Embedded Computing Design

Technologies come and go in the embedded space as time goes on. But VMEbus, for some reason, has managed to buck the trend. Ray Alderman, like VMEbus, has been a part of the VMEbus trade association (

A short time ago, Cortus released a pair of IP processor cores, the APS23 and APS25. The parts are based on the company's v2 instruction set. The APS2...

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...

Conceived by Disney Research and working in partnership with a student team at ETH Zürich, the Beachbot is a mobile robot that can turn an ordinary beach into an artist's canvas. Thanks to innovative

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...

If you're in the embedded space, you know who Jim Ready is, or at least know the companies he founded—Ready Systems and MontaVista Software. One of Jim's mantras, which I wholeheartedly agree with, is

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...

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This week's interview is with James Truchard, better known as Dr T, Founder and CEO of National Instruments (NI). NI is one of the most successful startups in our industry. I asked Dr. T how scary it