Holoscan Platform for Robotics and Edge AI Ethernet Sensor Bridges and the Next Generation of Edge AI Systems For more than a decade, embedded vision systems have relied on two dominant interfaces: MIPI-CSI and GMSL. These standards were good enough for automotive ADAS, drones, and early robotics. They offered reliability and adequate bandwidth at…
Software-Compatible Hardware Drop-In Replacements In embedded systems, where software and hardware are tightly coupled, replacing obsolete hardware is rarely trivial. Whether due to component going EOL, performance shortfalls, or evolving application needs, the cost of re-engineering and re-qualifying systems from scratch can be substantial. Larger systems have years of design and validation testing prior to…
Embedded Systems and Low-Power Design An embedded system refers to a specialized computer system designed to perform dedicated functions within a larger mechanical or electrical system. It typically consists of a combination of hardware and software components tailored to perform specific tasks or functions. Embedded systems play a crucial role in mobile robotics, UAV construction…
Indoor Location Tracking Systems What is an indoor location tracking system? Indoor location tracking system locates and tracks the movement of people or objects inside buildings. Indoor location tracking is enabled by indoor positioning systems, a network of electronic devices and computer software used to locate people or objects where and when GPS is inaccurate…
Leveraging COM Express and COM-HPC for AI Workloads As the demand for artificial intelligence continues to rise in various industries, from healthcare and finance to manufacturing and autonomous vehicles, industrial computers face the challenge of optimizing AI workloads. Developers are constantly seeking efficient and scalable solutions to solve these challenges. One such solution is using…
Using Oscilloscopes in High-Speed Digital Design Oscilloscopes are electronic devices used to observe and measure electrical signals. They are widely used in engineering, physics, and other fields to measure and analyze signals. Oscilloscopes display waveforms graphically, allowing users to see the shape, frequency, and amplitude of the signal being measured. In this blog post, we’ll…
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…
Serial Protocols & Their Uses: I2C, UART, SPI Serial communications protocols are vital to embedded systems. While UART, I2C, and SPI have been used for short-distance device communication for decades, the benefits are not entirely apparent. In order to connect peripherals to a computer, one of the following protocols is typically employed: a Universal Asynchronous…
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…
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…