2020-12-30 - Mark Pitchford

Software testing matters in embedded systems

High-level requirements like state-machine functionality and complying with standards for cybersecurity and functional safety are crucial.

2020-12-23 - Richard Crisp

Avoid image degradation in digital camera designs

A closer look at the 3T Pixel architecture, examine some undesirable characteristics and then introduce the charge transfer pixel mechanism and see how it can be used to avoid many of these limitations...

2020-12-09 - Majeed Ahmad

Reference boards are turning into components

Reference designs facilitate knowledge in areas where engineers aren’t highly skilled, putting design implementation within their reach.

2020-12-07 - Nitin Dahad

Tesla Model X hacked with Raspberry Pi based board

Researchers from COSIC, an imec security research group at the University of Leuven in Belgium, managed to hack the keyless entry system in a Tesla Model X...

2020-11-25 - Maurizio di Paolo Emilio

The next challenges of low power design

Nowadays, the innovation of low power embedded systems is directly linked to battery innovation, which has created many interesting systems...

2020-11-24 - Steffen Allert

Selecting storage for your industrial application

When considering a flash storage media that should satisfy the rigorous demands of an industrial environment, engineers may want to pay particular attention to temperature, industrial levels of testing, life-time support, and long-term availability...

2020-11-16 - Brian Dipert

The transition to Apple silicon Arm-based computers

Apple announced its overall strategy for them this summer, and they're finally here: the company's first Apple silicon Arm-based systems.

- SMART Modular

All-in-one Development Kit Powers Gen-Z Ecosystem

All-in-one compact system provides for development and testing of Gen-Z in-band management and fabric manager software from any PC workstation...

2020-11-02 - Maxim Integrated

Health sensor platform 3.0 reduces development time by at least 6 months

MAXREFDES104# is a wrist form factor reference design ready to collect blood oxygen, ECG, heart rate, body temperature and activity data

2020-10-29 - Simon Bramble

Performing precision measurement with silicon temperature sensors

The electronics industry is demanding ever more levels of accuracy and temperature sensing is no exception...