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A perfect storm is brewing in semiconductor design and it reminds of a period about 20 years ago when many of the same forces were at work. The storm is all about challenges and opportunities to expand a market for a specific type of semiconductor technology, and the main thing missing is coherent infrastructure or ecosystem to facilitate it.



Technology - Semiconductor - Microelectromechanical systems - MEMS - Manufacturing

In this three part series, the basic framework is described for using digital signal processing in analyzing and processing analog data gathered by intelligent sensors. Part 3: The effect of digitization on the sampled signal.



Signal processing - Digital signal processing - Electronics - Technology - Digital Signal Processing - DSP

As your software development processes evolve, so too must your code review practices.



Software development - Code review - Programming - Software engineering - Manufacturing

In this three part series, the basic framework is described for using digital signal processing in analyzing and processing analog data gathered by intelligent sensors. Part 2: Using filters to clean up sensor signals



Signal processing - Digital signal processing - Electronics - Technology - Data

A step-by-step guide to using Blue Water Embedded’s Prisim graphical drawing engine and runtime framework to quickly create professional quality graphics for display on resource-constrained embedded targets.



User interface - Graphics - Companies - Programming - Languages

In this three part series, the basic framework is described for using digital signal processing in analyzing and processing analog data gathered by intelligent sensors. Part 1: Foundational DSP concepts.



Digital signal processing - Signal processing - Electronics - Technology - Digital Signal Processing - DSP

Understand what is new and better with SuperSpeed USB protocols and power management versus USB 2.0



Universal Serial Bus - USB - Hardware - Buses - Operating system

Understand how the standard powerline can be adapted to control the attributes of many independent LED-based lighting fixtures.



LED lamp - Light - Business - Electrical - Materials and Supplies

Understand the underlying principles and end up with a relatively simple sub-circuit which offers full frequency dependence and fidelity



SPICE - Frequency - Transmission line - Technology - Simulation

Part 1 of an except from the book "ZigBee Wireless Networking" reviews ZigBee data transmission along with an example that demonstrates how to initiate various data request mechanisms.



ZigBee - Wireless network - Data Communications - Wireless - Telecommunication

Part 3 of an excerpt from the book "Interconnecting Smart Objects with IP: The Next Internet" examines Pachube, a real-world instantiation of a RESTful interface for smart objects.



Web service - Pachube - Programming - Representational State Transfer - Service-Oriented Architecture

In order to enable sophisticated motor control circuits to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emission, measurement of exhaust gas temperature is a key factor. The article describes in detail the sensor technology involved.



Exhaust gas - Fuel efficiency - Technology - Business - Parts and Accessories

In today's dense traffic, traditional brake lights in many situations no longer serve the purpose to warn the trailing vehicle of a slow-down – because they are on anyway during a slope, or because the traffic is so dense that the following vehicle is too close anyway. The article proposes an intelligent brake light system that could do away with these shortcomings.



Automotive lighting - Business - Brake - Parts and Accessories - Shopping

Ethernet can now be added to the list of automotive networks, such as CAN, LIN, FlexRay and MOST. But why is it needed and for what applications? The reason is simple and is why Ethernet totally dominates office networking and is now the choice for both factory and the home. Simplicity and field-proven open standardization have significantly lowered the Cost of Ownership in every application Ethernet has entered. Volumes of scale in the office and consumer market supported by a magnitude of Ethernet vendors have driven pricing levels far lower than any ‘custom’ designed protocol.



Ethernet - Data Communications - Computer network - Manufacturers - Business

In this series, the author describes how an "Internet of Things" consisting of ubiquitously connected intelligent sensors would work and the MCU and DSP hardware needed to achieve it. Part 2: Next step - add some intelligence.



Internet of Things - Digital signal processor - Intelligence - Signal processing - Electronics

How midspans offer an energy-efficient way to deploy PoE and intelligently manage network power consumption



Technology - Power over Ethernet - Ethernet - Business - Data Communications

In this two part series, the author describes how an "Internet of Things" consisting of ubiquitously connected intelligent sensors would work and the MCU and DSP hardware needed to achieve it. Part 1: Basics of sensor design.



Digital signal processing - Signal processing - Internet of Things - Electronics - Design