Embedded Systems

Wireless sensor networks, with their ability to capture location-sensitive information where wired systems are impractical or costly, seem poised to take off in applications such as industrial control and building monitoring. However, their performance in these electrically noisy environments has been less than robust. Now Dust Networks claims it has solved that problem with a new mesh platform that provides ...

Software security is an increasingly critical issue in embedded system designs that are web-enabled, according to supplier of real-time operating systems Green Hills Software. Peter Hoogenboom of Green Hills told the Micro Developer Forum at the Embedded Systems Show in Birmingham this week that the problems of software security in embedded computing designs is compounded when systems are connected to ...

Southampton-based Quantum Research has developed a capacitive touch screen technology that eliminates many traditional drawbacks, making it suitable for mobile phone use, claims the firm. “We have got designs on-going with the top three mobile phone companies,” Quantum CEO Hal Philip told Electronics Weekly. The firm already has capacitance measuring intellectual property. Its patented charge transfer technique is used in ...

Debugging with hardware trace data means software engineers can achieve faster time to market and at lower cost, says Michael Lindahl of Green Hills As the complexity of embedded systems continues to increase, there is a need for better debugging tools to speed development time and lower development cost. One technology that is becoming more and more popular to help ...

Embedded system designers need to understand the implications of multi-processor technologies and IP security, according to suppliers speaking to Electronics Weekly ahead of an upcoming UK design conference. In one of the keynote presentations in the Embedded Micro Developer Forum at next week’s Embedded Systems Show in Birmingham, Simon Holland, technical director for Intel’s European sales and marketing group, will ...

US chip firm Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC) is planning to take MOST, the in-car networking technology, into consumer markets, using technology acquired earlier this year with the purchase of Oasis SiliconSystems. SMSC has undergone a five-year period of diversification away from the PC market, developing USB 2.0 and 10/100 Ethernet connectivity products, which culminated with the acquisition of MOST developer ...

Whether processor or FPGA based, an embedded computer board’s performance capability, as well as its usability in different applications, is typically determined by the high speed bus interfaces it supports and increasingly that is PCI-centric. The PCI Industry Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG), for example, has recently defined the COM (computer-on-module) Express specification, known as COM.0, for small form factor add-on ...

A free automotive seminar with the title ‘Building The Perfect Beast’ is planned for mid November in Cambridge. Organised by Energi Technical, the seminar will comprise a series of presentations on the technical innovations that drive the embedded automotive industry. Topics will include using DSP for noise and echo cancellation, cache anlysis to improve software performance, and the use of ...

BLightER is a portable, lightweight radar system that can detect moving objects at ranges between 20m and 8km. It uses an electronic beam-scanning antenna to survey an area without having to physically rotate. The unit was developed for the defence and security markets to meet the need for a low cost, covert, movement detection system that could be networked with ...

Cabinets offer all round protection including EMC shielding against high frequency radiation, says Keith Reynolds of Schroff In recent years the demands on the product features of cabinets have changed constantly. Apart from the introduction of new standards and the EMC levels, the climate demands have increased. For the operating safety of equipment and machines, control and measurement technology plays ...