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How Does the CAT S60 Compare to the Current Smartphone Market?

How Does the CAT S60 Compare to the Current Smartphone Market?

CAT's S60 turned heads at MWC 2016 when they unveiled the S60, a waterproof phone with thermal imaging capability, but is it a practical phone for consumers?


News Feb 28, 2016 by Christoph Siegmund
ON Semiconductor’s New Offerings Give Boost to IoT

ON Semiconductor’s New Offerings Give Boost to IoT

ON Semiconductor debuted a few new goodies in Nuremberg, Germany this week at Embedded World 2016.


News Feb 27, 2016 by Aaron LaBarbera
C-BISCUIT Power: 5V 3A Buck Regulator for Wandboard

C-BISCUIT Power: 5V 3A Buck Regulator for Wandboard

Design and theory behind the 5V-3A buck regulator based on the LM25575 to be used in the C-BISCUIT robot project.


Projects Feb 26, 2016 by Patrick Lloyd
Average Power Calculations of Periodic Functions

Average Power Calculations of Periodic Functions

This article is following up The Effects of Symmetry on the Fourier Coefficients. Topics will cover finding the average power delivered to a resistor, calculating the RMS value of a periodic function.


Embedded World 2016: A Twilight Zone of ARM and AVR Designs

Embedded World 2016: A Twilight Zone of ARM and AVR Designs

The IoT is taking 32-bit processors to the mainstream; however, the ripples in the 8-bit space also point to a revival of sorts.


News Feb 25, 2016 by Majeed Ahmad
How to Flash the SIM900A Module

How to Flash the SIM900A Module

SIMCOM's SIM 900A in Europe? Read on to learn how.


Mobile Chipsets Parade at MWC 2016

Mobile Chipsets Parade at MWC 2016

Get a peek at the mobile technology on display at Mobile World Congress 2016.


News Feb 24, 2016 by Majeed Ahmad
Mitsubishi’s Floating Aerial Displays

Mitsubishi’s Floating Aerial Displays

Mitsubishi plans to commercially release a system that can display floating images by 2020. How do they work?


News Feb 23, 2016 by Murray Slovick
Teardown Tuesday - Amazon Dash Button

Teardown Tuesday - Amazon Dash Button

In this edition of teardown Tuesday, we'll be examining the Amazon Dash button.


News Feb 23, 2016 by Alex Udanis
Create Your Own Battery Backup Power Supplies

Create Your Own Battery Backup Power Supplies

In this project, Jason Poel Smith builds a battery backup system that you can use for small electronics to make sure that they never lose power.


5D Data Storage: How Does it Work and When Can We Use it?

5D Data Storage: How Does it Work and When Can We Use it?

Scientists have made 5D data storage that can store data for billions of years. How does it work? and when will it be available to consumers?


News Feb 20, 2016 by Tim Youngblood
Embedded PID Temperature Control, Part 4: The Scilab GUI

Embedded PID Temperature Control, Part 4: The Scilab GUI

With USB communications and a Scilab graphical user interface, we can really see what the PID controller is doing.


Projects Feb 19, 2016 by Robert Keim
4 Key Technologies to Watch at Embedded World 2016

4 Key Technologies to Watch at Embedded World 2016

Embedded World 2016 is almost here. Here are some technologies to keep your eye on.


News Feb 18, 2016 by Majeed Ahmad
Will Orion Make Virtual Reality Truly Immersive?

Will Orion Make Virtual Reality Truly Immersive?

While most of the virtual reality systems coming out use traditional controllers, Leap Motion's Orion allows people to use their hands.


News Feb 18, 2016 by Tim Youngblood
Prime Implicant Simplification Using Petrick’s Method

Prime Implicant Simplification Using Petrick’s Method

This article follows the Quine McCluskey method article. We will now finding essential prime implicants using Petrick's method, simplifying incompletely specified functions, and using map-entered variables.


Create an Arduino Controlled Battery Charger

Create an Arduino Controlled Battery Charger

In this project, we use an Arduino and an attached charging circuit to control the charging of NiMH rechargeable batteries.


Check Out These Sensors Designed to Make Healthcare Smarter

Check Out These Sensors Designed to Make Healthcare Smarter

We examine some new sensors in development for cloud-based healthcare data.


News Feb 16, 2016 by Tim Youngblood
Create a Laser Detection System Using a PICAXE

Create a Laser Detection System Using a PICAXE

Lasers are plentiful, inexpensive, and fun to use. Here's a target that reacts when it's hit by a laser beam.


Robotic Cockroaches to Aid in Search and Rescue

Robotic Cockroaches to Aid in Search and Rescue

The durable cockroach serves as the inspiration for robotic rescue drones, but two research teams are taking different approaches.


News Feb 15, 2016 by Tim Youngblood
Embedded PID Temperature Control, Part 3: Implementation and Visualization

Embedded PID Temperature Control, Part 3: Implementation and Visualization

We will implement a basic PID (proportional–integral–derivative) controller in firmware and observe the results using an oscope and LEDs.


Projects Feb 15, 2016 by Robert Keim