Many devices we’ve used for years are getting smarter, and luminaires are no different. The LED transition has afforded an opportunity to upgrade traditional lighting needs with technology that ...

Noun: Application-specific software and custom-integrated circuits specifically designed and implanted to generate commands that bring forth the best possible performance from the machine to which ...

Having struggled to make headway in the mainstream computer market dominated by Intel Corp., microprocessor maker Transmeta Corp. today will announce its entry into embedded controls. While not ...

Embedded motion controllers reduce multiple cycles of algorithm development, implementation, and testing to setting a few parameters and exporting the code to your own firmware What do self-driving ...

The basic idea behind these new peripherals is that, once set up properly, they will operate independently and relieve the microcontroller core from the heavy lifting of the task at hand. This allows ...

While PLCs (programmable logic controllers) are an industry norm, demands for data, memory, and processing power are intensifying. Soon enough, the PLCs may no longer be the go-to industrial computer.

Prepare for Safety-Critical Embedded Systems at MTU. When software lives inside machines, failure isn’t an inconvenience—it’s a safety, reliability, and security risk. From vehicles and aircraft to ...

Why adding far-field voice to the TV itself is a viable option. What various technical elements are needed to successful implement far-field voice in TVs. What to watch out for next in the smart voice ...

Mercury Security, the global leader in open architecture access control hardware, returns to ISC West to highlight a new addition to their industry-defining controller platform—the Mercury embedded ...

The user-friendly GARDiS Web Embedded Access Control Unit from TDSi allows the management of up to 5,000 credentials via an IP address within a Web Embedded platform ...

As we covered last month, embedded motion control is operation-specific code targeted to microprocessors, FPGAs, and PLCs. As hardware becomes increasingly powerful, these controls do the same.