Embedded SBCs face uphill battle in IoT gateway market
Embedded single board computer (SBC) vendors have recently found a new market for their offerings: integrated hardware/software platforms for companies who want to move their…
Bernard Cole
Bernard Cole is an embedded microsystems technology analyst who writes about hardware/software design and use across the range of consumer, industrial, automotive, networking and Internet of Things applications. He is also a principal partner in Techrite Associates [http://www.techrite-associates.com], which provides editorial services to high technology companies and publications. He can be contacted via LinkedIn, by email at bernard.c.cole@gmail.com, as well as at 928-525-9087.
Bluetooth, babies, and bathwater
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has just released some of the details of Bluetooth 5.0, the latest version of its Internet of Things wireless protocol,…
The DBMS challenges ahead for embedded IoT
The near ubiquitous connectivity of the Internet of Things (IoT) is buffeting virtually every embedded software building block and tool, from RTOSs to compilers, debuggers,…
DSPs bolster MCUs for wireless designs
There is a predicable rhythm to microcontroller and processor-based SoC product introductions in those segments of the electronics market focused on consumer wireless, video, and…
Driver-aid system designers need to attend to inattention
All of us are susceptible to attention lapses, and they can range from minor annoyances like losing your focus on a book you are reading…
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How Toyota evaluates static analysis tools
As a technology journalist, I get the equivalent of a postgraduate education reading good, detailed papers and reports, though some are mind-numbingly difficult. Knowing my…
Tool enhances FRAM MCU state recovery after power loss
A new Compute Through Power Loss (CPTL) tool suite and library developed at Texas Instruments’ Kilby Labs enables the use of checkpointing on limited resource…
Tackling wireless sensor development
Semiconductor companies that supply the hardware/software building blocks for embedded wireless M2M and IoT apps are running into a new breed of developer. Totally different…
Processors go to the edge
With its newest QorIQ network processor offering, Freescale is making a move to establish its leadership the “network edge” in customer premise equipment (CPE) and…
DIY boards ignite creativity boom
The emergence of low cost and easy to use do-it-yourself boards such as Arduino and Raspberry Pi have set off an unprecedented boom in creativity…