Regular readers know I rarely write about “big iron,” those hefty CPUs that power our desktops. They are interesting, and the vendors have done truly amazing things to shrink geometries and accelerate ...

My biggest source of non-spam email comes from people asking how they, too, can become an embedded systems developer. So many, in fact, that I wrote an article about ...

In addition to all of the usual testing concerns, interactive graphical applications present some complicated issues. But testing around these complexities is possible, as shown here. The automated ...

In this episode of Embedded Edge, our guest is Richard Jaenicke, director of marketing for safety- and security-critical products at Green Hills Software. With over 25 years of experience in embedded ...

Understanding electronics is important. How can the next EE generation get that knowledge when software is all there is for inspiration? New engineering graduates know nothing about electronics. They ...

Here at Embedded Systems Design one of the issues we deal with is copyright protection. As part of a publishing company, we're protective of our content and how it's distributed. As programmers, I'm ...

Do we really need another entry into the processor space? Maybe if it's a processor like no other. “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain,” admonished the great and powerful Wizard of Oz.

In 1989 Tyler Sperry, then editor of the print publication Embedded Systems Programming, asked me to write a monthly column for the magazine. That morphed into Embedded Systems Design which in turn ...

Navitas recently unveiled its 4.5kW data center power supply, boasting an exceptional power density of 138 W/in³ and an efficiency exceeding 97%, making it a leader in the global market.

With AI being talked about regularly nowadays, it’s important to define what it is to address its proper use if an ethical guideline exists and the potential risks to consider. AI is a branch of ...

My son starts college this Fall, fortunately, as I just can’t answer his questions about physics anymore. Like most incoming freshmen he’ll “need” a new computer. “Need” is of course a relative thing, ...

For the embedded systems developer, stereotypes abound. The image of young, specialized high-tech workers toiling in a computer-filled lab, sipping Jolt cola late into the night is popular with the ...