Embedded Computing Design

Securing data on connected embedded devices is a top priority among software developers and architects today. It seems with every passing week another...

Multicore architectures are increasingly useful for meeting the performance demands of increasingly complex embedded systems. However, implementation...

Integrating security from the beginning on a design is important in this age of connected devices and security breaches.

Mitigating processor waste heat is a problem for embedded designers, but dealing with it could also help power the system if done right.

Debugging is an important part of any project, professional or for fun. Popular debugging tools are expensive and not very accessible - visual, inexpe...

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Twitter engineer Angus Croll had a dream where he gave 25 literary figures an assignment to solve a common coding exercise with JavaScript, and, to hi...

Some open source projects make it very simple to understand what license applies to the published works. Unfortunately, despite all of the best intent...

Today's embedded software development processes are complex, involving multiple teams of chip designers, engineers, developers and testers each workin...

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As wearable devices need more throughput, and as more accurate location positioning and distance measurement becomes important, UWB will be a building...

It's amazing what science and engineering have accomplished in the last couple decades. Electric vehicles are making a strong showing, and self-drivin...

Android has reached a very widespread deployment not only in the smartphone and tablet area, but also more and more in the embedded space. This articl...

Like Moore's Law for semiconductors, Metcalfe's Law has been a touchstone in the telecom industry for more than two decades. In its current form, it s...

Digital menu boards are at the heart of a fast food restaurant. Without the right content, right price, and associated images, the customer would have...

About 18 months ago, after long consideration, I switched from a PC-based laptop to a MacBook. It wasn't an easy decision. I carry around some 15 year...

A major problem for anyone pursuing a connected house is that the more devices you bring into your home, the more separate hubs you need to operate th...

It was a sad day Monday to hear of the passing of Tom Magliozzi, who had been a longstanding part of the background noise of my life through Car Talk....

Increasing data rates combined with limited spectrum are requiring technologies like LDPC FEC to help keep pace. The interest of the wireless industry...

Let me be clear, as an embedded software product manager for Mentor Graphics, I believe there are numerous use cases in which architecting a safe, sec...