Embedded Computing Design

With a goal of providing better support for embedded Linux and other high-end operating systems, the DesignWare ARC HS38 processor IP core delivers up...

I continue to be amazed at how simple it is to add wireless technology to a design. It seems like it wasn't too long ago that the wireless subsystem w...

To be honest, I hadn't given much thought to the text characters that show up in the display of an embedded system. I'm guessing I'm not alone in taki...

It's been a week of test drives - not cars, of course, but development kits. Today, I'm taking a spin on the $49 Cypress Bluetooth Low Energy Pioneer...

Slide show -- For the first time, Embedded Computing Design undertook a study to better understand things about how you work. Specifically, we looked...

ams, the company formerly known as Austria Micro Systems, recently released a family of intelligent sensors that integrate six key sensing functions,...

Pentek recently introduced a new 3U system that's pre-configured and tailored to your application. I found this interesting because Pentek can populat...

There is no shortage of development platforms these days, from Arduino to mbed to Raspberry Pi, just to name a few. I happen to be a big believer in t...

Does it make me a geek because I get excited by lighting an LED on an eval board? Okay, maybe it does, but I'm guessing that I'm far from alone in tha...

No, this isn't another "Is 8-bit dead?" or "When will we see the last of 8-bit?" column. Frankly, I'm tired of that discussion, as it's clear there is...

I bet you haven't heard this one before - one of the silicon vendors has an IC that reduces space, power, and hardware requirements in an embedded sys...

Mobile payments are certainly in the spotlight today, both for good reasons and not so good reasons. But with any new technology, there are likely to...

You're sitting comfortably at your desk working on the latest design when the dreaded message comes in: The board you've been integrating into systems...

Functional safety verification is a must have for automotive applications. Or is it? First, let's define what the term actually means. In most cases,...

Not a week goes by these days without some headline about a new hack. Whether it's Home Depot, Staples, or some lesser-known entity, it's becoming all...

I know the argument is getting old, but it bears repeating: solid-state drives (SSDs) aren't replacing hard-disk drives (HDDs) anytime soon in super-h...

Platforms that fall into the "do it yourself" or DIY space are currently in vogue. There are a multitude of offerings available, and more seem to pop...

If you need to integrate a low-power LCD into your design, I've got the answer for you. Well, actually, Will Cooper from Texas Instruments has the ans...

Slide show -- I'll admit it - this was my first Maker Faire. I promise you it won't be my last. It was very cool. I attended the Faire in New York Cit...

Speaking of low power, TI's KeyStone architecture delivers multicore performance at less than 10 W.