Category: Embedded
Embedded
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Spintronics recognition
One of the featured technologies in my DATE report was spintronics. This week the Technology Academy Finland, backed by the Finnish State awarded the 2014…
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On the Scene: EELive 2014 Wrap Up
We stormed the gates. We took no prisoners. But, we did take home a lot of pens. Most importantly, we learned some stuff. Welcome to…
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Ban Power Consumption
“How much power does it consume?” This has been a key question ever since I started work as a product engineer many years ago. Heck,…
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Wide-Ranging Approaches to Ranging
As I’ve mentioned before, there are constants at ISSCC (e.g., sessions on image processing and sensors) and then there are the circuits-of-the-month. Ranging seemed to…
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Model-based Product Line Engineering
OK –not the most attention grabbing headline, but it is what Atego are calling the total revamp of their modelling tools. System modelling is one…
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Clearer Phone Conversations
I recall the few times I was able, for some reason, to take advantage of noise-cancelling headphones on an airplane. Once on your ears, when…
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Internet of Things- This Season’s Trend
Later this week I will be reporting on the embedded world conference, where the Internet of Things was the major topic. Just before embedded world…
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Ten years and rolling
Ten years ago today the Mars Rover Opportunity bounced its way on to the surface of Mars, at the start of a three month mission.…
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Haptics in a Microcontroller?
TI caught my eye when they released a microcontroller that they said was “haptics-enabled.” A few seconds of thought convinced me that this concept needed…
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IntrinsicID and InsideSecure Come to DropBox
We’ve taken an occasional look at physically-unclonable functions (PUFs), and, in particular, IntrinsicID’s implementation of them, as they seem to have gone further in productizing…