General-Purpose FPGAs: An Innovation-less Decade - Story
November 24, 2020Some corners of the electronics universe go years or decades without a significant technology upgrade. Passive electronic components are a good example. Then there?s also embedded programmable logic.
Embedded Toolbox: Create a Secure Boot Manager on Arm TrustZone in Less Than 10 Minutes - Video
November 10, 2020Tune in as IAR Systems’ Global FAE Manager Shawn Prestridge shows how to spin up a secure boot manager on an NXP LPC5500 series development board with Arm TrustZone in less than 10 minutes.
Embedded Toolbox: The Ins and Outs of IP Protection for Embedded Systems - Video
November 10, 2020One common denominator in the cybersecurity engineering challenge is that security engineering is typically approached as a separate, isolated development flow, which adds time, cost, and complexity.
AI Compilers and the Race to the Bottom - Blog
November 05, 2020Glow-compiled inputs exhibited a 3x frames/second performance improvement over TensorFlow/TensorFlow Lite, while the figure gives an idea of how efficient AOT compilation is compared to JIT compilers.
DEV KIT WEEKLY: Lattice Semiconductor CrossLink-NX Evaluation Board - Video
October 16, 2020This week we will be giving away one CrossLink-NX Evaluation Board thanks to our friends at Lattice Semiconductor.
How to Deploy Actionable Edge AI Apps with Intel OpenVINO, Twilio & Vizi-AI - Video
October 06, 2020Now that neural nets are the algorithm of choice, AI development frameworks are maturing & first-gen AI processors are hitting the market, we face a stark realization: We have to deploy these things!
IoT Device Security Conference Goes Virtual, Featuring Presentations from IAR Systems, The Trusted Computing Group, Cypress, and More - Press Release
October 06, 2020Technical Conference is Dedicated to Securing Today's Connected Devices, using AI/Machine Learning and other Techniques. Register for the Free Conference, Today.
Dev Kit Weekly: GaN Systems Audio Evaluation Bundle - Video
October 03, 2020Welcome to another edition of Dev Kit Weekly, where this week we?ll be reviewing and raffling off this GS-EVB-AUD-BUNDLE1-GS, an audio evaluation board from GaN Systems.
NVIDIA is Buying Arm for $40 Billion and Expanding Licensing Model - News
September 14, 2020"We intend to expand Arm's licensing portfolio with access to NVIDIA's technology. Both our ecosystems will be enriched by this combination," NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said in a Sunday press conference.
Dev Kit Weekly: PowerFilm Solar Indoor/Outdoor e-peas Solar Development Kit - Video
August 28, 2020We'll make things better the second time around. A while back we reviewed the PowerFilm's Indoor Solar Development Kit, but this is the company's first with "inside-out" capability.
Report Finds Python, Data Analyst Jobs Most In-Demand Among American Engineers - Blog
August 13, 2020Prolifics Testing found that data analyst roles are most coveted by American engineers, and that Python education is more sought after than for any other programming language.
NXP Integrates Facebook's Glow Neural Network Compiler into eIQ ML Software Development Framework - Blog
August 11, 2020NXP combined the target-specific optimization capability of the Glow compiler with Arm Cortex-M and Cadence Tensilica HiFi 4 DSP neural network operator libraries within the eIQ IDE.
Analog & Power
Littelfuse Resettable Overcurrent Protection PPTCs Equip Small Surface-Mount Form Factor for High-Voltage Consumer Electronics - News
August 06, 2020Key features of the zeptoSMDC PPTCs include a small 0201 surface-mount package and the ability to reset to normal operation once a fault has cleared.
Khronos Group Launches OpenXR Adopter?s Program, Conformance Testing for Cross-Platform AR/VR API - News
August 05, 2020OpenXR is an open, industry standard API that enables the development and deployment of portable, cross-platform AR/VR (XR) runtimes.
Renesas RA Ecosystem Adds Arm, Alibaba, IAR, Qt, wolfSSL Building Blocks - Blog
August 03, 2020The RA microcontroller ecosystem has expanded with security, machine learning, and other building block solutions from partners like Arm, Alibaba, IAR, Qeexo, Qt, Toshiba, and wolfSSL.
AI Model Training & Execution Now Possible on MCUs via ONE Tech MicroAI Atom - Blog
July 31, 2020ONE Tech estimates that MicroAI Atom algorithms, which run recursive analysis and reside directly on target MCUs at the edge, reduce the cost of deploying endpoint intelligence by a minimum of 80%.
Processing
Good Stuff Department Releases Lattice ECP5 FPGA & VexRiscv-based Orange Crab Development Kit - Blog
July 30, 2020The Orange Crab is a crowd-funded platform designed to Adafruit's 50.8 mm x 22.9 mm Feather board specification, and supports all open-source toolchains.
Dev Kit Weekly: ADLINK I-Pi Industrial IoT Prototyping Platform - Video
July 24, 2020While maker boards like Arduino and Raspberry Pi are great because of their ultra-low cost, they are, well, cheap. That's where I-Pi comes in. It's a SMARC COM, carrier and Hardware-Attached Top.
Life after Raspberry Pi: Rapid System Prototyping for Professional Engineers - Story
July 24, 2020Arduino and Raspberry Pi don't provide a sufficient analog to the electronic hardware in commercial products. Pro engineers need industrial-grade prototyping solutions. They need an "Industrial Pi."
Dev Kit Weekly: T.I. SimpleLink Multi-Band CC1352R Wireless MCU Launchpad SensorTag Kit - Video
June 26, 2020The dual-band, multi-protocol CC1352R SimpleLink wireless MCU that supports both 2.4 GHz technologies like Bluetooth, Bluetooth 5 Low Energy, Zigbee, and Thread, as well as Sub-GHz connectivity.



