Industrial Control Accelerate your MCU-based design process
As microcontroller architectures evolve into full-fledged SoCs, MCU users are getting dragged into the software implementation, an area they may not fully understand. This feature will show you how to use software components to your advantage to reduce costs, save time and reduce risk.
Programmable SoCs Learn to take full advantage of programmable SoCs
It's still an analog world, especially when it comes to sensors and signal conditioning. Take this course to further your understanding how the emergence of programmable analog architectures can help streamline your analog and digital designs. It'll take you right from the basics of analog vs. digital signals through to full design optimization with a home-automation example. Enjoy!
Sometimes the needs of people in developing countries are immediate and immense. But in many villages in the developing world the greatest need is for some mundane piece of technology that we would take for granted in the developed world.
Developers of embedded systems are juggling more projects in 2008, and reporting that meeting schedules is their biggest task, the 2008 Embedded Market Study from TechInsights/Embedded Systems Design reports.
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Today's announcement by Macronix of a 256-Mbit serial NOR flash chip is interesting from a capabilities point of view, but leaves a number questions regarding market pull, interface standards and overall market size that makes me wonder who will follow Macronix to create a storm in this teacup?
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