Category: Embedded

Embedded

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • 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…