Embedded Computing Design

This past weekend, I attended the Maker Faire in New York City. Like last year, it was an eye-opening experience, one that got me excited about buildi...

DecaWave offers positioning down to the centimeters level. Do we really need that much precision? That's exactly the question I posed to Ciaran Connell, the CEO of DecaWave, a company that is one of t

DecaWave offers positioning down to the centimeters level. Do we really need that much precision? That's exactly the question I posed to Ciaran Connell, the CEO of DecaWave, a company that is one of t

We've heard it 1,000 times, "Make sure your software is secure." But what does that mean exactly, and how the heck do we go about it? Think about the...

What technology seems to get the most coverage these days (by a long shot)? It's the Internet of Things (IoT), of course. Adding fuel to the fire is a...

If your company doesn't have someone who represents the "standards police," maybe you should, as I recently learned from someone who happens to hold t...

You can make an argument that Bluetooth is the most successful wireless medium in use today, especially in terms of short-range protocols. The Bluetooth that's in use today in same ways is very simila

You can make an argument that Bluetooth is the most successful wireless medium in use today, especially in terms of short-range protocols. The Bluetooth that's in use today in same ways is very simila

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...