Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are essential in modern electronics. Dust and other contaminants are more important to watch out for than ever. As components get smaller, the relative size of contaminants is larger, heat is more of an issue with densely packed circuits on modern ICs, and devices operating at high frequencies (~1 GHz and […]
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Wireless IIoT: Moving to the next generation of industrial connectivity
by Matt Maupin, Senior Product Manager, Silicon Labs The operational and environmental conditions found in industrial sectors such as manufacturing, distribution, and utilities (gas, electricity, water) have always presented a challenge to connectivity. Wired connections would be used where a clear and definite network existed, giving the assurance of reliability for mission-critical systems. Wireless would […]
Image gallery: Technology on display at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicles USA 2018
TU_Automotive put on its ADAS technology event in Detroit Oct. 16 and 17, featuring presentations from firms such as Toyota, Volvo, Ford, Lear Corp., Harman, Mitsubishi Electric, GM Ventures, Navigant Research, and start-up companies CalmCar, Seeva Technologies and AlphaCs Corp. Here are a few of the more intriguing displays we perused during the event. NEXT […]
Choosing a switched mode power supply for your electronics prototype
Even if you never plan to go beyond one prototype, you still need to wean your board off the bench top power supply. However, choosing a permanent power supply for your electronics design is more than just a simple exercise in determining the operating voltage, maximum current, and form factor. Mouser Electronics has over 43,000 […]
Super-tiny sensor platforms, facile headlights, and “trainspotting” microphones mark STMicroelectronics’ Technology Tour
Technology demonstrations and tutorials marked the one-day Technology Tour event put on by STMicroelectronics in the Detroit area. Here are a few of the exhibits and tech presentations that caught our eye. NEXT: Headlights that swivel
Microcontroller Top Talks in September 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. Why more codes do not work with PIC microcontroller – I code for reading EEPROM and edit those EEPROM data and work with […]
Teardown: Inside the PlayStation 4 game box
We take a look at the venerable Sony game box with an eye toward power handling and architecture. Chances are that if you’re a gamer, you’re experiencing your video games on a Sony PlayStation 4. To date, over 75 million PlayStation 4 boxes have sold. The closest competitor is the Xbox One (36.03 million) and […]
An Open Source RTOS for IoT
An operating system (OS) is software that supports essential computer functions by managing software and hardware in a computer system. An embedded OS is typically tailored for a specific system and is usually as small as is necessary to do its job. You can find OSes in smartphones, routers, smart watches, game consoles, Alexa/Google Home, […]
SSDs: secure erase or sanitize?
When you’re done with a data storage drive, it’s nice to make sure that all of the data is scrubbed from it. A drive that’s returned, repurposed, or discarded can have personal or confidential data on it. Discarded drives have been found with everything from financial and medical data, email, and even pornography on them. […]
Microcontroller Top Talks in August 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. Help with Matlab – I imported my project from MPLAB 8.92 into MPLAB X successfully but can’t simulate it like I do with […]