Embedded Computing Design

WiFi is on the move again. WiFi 6 is becoming more entrenched, but WiFi 7 is just around the corner. Are these new iterations really necessary, or is it just a way to get users to upgrade to the latest and greatest?

Aimed at smart enterprise applications like smart buildings and smart cities, Digi’s EX50 5G Enterprise Router is a 5G go-to product for primary backup, fixed wireless access. It could be used in a company headquarters to provide connectivity for backup or to connect multiple branches.

Performing accurate over-the-air (OTA) software updates sounds like a simple operation — we do it every day on our consumer devices. But performing that same operation with mission-critical machinery in less-than-ideal environments is potentially very difficult.

Novelda, a developer of accurate and reliable human presence sensors, recently released its latest Ultra-Wideband (UWB) sensor for smart home and building automation applications.

Sub-threshold technology has pushed microprocessor power levels down to places we have not seen before. 

The discussion of SoC versus ASSP has been going on for as long as these devices have existed.

We’ve been talking a lot lately about what it means to be “real time.” In theory, it’s not something that’s achievable. But in practice, “good enough” is good enough for many applications.

New acronym alert—at least for me.

Since we’ve turned the page on a new year, it’s time to make some predictions.

Newark recently conducted a poll of Makers and Professional Makers, looking at their board choices, operating environments, architectures, and so on.

The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) continues to be a force to be reckoned with within our embedded space. And I mean that in a good way.

Arm’s SystemReady initiative is really picking up steam.

There’s been a confluence of negative trends as of late that are impacting the embedded design community.

There are many applications that require real-time interactions. Automotive certainly fits into that category. But the term “real time” is bothersome to me, as it’s not something that’s achievable.

According to the company, the Meta-Lidar Platform represents the industry’s smallest solid-state 3D sensing solution.

The more I dig into the Connectivity Standards Alliance, aka the CSA, the more intriguing it becomes.

EVs can be confusing from a “what voltage does it run at” perspective. We have the 12-V lead-acid batteries that have been around for decades. But there are many new sizes, types, chemistries, and voltages.

When designing your embedded system, the storage subsystem is not always at the top of the priority list.

We say it all the time: you are going to get hacked! The most important factor at this point is to minimize the damage when the inevitable occurs.