Embedded Computing Design

The smart home era is upon us, but connected devices have been designed to fit into the Internet of Things (IoT), leaving the humans that use them at...

It still amazes me to see embedded OEM design decisions for flash cards being made based on which card has the fastest interface. The advertising head...

Many of the well-established protocols such as I2C, SPI, and USB are evolving. For example: I2C: Currently deployed at clock rates of 100 kHz and 400...

Ready or not, the Internet of Things (IoT) is here to stay and the data it generates will be the driving force for future innovation and efficiency. A...

MEMS & Sensors devices have infiltrated our daily lives, having found their way into a broadening variety of applications from smartphones to cars, wi...

USB Type-C is the new universal USB connector that replaces the entire plethora of medium, small, and large connectors that are used in your cell phon...

Irvine, Texas high school freshman Ahmed Mohamed started his week with dreams of becoming an engineer and a passion for robotics, tinkering, and makin...

When we think of embedded products, we tend not to think too far down into the depths of the technology used to create them. The obvious elements are...

One element that makes the maker/development board space great is the communities. There is always someone who can help you with an issue, a plethora...

Sensor fusion is blossoming as an application space. In almost any given week, there are at least a handful of stories about new sensor fusion innovat...

Security is an incredibly hot topic these days in the embedded and IoT spaces. I recently moderated a panel session on the challenges that an IoT deve...

Whether you're going ac-to-dc, dc-to-dc, step-up, step-down, or something else, power conversion can be a very tricky subject. That's partly because t...

As part of the comprehensive 2015 EMF Survey of Embedded Developers (1,334 respondents), engineers and managers were asked, "Once deployed, how often...

Off-the-shelf development kits have become a keystone for many Internet of Things (IoT) developers, as their integrated hardware, software, and connec...

The 52nd Annual Design Automation Conference (DAC52) at San Francisco's Moscone Center had a number of interesting power-management announcements, mak...

Increasing time-to-market pressures have led to the availability of full-featured microcontrollers, sometimes called system-on-chip (SoC) processors....

MathWorks recently participated in Fab11, a week-long event in Boston that brought together Fab Lab managers from different parts of the world. During...

Robots are a fun way to introduce practical, hands-on engineering with visible results that keep budding engineers coming back for more. And with the...

Software development activities should include source code reviews to enhance software quality and prevent or remove software defects, and static anal...

Inexpensive development kits and free/open source software and tools are making project development cheaper and easier than ever. The low-cost dev kit...