Embedded Technology Journal

08/02/2019

You've got to know when to hold 'emKnow when to fold 'emKnow when to walk awayAnd know when to run“The Gambler” - Kenny Rogers Maybe the writing is on the wall. Maybe the truth is hidden in between the lines of your BOM. Maybe you really want to find another way but you don’t know where to sta...

07/12/2018

In this week’s episode of Fish Fry, we take a closer look at a IoT landscape that could not only reduce our battery power dependence but could also make a “forever battery” a reality. David Su (CEO - Atomic Technologies) and I discuss Atmosic Technologies’ holistic approach to power manageme...

30/11/2018

What do Douglas Adams, PCB design, DRAM for cryptocurrency, and the fourth Industrial Revolution have in common? This week’s episode of Amelia’s Weekly Fish Fry, of course! First up, Greg Roberts (EMA Design Automation) brings us the goods on EMA’s new ebook called “The Hitchhiker’s Guide ...

09/11/2018

What has sparsity done for you lately? In this episode of Fish Fry, we investigate the challenges that surround on-device artificial intelligence processing. Megha Daga (Cadence Design Systems) and I discuss the why the presence of zeroes is becoming more and more important in the development of neu...

02/11/2018

This week’s podcast is coming to you from the land of vineyards, grapevines, and MEMS magnetic field sensors -- Napa Valley, California! In this episode of Fish Fry, we have an interview with each of the entrants of this year’s MEMS and Sensors Executive Congress Technology Showcase (think of it...

28/09/2018

It’s that time of year again my friends, when the leaves began to fall gently to the ground and the accelerometers run free. Yes, its MEMS and Sensors Executive Congress time! Steve Whalley this week gives us a sneak peak into this year's Executive Congress. Steve and I discuss how sensor systems ...

01/07/2013

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28/03/2012

http://www.eejournal.com/archives/articles/20120328-ceva/

CEVA recently announced the XC-4000 family, their next generation of DSP processors for software-defined radio implementations of communications functions (if I may make bold to understate with the word “function”) Normally, to discuss the new family, it would be standard to go through the proc…

21/03/2012

http://www.eejournal.com/archives/articles/20120321-xmos/

Subtle definitions can make a difference. The old song title, “What Is This Thing Called Love” is a lot different than asking your spouse, “what is this thing called, love?” So it is with XMOS’s new chip, the XS1. Is it an FPGA or a microprocessor? Perhaps it’s the much-touted system-on-a-chip…

15/03/2012

http://www.eejournal.com/archives/articles/20120314/

While the rest of the world, with some minor exceptions, is seeing decline in trade shows/exhibitions etc, embedded world, in Nürnberg, Germany, continues to grow and grow. At the opening day, the organisers were cautiously predicting that they would exceed 20,000 visitors: in the post- show press r...

12/03/2012

http://www.eejournal.com/index.php?cID=19887

The world no longer needs RTOSes. Linux can do it all. Or so it was suggested at the recent RTECC conference, where none other than renowned embedded Linux booster Jim Ready of MontaVista (now Cavium) gave a presentation suggesting that, at this point, there is really no need for anything but L…

10/03/2012

http://www.eejournal.com/archives/articles/20120309-fishfry/

This week’s Fish Fry is all about those persistent pesky power problems that plague our designs and what we can do to solve them. If you’re a digital guy or gal struggling to get into the analog game, or even if you’re an analog person trying your hand at digital design, this Fish Fry is for you. Fi...

29/02/2012

As kids we’re taught “don’t judge a book by its cover” and that “appearances can be deceiving.” But we also learn that “beauty is only skin deep” and that “you get only one chance to make a good first impression.” With all these dueling aphorisms, what are we supposed to believe? With emb…

28/02/2012

If an embedded system can move while operating, is it still an embedded system, or is it now a mobile device? This is a question I wouldn’t have even thought to ask except that it randomly came up within the last month and I found myself alone in the answer I gave. I thought, “Yes.” No one else…

22/02/2012

The title this week is borrowed from the book by Neil Gershenfeld, which includes one of the best descriptions of embedded systems that I’ve ever read. It’s also a good introduction to microcontrollers and embedded software for your nontechnical friends who wonder what you do for a living. Pa…

15/02/2012

In Isaac Asimov’s wonderful books, he creates the Three Laws of Robotics. (He later added a zeroth law, but we’ll skip over that for now.) You probably already know them by heart, but the first law for all robots was, “never injure a human or, through inaction, allow a human to come to harm.” It was...

09/02/2012

Free and open technologies are certainly charming. They help alleviate the burden of development and allow you and your colleagues to focus on that important phrase, the “value add”: that part of your product that’s truly original. Linux is the poster child for open software. It’s developed by…