Design
AI-based cybersecurity: Hype or reality?
Static code analysis tool adds security rules
IAR Systems has announced an update of its static code analysis tool C-STAT, an add-on product completely integrated in the complete C/C++ compiler and debugger…
External NOR Flash memory is first with hardware root-of-trust
Infineon Technologies has announced what it claims is the first NOR Flash memory which serves as a hardware root-of-trust and provides other security and functional…
Enhancing security of passive keyless entry with UWB technology
Passive keyless entry (PKE) is an increasingly common way of unlocking and starting a car. Unfortunately, car thieves armed with readily available and inexpensive hacking…
Development
IoT trace diagnostics tool in free 45-day evaluation open beta test program
A trace diagnostics tool for embedded systems and internet of things (IoT) which supports visualization and analysis of embedded Linux software is being made available…
A new analytic approach for advanced jitter separation
The analysis of jitter components is an increasingly important task for debugging modern communication systems. Growing data rates on one hand and the cost pressure…
How to ace your regulatory compliance test
Product testing, qualification and regulatory compliance – every design engineer encounters these during their career. An effective compliance program is not solely a matter of…
Hardware
Overcoming automotive camera link challenges
Camera systems and camera link technologies are being deployed in an ever-increasing range of applications in vehicles to assist drivers and augment the driving experience….
General-purpose FPGA family features small form factor, low power
Lattice has launched a family of general-purpose FPGA devices, the second family built on its Nexus technology platform. The Certus-NX family offers high I/O density,…
Battery chargers offer greater power density, faster charging
Texas Instruments (TI) has claimed the smallest buck-boost battery charger ICs with the introduction of the BQ25790 and BQ25792 devices. These buck-boost battery chargers integrate…
Software
Why a bare-metal developer moved to operating systems
Looking back at the ‘Bare-Metal Age’ The first time I knew about the embedded software was about 2008, I was a sophomore and started to…
Separation kernels and VMs enable secure mission critical edge computing
Lynx Software Technologies has added three new product bundles to its MOSA.ic platform to enable secure mission critical edge computing capabilities to be added to…
Developing state machines with test-driven development
Since state machine models are widely used in embedded systems, this article explores several strategies to develop state machine (SM) software under the Test-Driven Development…
Industry
Overcoming automotive camera link challenges
Camera systems and camera link technologies are being deployed in an ever-increasing range of applications in vehicles to assist drivers and augment the driving experience….
Air flow sensor boosts performance, reduces cost
Posifa Technologies announced its new PMF8300 series of mass air flow sensors for use in respiratory care and other medical and instrumentation applications. Compared to…
Reliably powering on a battery-operated medical device
Battery-operated, wirelessly connected devices are becoming increasingly pervasive in today’s society. Driven forward by advancements in wireless and battery technologies, coupled with shrinking electronic components…
Trends
Smart sensor board speeds edge AI development
Researchers show ink-jet printed LEDs
A team of researchers from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin) has manufactured LEDs from a hybrid perovskite semiconductor material using inkjet…
Software tools migrate GPU code to FPGAs for AI applications
AI software startup Mipsology is working with Xilinx to enable FPGAs to replace GPUs in AI accelerator applications using only a single additional command. Mipsology’s…
AI chip accelerates image recognition
A proof-of-concept chip from French research institutes CEA-Leti and LIST, presented at VLSI Symposium 2020, incorporates a low-power IoT node and an AI accelerator and…
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