Microchip is certainly one of the leaders in the embedded industry. The number of MCUs the company manufactures is staggering by just about any metric. So I thought hearing the company’s opinion of where our industry is headed would be appropriate.
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Although the hype for IoT was immense from the beginning of 2012, the processes for IoT app development is still being streamlined.
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The DC transimpedance amplifier discussion, in my previous blog: TIA Fundamentals Part 2: Signal Frequency Response, is a good start towards understanding the AC signal response.
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Most software is obtained as a binary executable. The program may run and does what it does, but the user has no knowledge of its inner workings and has no opportunity to modify its functionality.
SigmaDots Covers All Three Levels When Securing Industrial IoT Systems
OEMs often tout their “system approach” to design. In theory, this means that they look at the end application, and then design each aspect of the system to meet the needs of that application.
The Buffer/Driver: What Is It, and Do I Need One?
Although buffers and drivers don’t appear to add functionality to a circuit, these apparently simple interface elements are essential to viable circuit design and operation.
Yes, It’s Possible to Protect Home Doorbells and Cameras Against Hackers
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I’m not necessarily on board with the conspiracy theory folks who think that every enabled device in our home is out to get us.
Voice Assistants Going Embedded
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Easier Memory Management in UVM
The ‘Easy memory manager’ is generic in nature and can be used in any existing UVM based verification environments.
Wind River Simics Eases DevOps Pain While Upping Security
Do you need help with DevOps? Do you even know what the term means? If you’re developing for the embedded space, you need to understand this technology.
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According to the two companies, the card offers the industry’s highest performance interfaces available on a PCIe FPGA accelerator card.
Overcoming the Technical Challenges of Electrochemical Gas Sensing: Part 2
While signal chain integration is a significant step forward, on its own it does not address the fundamental disadvantage of electrochemical gas sensors—deteriorating performance over their lifetime.
Overcoming the Technical Challenges of Electrochemical Gas Sensing: Part 1
Electrochemical gas sensors are a proven technology that dates back to the 1950s, when they were developed for oxygen monitoring.
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This article provides a brief description of the 4-wire SPI interface followed by an introduction to SPI enabled switches and muxes that help reduce the number of digital GPIOs in system board design.
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