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  • Erasing Your Network Footprint

    Erasing Your Network Footprint

    “You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt Like most things about…

  • Do Robot Dogs Dream of Cyborg Cats?

    Do Robot Dogs Dream of Cyborg Cats?

    Were you wondering if anyone was in the process of using decentralized artificial intelligence (AI) to create a pack of robot dogs? If so, I…

  • Adding Brains to Cars

    Adding Brains to Cars

    “I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.” – Woodrow Wilson There’s an episode of Star Trek…

  • Intel Drives FPGA Expansion

    Intel Drives FPGA Expansion

    The winds of change are blowing strongly in the FPGA market these days. As programmable logic has matured, a number of lucrative market opportunities have…

  • Microchip TrustAnchor Holds the Keys

    Microchip TrustAnchor Holds the Keys

    “One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.” – Rita Mae Brown You’ve got a problem. You designed a nice microcontroller-based system a…

  • Eeek! Biology-Gated-Transistor Sensors

    Eeek! Biology-Gated-Transistor Sensors

    Irrespective of the aspersions cast by the non-biological alien characters in Terry Bisson’s short story, “They’re Made Out of Meat,” I’m proud to be a…

  • How to Rob a Bank

    How to Rob a Bank

    “Because that’s where the money is.” – Willie Sutton, when asked why he robs banks When you think of secure, reliable, mission-critical computers, you naturally…

  • Create Your Own RTOS in 1 Hour (Part 4)

    Create Your Own RTOS in 1 Hour (Part 4)

    “It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.” – William James Time…

  • Eos Embedded Perception Software Sees All

    Eos Embedded Perception Software Sees All

    Sit down, take a deep breath, and try to relax. In a few moments, I’m going to show you a video of people (well, dummies…

  • The Custom CPU Paradox

    The Custom CPU Paradox

    “I think there’s something great and generic about goldfish. They’re everybody’s first pet.” – Paul Rudd RISC-V, like Finn, is kind of a big deal.…