The ADLEPC-1500 Mini compact embedded PC delivers occupies a footprint of just 1.3 x 3.4 x 3.2 in. It features an Intel E3800-series Atom processor with onboard 4GB DDR3 RAM and integrated Intel HD Graphics engine with support for DirectX 11, Open GL 4.0 and full HD video playback. The ADLEPC-1500 comes packaged in an […]
IoT brings push for super-small Bluetooth modules
You can say one thing for the Internet-of-things movement: It is bringing an impetus for wireless connectivity electronics that is both small enough to tuck into wearable appliances and which can be deployed without obtaining approvals from the FCC or equivalent agencies in other countries. Among the latest examples demonstrating the trend is a low-energy […]
High-precision oscillators boost base station, high-end router performance
NDK NH20M20LB and NH37M28LK High-Precision oscillators are designed to raise the bar for frequency accuracy in base stations for mobile communications systems, high-end routers, test and measurement equipment and other synthesizer applications. The NH25M22TA is available for SMT applications. The NH37M28LK and NH20M20LB each have through-hole PC mounting pins. The use of proprietary DSP technology […]
Teardown: Inside a $50 smart phone,
the Blu R1 HD
The online retailer Amazon made headlines when it introduced a super-inexpensive smart phone from Blu Products in Miami called the R1 HD. The media splash arose because Amazon Prime members could get the phone for as little as $50 if they were willing to put up with seeing ads on the phone’s lock screen. With […]
Gallery: Scenes from the NXP Kinetis MCU wireless day
Chip maker NXP is putting on a one-day seminar in various cities, covering Bluetooth and Thread wireless technology. We sat in on the seminar held at Arrow Electronics in the Cleveland, Ohio area. Here are some of the highlights of that experience. NEXT PAGE: Welcome to the Rigado R41Z
Teardown: Does the Amazon Dash
set the tone for IoT appliances?
Amazon’s push-button-ordering gizmo could be a harbinger of things to come on the Internet of Things. But is it a hacker’s dream? Lee Teschler – Executive Editor lteschler@wtwhmedia.com On Twitter @DW—LeeTeschler The online retailer Amazon wants you to order items like laundry detergent or coffee by pushing one of its Dash Buttons. A Dash Button […]
Teardown: Inside a cable modem
The device which brings cable TV and high-speed internet into homes has a simple design but sports a couple of tricky secrets. Lee Teschler Executive Editor If you’ve got broadband internet from a cable company, it comes into your house through a cable modem. Estimates are that some $8.6 billion-worth of cable modems will be […]
Teardown: Inside the Fitbit Charge
Here’s a look at the electronics and sensors deployed inside a widely used fitness watch. Leland Teschler Executive Editor The fitness tracking firm Fitbit says it sold something over 21 million fitness watches last year. To get an idea of how fitness watches work their magic, we tore down one of the more popular fitness […]
The difference between microprocessors and application processors
Sometimes terminology changes faster than the technology it applies to. That’s arguably the case for the term application processor. Specifically, an application processor is a special kind of microprocessor. The application processor moniker came out of the cellular industry. In a mobile device, it refers to a chip used for the primary processing of cellular […]
Free trip to Germany in the future of a few lucky engineers
A few fortunate individuals will soon be touching down in Hannover, Germany, to kick the tires and take selfies with some of the manufacturing industry’s most exciting innovations at the upcoming Hannover Fair — for free. A trip to the Fair is what’s at stake in a contest sponsored by enclosure manufacturer Rittal. Rittal bills […]