Category: Embedded
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Sensor Driver? Sensor Fusion?
Not long ago, coincident with Sensors Expo, Freescale announced their new Intelligent Sensing Framework, or ISF. From the initial descriptions I saw, I was frankly…
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Cache Clunker
We all know that server computing and embedded computing are different for lots of reasons, many of which can be summed up in one word:…
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Antenna Tuning Without MEMS
Quite some time ago, we reported on WiSpry, a MEMS company that was using its technology to switch capacitors so that the antenna tuning can…
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It’s the Details
A couple of years ago I was stunned to find myself jazzed by batteries. I mean, how mundane can you get? A battery is a…
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Software Development is Failing
I wanted to share this, which I found on the System Safety Mailing list: https://lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/mailman/listinfo/systemsafety Martyn Thomas has enormous experience in implementing computer systems and…
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Separating You from Your Phone
In high-school physics class, we did an experiment. It’s so crude by today’s standards, that I feel like something of a fossil as I recall…
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Extreme Compilers for Extreme Architectures
ACE calls them “extreme architectures.” These are the processors that your mother told you to avoid because they’re just too darn hard to support. You…
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Sensor Fusion: DIY or Turnkey?
Sensor fusion was the name of the game this year at Sensors Expo (especially the MIG pre-conference event). But at least two of the visible…
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The Next OCTEON
Cavium has recently announced the latest in their OCTEON line: following OCTEON II is OCTEON III. (Betcha didn’t see that one coming.) If there’s one…
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Big and Little Core Combos
A long while back ARM introduced their big.LITTLE concept. (So cute how they put the big in little letters and the little in big letters!…