Embedded Computing Design

The use of additive manufacturing - commonly referred to as 3D printing - by manufacturing companies, retailers, and others is rising exponentially. P...

I learned a new term today--hardware-in-the-loop simulation. Raise your hand if you've heard of this before. Yeah, I thought so. For those of you with...

I won't bore you with the discussion of whether it's 20 billion, 30 billion, or 50 billion IoT devices that are supposed to be in the market in the ne...

Gene Frantz was a 39-year veteran of Texas Instruments. Now, he’s moved on to his next challenge, as the CTO of Octavo. The new company launched on an interesting premise—condensing development boards

Current driver assistance functions such as automated parking or traffic jam assist and lane departure warning systems for the highway are the first s...

Today, traffic accidents take the lives of about 1.25 million people every year, and injure 20-50 million more. In addition, half of fatalities on the...

In the early days of building cars all pieces were "integrated" at the same time, so it wasn't likely that they'd get to the end of the process and fi...

The instrument cluster is experiencing a radical reinvention. Screens are taking over the cluster because the cost of both the screens and the silicon...

Vehicles have evolved from mechanical devices into complex integrated technology platforms with embedded software powering all major systems, includin...

A modern OS can provide a variety of tools to help developers build robust, safety-certifiable systems with off-the-shelf software. A century ago, rem...

In the near future, dangerous driving will be a thing of the past. Unskilled and careless drivers will be mitigated by a host of active electronic sys...

James Nadolski FAE at Redpine Signals discusses the WaveCombo with Tom Varcie of OpenSystems Media. WaveCombo is an integrated ultra-low-power multi-protocol wireless solution designed to drive adopti

Tom Varcie of OpenSystems Media discusses Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, and the Internet of Things with Sailaja Sankabathula, Director of Engineering at Redpine Signals

Redpine Signals is in the IoT space. But that means they get thrown into the mix with more than a few other players. From the design engineer’s perspective, how do he or she determine which protocol o

I recently spent some time with Redpine Signals, a San Jose, Ca.-based company that focuses on ultra-low power and high-performance products for next-...

One big benefit of the IoT is how it can be used for building automation. That’s a place where big gains can be made by users in terms of comfort, security, and of course, cost savings. PointGrab is o

Snapdragon chips are mainly designed for smartphones and thus incorporate interfaces native to the mobile processing environment. Engineers at Qualcom...

As more IoT devices are deployed, security is growing in importance. Security can be a scary topic on many levels. For example, news of someone hackin...

According to Louis Parks, President and CEO of of SecureRF, the company’s security protocols for the IoT are computationally much more intensive than other types of security that are available....

We all know that there are security concerns associated with the IoT. I took advantage of the opportunity to speak with Lancen LaChance, GlobalSign’s vice president for IoT Solutions, to discuss this