Embedded Computing Design

On this episode of Embedded Insiders, we’re joined by David Bartlett, Head of Technology in the business unit at u-blox, to explore how low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites could elevate positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services. Are satellites closer to Earth the answer to providing reliable PNT in the toughest environments?

The agriculture industry faces numerous challenges driven by environmental, economic, and social factors. Climate change is a major concern, causing unpredictable weather patterns, droughts, floods, and shifting growing seasons, which impact crop yields.

Mission-critical industrial applications are often challenged with providing flexibility, reliability, connectivity, high-performance computing, and much more to environments that can sometimes be unpredictable and dangerous. 

In this episode of Embedded Insiders, we're joined by Sriram Krishnan, BlackBerry's Head of Product Management, to discuss CylanceMDR, their AI-powered managed detection and response solution. We’ll explore how its XDR architecture enhances security by seamlessly integrating with existing tools, enabling more efficient threat detection and response.

Today’s industrial environments are pressured by the need for real-time data analysis and decision-making at the edge, especially for applications like machine vision, automated guided vehicles (AGV), autonomous mobile robots (AMR), and intelligent video-analytics applications that assist with sorting machinery, performing automated optical inspection (AOI) and defect inspection, and object recognition tasks.

Silicon manufacturing is ramping up faster all over the world, and with the growing desire for ever-more sophisticated (and power-thirsty) AI processing capability, that’s not likely to slow down any time soon.

In this episode of Embedded Insiders, we take a deep dive into the newly announced HBM4 Memory Controller IP from Rambus, with insights from Fellow and Distinguished Inventor Steven Woo. Rambus is leading the way with its silicon IP portfolio, and Steven shares his perspective on the latest memory industry trends, the challenges it faces, and the impact of AI on memory technologies.

It’s almost hard to imagine a conversation these days that doesn’t involve AI. The topic du jour is how we can enhance Edge AI performance using MXM (mobile PCI Express module) GPU modules. First, let’s briefly explain what an MXM GPU module is and what functions it performs.

In industrial automation, maintaining machine and process health is as crucial as the automation itself, evolving from a reactive approach to a more sophisticated, data-driven strategy. Initially, reactive maintenance fixed issues only after they caused costly downtimes and production delays. Preventive maintenance marked the next step, introducing regular inspections and part replacements to reduce such risks, but it still couldn't fully optimize asset utilization. Predictive Maintenance (PdM) now represents the pinnacle of this evolution in asset management, harnessing data, artificial intelligence (AI), and advanced hardware to anticipate and resolve potential issues before they escalate into failures, thus ensuring peak equipment performance and seamless operations.

Wi-Fi 6, also known as 802.11ax, is the latest evolution in wireless networking, built on the previous standard, Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac). Officially released in 2019, Wi-Fi 6 introduces several key improvements to enhance performance, efficiency, and connectivity. Compared to previous Wi-Fi standards, Wi-Fi 6 can achieve speeds up to four times faster.

Austin, Texas – October 8, 2024 – Embedded Computing Design (ECD) is pleased to announce the winners of its Best-in-Show Awards at embedded world North America 2024.

All entries are judged using a 15-point rubric, that assesses design excellence, relative performance, and market impact/disruption. Judging is managed by the ECD Content Team.

All entries are judged using a 15-point rubric, that assesses design excellence, relative performance, and market impact/disruption. Judging is managed by the ECD Content Team.

Today’s embedded computing applications in harsh defense, aerospace, and industrial environments demand reliable systems that combine scalability, high-speed data processing, and a robust design into a single solution.

A growing presence of smart applications like security systems, home automation, smart lighting, smart lockers, and most IoT applications can detect human presence in various environments. As these devices increase in demand, so will their ability to perform the function above with minimal power consumption while also maintaining user privacy.

In the past, FPGAs were predominantly utilized for higher value projects. Thanks to their flexibility, vast data processing capability, minimal latency, and deterministic timing, FPGAs excel in industries such as telecommunications and industrial, driving features like AI, and autonomous systems.

At this year’s Embedded World North America conference and exhibition, Dojo Five will present its advanced firmware services and tools, engineered to accelerate time-to-market and mitigate risks in embedded systems development. Attendees can experience these innovations firsthand at the Dojo Five booth, #1958.

The Embedded Computing Design editorial staff is pleased to present this year’s embedded world North America Best-in-Show nominees in the following categories: 

Bluetooth audio has changed A LOT in the past few years. Things like voice assistants, multiple audio streams, and audio quality have been very limited by the old Bluetooth standards, but now Low Energy (LE) audio brings about a suite of new features and updates. Learn more about it here.

With the influx of industrial applications being deployed in a variety of today’s challenging environments, the need for reliable, flexible, and high-performance computing solutions is dire. Edge computing solutions like smart factories, intelligent transportation and video analytics, and machine vision need rugged devices capable of operating in environments with extreme temperatures, dust, and vibration, without sacrificing performance.