&A session providing more information on questions engineers may have about the Tiny Gecko Series 1 (EFM32TG11)

• Top 3 benefits to Engineers
• Low Energy LCD Driver
• CAN Peripheral support
• Tiny Gecko in wireless applications