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Tiny module unites industrial applications 6/10/2008
Following the small-form-factor trend in embedded devices, Connect One just introduced the Mini Socket iWiFi serial-to-Wi-Fi module for connecting industrial devices running machine-to-machine applications to 802.11b/g wireless networks.Intel, Wind River turn ignition on Linux for automotive electronics 5/20/2008
Today at Telematics 2008, Wind River Systems and Intel announced their intention to create an open-source Linux platform for automotive applications.Pentek shrinks software-radio module 5/8/2008
At the recent Critical Embedded Systems conference in Scottsdale, AZ, Pentek introduced its latest high-performance, high-resolution software-radio module.Processor supports capacitive touch sensing for button and slider replacement 5/1/2008
Cypress Semiconductor’s CapSense Express devices, working with the PSoC (programmable-system-on-chip) Express visual embedded-system-design tool and the CapSense Express configuration tool, enable designers to monitor and tune the performance of as many as 10 button-and-slider interfaces in real time using a graphical user interface.Active-matrix display employs nanowire transistors 5/1/2008
A research group including members from Purdue University, Northwestern University, and the University of Southern California claims it has developed the first active-matrix display based on nanowire transistors, which offer better transparency and flexibility than conventional silicon circuitry. In the proof-of-concept display, indium-oxide-nanowire transistors, indium-tin-oxide electrodes, an...In-Depth
Automobile electronics seek to plug power leaks 6/26/2008
Automobile accessories and control electronics benefit from power-management schemes to prevent dead batteries and gas guzzling. Low-power electronic subsystems are especially important for the next generation of electric cars and plug-in electric vehicles.One giant leap for “enhanced” hybrid 6/12/2008
Tales From The Cube: Space-bound product nearly fails to launch due to an "improved" circuit design that is anything but.Multicore-programming frameworks for embedded-multimedia applications 5/29/2008
Understanding the data-access pattern of an application can help you effectively use the memory and system resources of the underlying architecture to develop a scalable parallel application.Temperature: Your worst enemy? 5/29/2008
Tales From The Cube: Temperature-induced system errors gave this design team cold sweats. After realizing that identical units were failing at different temperatures, the engineers learned a valuable lesson.High availability in embedded systems: Always on 5/13/2008
Designers are tuning high-availability architectures to meet customer demands for a persistent data interface for the next generation of ultrareliable embedded-system applications.Experts
Embedded-system design: Those devilish details 4/17/2008
As you marvel at our industry’s electronic masterpieces, you can be sure of one thing: A team of embedded-system designers painstakingly analyzed and tuned all of the minute hardware and software details.Fractal engineering versus synergy 2/27/2008
Even the best efforts of today bring together only the most closely related fractal components of the electrical-engineering profession.ZMIN, a very special value 2/27/2008
A special value that I call 'minimum impedance' is the secret to successful end-termination design.EDN Innovation: Awards season comes to technology 2/6/2008
Engineers rarely receive the same fame as those that toil in some higher profile professions. But I don't know of a job that demands a better combination of technical savvy, theoretical knowledge, and creative thought process.Development boards speed learning and product-development cycle 12/3/2007
How do you use development boards? Complete our survey on development-board usage, and you'll enter a drawing for a special development prize.DesignIdeas
