The vast majority of embedded software developers focus on coding for MPUs and MCUs; relatively few have any experience with regard to using field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). This is unfortunate because although regular processors are great for performing decision-making and control chores, they are horribly inefficient when it comes to performing many data processing tasks.

NCC Group, one of the world's largest security consulting firms, recently conducted an independent research examination that analyzed the security posture of both the Zephyr RTOS and MCUboot secure bootloader, and found more 26 vulnerabilities of varying severity.

Jennifer Fernick, Head of Research at NCC, spoke with Embedded Computing Design about findings from the company's "Research Report ? Zephyr and MCUboot Security Assessment."

AI technologies, which were called ?futuristic? not so long ago, are proving to be an effective tool contributing to fight the pandemic in healthcare and public health applications.

IoT endpoints lie at the frontier of embedded vision. And, as with other frontiers, there are challenges, not least of which is power efficiency. Can inferencing at the extreme edge happen without exceeding the node?s power capacity?

QuickLogic Corporation announced its QuickLogic Open Reconfigurable Computing (QORC) initiative. According to the company, this makes QuickLogic the first programmable logic vendor to actively embrace a fully open source suite of development tools for its FPGA devices and eFPGA technology.

Due to lack of reliable connectivity, delays and difficulties in processing this huge data on cloud, there is a challenge in analyzing and extracting important insights from this data. To deal with this challenge, enterprises are leveraging edge analytics along with cloud computing.

The LoRa Alliance is a fairly dynamic organization, as projects appear to be progressing nicely. The organization began with just a handful of vendors and has now grown to more than 500. To that end, Dave Kjendal, CTO and Executive Vice President of Engineering at Senet, has just joined the Alliance?s Board of Directors. It seemed like a good time to speak to Dave to hear what his ideas and direction are for the Alliance. Dave is my guest on this week?s Embedded Executives podcast.

The terms ?code size? and ?footprint? are often used interchangeably. But, they are not the same; code size is a subset of footprint. This paper will explain the differentiation and relevance, then proceed to describe some techniques to minimize footprint.

High Performance Edge Computing (HPEC) means bringing high-performance computing capabilities - typically found in data center infrastructures - into hardware systems deployable at the edge, where environmental conditions are typically harsh.

It is all around us, but unless there is a problem, we usually do not concern ourselves with what is in the air that we breathe. In both indoor and outdoor environments, poor air quality can greatly impact our health and well-being.