IoT Accelerates the Development of the Electric Vehicle Market We are living in the age of profound and pervasive technological transformations that are rapidly spreading across both enterprise and consumer product markets. The Internet of Things (IoT) and electric vehicles (EVs) are two examples of innovative cutting edge solutions marking the dawn of a new…
Use of GPUs in Edge AI Computing An Artificial Intelligence (AI) accelerator accelerates artificial intelligence applications such as artificial neural networks and machine learning. In the last decade, graphics processing units (GPUs) have seen increasing adoption for these applications since they efficiently perform image processing and mathematical neural network calculations. Fortunately for AI development, GPU…
Introduction to Linux Device Tree Most modern laptop or desktop computers have their peripheral devices (storage, media, or cameras) connected to the main processor through a peripheral bus such as PCIe or USB. Windows or Linux operating systems running on the computer can discover the connected peripherals through a process called enumeration or ‘plug and…
RISC-V vs ARM. Which One To Choose? For quite a while, since the rise of smartphones in the late 2000s, the computer processors market has been dominated by ARM central processing units (CPUs) based on the reduced instruction set computer (RISC) architecture. Recently, however, a strong competitor has emerged with a considerably different approach towards…
Six Key Embedded Systems Industry Trends in 2022 The demand for embedded systems across various industries and technology fields today is as high as ever before. Embedded systems are essential to many electronic devices and automated solutions that we are increasingly relying upon. So it comes as no surprise that the global embedded systems market…
I2C Protocol – Solving I2C Address Conflicts Today we would like to talk about I2C protocol, issues related to I2C bus conflicts and ways to address those issues. So, without further ado, let’s get to it. What is I2C? I2C stands for inter-integrated circuit also known as I2C or IIC. It is one of the most…
Real-Time Operating Systems and Applications One of the main challenges designers face when designing embedded systems is the need to meet rigorous and precise requirements for performance, efficiency, and reliability of the system. In order to deliver an embedded system serving the specific purposes of an application, experts in this technology field typically have to…
When Outsourcing Electronics Design of Your Product Is a Good Idea? Outsourcing to fill a resource gap as a business practice is common and widespread in the modern global economy. As the costs of hiring highly qualified technical experts are growing, and finding the right talent gets more and more difficult amid the widening tech…
Chip on Board and Wire Bonding Applications Wire bonding is a standard electrical interconnect technology used in assembling the vast majority of semiconductor packages. It is also a cost-effective and flexible way of attaching a ‘chip-on-board’ directly to a PCB assembly and provides various advantages over using regular ICs. Having a broad experience of utilizing…
Vibration Analysis for Predictive Maintenance of Manufacturing Equipment As the modern-day business environment gets increasingly competitive and new disruptive technologies enter the scene, manufacturers are facing the need to maximize productivity and minimize machinery and equipment maintenance costs. The ability to identify machine defects before they cause failures, resulting in unplanned downtime and production losses,…