Embedded Computing Design

Battery technology has improved, there's no arguing that. However, it's not improving at nearly the same rate as other areas of technology, including...

Companies that succeed in IoT will be those that cross the chasm toward mainstream acceptance through rigorous attention to quality. Imagine the chall...

With the news that the lower end of the 4G LTE spectrum is to be opened up for low bandwidth M2M and IoT devices, with CAT1 and soon CAT0 connectivity...

The professional maker movement has gained a lot of attention in the past few years. Maker Faire had a record-breaking 235,000 attendees at its nation...

Linux has been a mainstream embedded operating system for many years. And yet, the licensing and development model of open-source software is still li...

I came across a blog the other day that was promoting a technical conference (in full disclosure, I'm involved in the conference). Normally I wouldn't...

The first two articles in this series introduced analytics-driven embedded systems and described data access, data pre-processing, and types of predic...

The combination of lower hardware costs, stronger connectivity, and more stable infrastructure facilitates the production of innovative products and h...

Designing IoT products just got a lot easier.

Even if you aren't planning to develop a new product, a number of options can help you make the most of your investment in your current embedded produ...

3D printing is not just one process. "3D printing" and "additive manufacturing" are umbrella terms for many different technologies and processes. Each...

A relatively unknown debate has been ramping up between groups of inventors over the past several years concerning the Maker culture and what, if anyt...

Not too long ago, Keysight Technologies took a big step forward in helping engineers involved in USB Type C design. The company released its Method of...

In the context of energy harvesting, advanced power management integrated circuits (PMICs) function like a utility company in that it controls the del...

In Part 1, we motivated the use of analytics within embedded systems using examples such as the BuildingIQ intelligent climate control system and the...

I was talking to a medical device engineering manager the other day and, though I wasn't sure why, we just weren't seeing eye to eye. I was telling hi...

The Nest is a highly innovative, electronic smart home thermostat manufactured by Alphabet (formerly Google). It is by all accounts a well-designed de...

Energy can be found everywhere - in the movement of doors and windows or machine components, the vibration of motors, changing temperature or variance...

The nature of the data passing through networks and data centers is changing dramatically. The two biggest examples of this are things that are part o...

Many of today's most extraordinary breakthroughs are being developed by makers - people from almost any background who use today's collaborative tools...