Peer-to-peer, engineer-to-engineer questions and answers from the EDABoard.com engineering community around microcontrollers. Click the “Read more” link and follow the entire conversation and maybe add your two cents by logging in to EDAboard.com. AC current measuring – I require to measure AC current by using a current transformer to a microcontroller. What techniques are there available? Read […]
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“Display it!” with embedded display design challenge at Embedded World 2018
4D Systems today announced it will demonstrate its gen4 HMI display modules and Workshop4 IDE software at Embedded World 2018 Nuremberg. Visitors are invited to visit the stand (Hall 1 – stand 201) and take up the “Display it!” challenge, bringing their complex display design issues to the 4D Systems engineering team to solve. Whether […]
FPGA development board for PolarFire designs
Microsemi Corporation and Future Electronics announced the availability of the Avalanche board featuring a Microsemi PolarFire non-volatile field programmable gate array (FPGA). As the lowest cost entry development board available today for designing with Microsemi’s lowest power, cost-optimized mid-range PolarFire FPGAs, Future’s Avalanche board lowers the barrier to entry for PolarFire FPGAs and helps expand Microsemi’s market opportunities for the device. The […]
RISC vs. CISC Architectures: Which one is better?
Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) is a type or category of the processor, or Instruction Set Architecture (ISA). Speaking broadly, an ISA is a medium whereby a processor communicates with the human programmer (although there are several other formally identified layers in between the processor and the programmer). An instruction is a command given to […]
Microcontroller Top Talks in December on EDABoard.com forums
Peer-to-peer, engineer-to-engineer questions and answers from the EDABoard.com engineering community around microcontrollers. Click the “Read more” link and follow the entire conversation and maybe add your two cents by logging in to EDAboard.com. Open Source/Open Hardware MCU board with Eagle/Gerbers available? – I am looking for open source/open hardware projects that have Eagle source files […]
Top microcontroller stories of 2017
Here are the microcontroller features that got the most interest from readers in 2017. What is an open drain? Open-collector and -drain devices sink current when controlled to one state and have no current flow (i.e., output a high impedance state) in the other state. It is fairly common to use open-drains (open-collectors) together […]
Arm TrustZone explained
Arm TrustZone is a system-wide approach to embedded security option for the ARM Cortex-based processor systems. Cortex-based cores are used in everything from microcontrollers (MCUs) to high-performance processors. Arm TrustZone is an embedded security technology that starts at the hardware level by creating two environments that can run simultaneously on a single core: a secure […]
DVR records audio/video on microSD storage media in MP4, captures JPEG images on the fly
A/V outputs on the Model 4031 digital video recorder allow live video, recorded A/V or JPEG snapshots to be displayed on an external monitor. Date and time are maintained by a real-time clock with battery backup. Implementation of a complete embedded DVR takes just a power connection, an optional custom keypad, and a microSD storage […]
Newark element14 to stock Delkin Devices industrial flash storage devices
Delkin Devices, a leading USA manufacturer of industrial flash storage solutions for embedded, industrial applications has partnered with Newark element14, the Development Distributor and high-service distributor of technology products, services and solutions for electronic system design. With Delkin Devices added to the lineup of global franchised suppliers at Newark element14, customers get access to market leading […]
PocketBeagle: Smaller than a Raspberry Pi
It’s here and ready for the Holidays. The new BeagleBoard.org PocketBeagle is fun sized: smaller than Raspberry Pi, fits in an a small mint tin and the perfect size for a stocking. PocketBeagle features an incredible low cost, slick design, and simple usage, making PocketBeagle the ideal development board for beginners and professionals alike. Who is using […]