Signal Integrity Journal Podcast

Eric Bogatin, Technical Editor at Signal Integrity Journal, chats with Leo Bodnar, the CEO of Bodnar electronics, to discuss some of the cool high performance DIY products he has created. Leo Bodnar Electronics are designers and manufacturers of various electronic products ranging from versatile USB controllers to racing simulator force feedback steering systems. They supply useful accessories that include push buttons, rotary encoders and switches and custom-built products include motor controllers for bicycles, high altitude balloons communication systems, video test equipment, RF signal generators, network time protocol servers. His website is http://www.leobodnar.com/shop/.

Join Eric Bogatin in episode 16 as he talks with Robert Feranec, president and CEO of Fedevel Academy, to learn about the go to spot for hardware engineers to sharpen their design skills. Robert's content teaches schematic and PCB design with his online courses. To find more information about training for hardware engineers, check out these web sites: https://marketplace.fedevel.education/ and https://youtube.com/robertferanec. This episode was sponsored by: Rohde & Schwarz.

Tim McDonald, president of Electro Magnetic Applications, and Cesar Mendez Ruiz, SI engineer at Intel discuss work to simulate the interactions and interference of a whole server at once as the ultimate way of understanding their products with Pat Hindle, Media Director at Signal Integrity Journal. For more information, read the Ansys/Intel case study here.

Join Eric in his conversation with Ken Johnson, Director of Marketing and Product Architect at Teledyne LeCroy, in episode 15 where they discuss the history and market for oscilloscopes, features important to engineers, and future trends in their development. This episode was sponsored by: Rohde & Schwarz.

Eric talks with Jay Diepenbrock in episode 14 about his background in the industry and efforts working with the IEEE disaster recovery teams to bring back communications and power for hurricane victims. This episode was sponsored by: Rohde & Schwarz.

Join Eric Bogatin when he chats with Ben Dannan, a technical fellow at an Aerospace and Defense company in episode 13. They cover topics ranging from measuring sub milli-ohm PDNs to designing DDR systems and performing measurement-simulation correlations. This episode was sponsored by: Rohde & Schwarz.

Join Eric Bogatin, SIJ Technical Editor in episode 12, in his conversation with Jason Ellison, Principal signal integrity engineer at Amphenol, and listen to the discussion about the challenges in designing 112 Gbps connector systems. This episode was sponsored by: Rohde & Schwarz.

Join Eric Bogatin, SIJ Technical Editor in episode 11, as he chats with Jim Drewniak, professor emeritus at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Hear about Jim's next steps and his new company, Clear Signal Solutions. Be sure to check out his website, clearsig.com. This episode was sponsored by: Rohde & Schwarz.

Join Eric Bogatin, SIJ Technical Editor in episode 10, as he chats with Todd Hubing, Instructor, Consultant at LearnEMC - one of the world experts on this subject, and learn the right way to think about ground. Be sure to check out his website, www.learnEMC.com for a ton of valuable resources on EMC design and about the many courses he teaches. This episode was sponsored by: Rohde & Schwarz.  

Join Eric Bogatin, SIJ Technical Editor, in episode 9, as he chats with Professor Chris Myers of the University of Colorado, Boulder as they discuss building circuit analog components with DNA, the rapidly growing field of synthetic biology, and electronics. This episode was sponsored by: Rohde & Schwarz.

Join Eric Bogatin, SIJ Technical Editor, in episode 8, as he chats with Mike Resso of Keysight Technologies about the marriage of measurement and simulation tools and his DesignCon presentation demonstrating a 224 Gbps channel. Podcast produced at DesignCon 2022. This episode was sponsored by: Rohde & Schwarz.  

Join Eric Bogatin, SIJ Technical Editor, in his latest conversation with Donald Telian, Signal Integrity Consultant & Owner at SiGuys, and “the father of IBIS models.” Hear and learn about the value of Serdes equalizer settings. Podcast produced at DesignCon 2022. Visit the SiGuys website: http://siguys.com/.  Check out Eric's book review of Donald's new book, "Signal Integrity in Practice." This episode was sponsored by: Rohde & Schwarz.  

Join Eric Bogatin, SIJ Technical Editor, in his conversation with Amit Bahl, the PCB Guy, as they discuss free PCB design tools, why the relationship you have with your fab shop is a critical ingredient when using advanced technologies, and what is new at Sierra Circuits. See Sierra Circuits Designer Tools: https://www.protoexpress.com/tools. This episode was sponsored by: Rohde & Schwarz.  

Join Eric Bogatin, SIJ Technical Editor, in his latest conversation with Mark Hughes, Research Director at Royal Circuit Solutions and Herb Snogren, PCB Consultant. Hear about the challenges in PCB fab technology such as ultra HDI and how to get the most out of your board stack up. Teaser alert, it's about your relationship with your fab shop.    

Join Eric Bogatin, SIJ Technical Editor in episode 4 as he chats with Al Neves, President and Founder of Wild River Technologies. Al is also a member of the SIJ Editorial Advisory Board. Hear Al's experiences developing the methodologies to create 1-spin extreme signal integrity boards operating at 56 Gbps and 112 Gbps PAM4 and why he says it take a village for an OEM to get it right the first time for bleeding edge designs. Check out the Wild River Technology website: https://wildrivertech.com/.

Join Eric Bogatin, SIJ Technical Editor, in his conversation with Chuck Ferry, System Architect Director at Siemens. Listen in for Chuck's perspectives on what are some of the challenges large companies face as they tackle higher data rate serial links and develop next generation DDR5 designs.

Join Eric Bogatin, SIJ Technical Editor, in his conversation with Bill Hargin, Founder of Z-zero, who is an industry expert in designing the stack up for circuit boards. Learn how he turned his experience into an accomplished system to help in your stack up decisions. Check out the Z-zero website: https://www.z-zero.com/ 

Join Eric Bogatin, SIJ Technical Editor, in his conversation with Bert Simonovich, Founder and President of Lamsim Enterprises Inc., and SIJ Editorial Advisory Board member, who is an expert in the analysis of materials for ultra-high speed PCB interconnects. Learn how to avoid this important problem when reading datasheets. Check out Bert's website: http://lamsimenterprises.com/