Embedded Computing Design

Interoperability can be a challenge for embedded systems, especially in the quickly expanding Internet of Things (IoT). When there are proprietary or...

Today’s driver assistance systems support drivers in a variety of driving conditions, from hazardous to monotonous. In manageable traffic condit...

The Internet of Things (IoT) has created new requirements for memory in space- and resource-constrained applications that are adding connectivity wher...

All industries are innovating to become smarter and more efficient. The auto industry is no different. The auto’s journey to smarten up can be s...

Software is becoming increasingly more important for automobiles, from diagnostic programs that scan for vehicle malfunctions to in-vehicle infotainme...

ISO 26262, MISRA, and other standards seek to normalize software development for automotive applications by providing a foundation for implementing en...

Advanced drver assistance systems (ADAS) are now poised to become mainstream thanks to government calls for vehicle safety standards, technology advan...

Power reduction is increasingly important for high-speed, DSP-intensive system designs. For instance, in communications systems, communications must b...

The first open networking standard I looked at was OpenDaylight, the open SDN controller project. In this posting, I'll dig into Open vSwitch, the vir...

As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to grow, so does the number of "things" being managed. With tens of millions of things, ranging from sensors...

We talk about the Internet of Things, the IoT, all the time. But do people even know what that means? As I said to Dr. Nelson, if I posed that question to ten different people, I'm likely to get at le

Body electronics systems embrace a wide variety of applications, addressing everything from driver and passenger comfort and security to high-performa...

The automotive industry is inching closer and closer to getting autonomous driving on the road. There have been impressive demonstrations, such as Del...

ISO 26262, MISRA, and other standards seek to normalize software development for automotive applications by providing a foundation for implementing en...

Today's smartphones have remote software update capabilities, called over-the-air (OTA) updating. All major phone companies utilize OTA, performing mo...

I always raise an eyebrow when a see that a company has "reached a new level of performance" or something like that. In a discussion earlier today, I...

In this week's interview, we tackled two key subjects: 1. What's an embedded system? 2. What advice would you give someone looking at doing a start-up? One response was a simple one, and one wasn't

If you're not aware of the push for wearable-computing devices, you're clearly not paying attention. Product after product crosses my desk that aims t...

During my recent interview with AMD CEO Lisa Su, I got the impression that she meant business when it comes to the high end of the embedded computing...

In my last blog, I discussed how vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) technology could make our cars safer. Here, I'm looking at automotive threat modeling, a pro...