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Embedded System Design: Build from Scratch or Use an SBC?

Embedded System Design: Build from Scratch or Use an SBC?

This article explores the pros and cons of either designing embedded systems from scratch or utilizing pre-made single-board computers.


Engineering Spotlight: Robotics and Computer Vision with Rich LeGrand, President of Charmed Labs

Engineering Spotlight: Robotics and Computer Vision with Rich LeGrand, President of Charmed Labs

AAC's Chantelle Dubois had a chance to speak to LeGrand about his inspiration to become a roboticist, his work with Charmed Labs and CMU CREATE lab, as well as his thoughts on what makes being an engineer so exciting in today's day and age.


News Nov 26, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
Panasonic SD and eMMC Storage Media | Featured Product Spotlight

Panasonic SD and eMMC Storage Media | Featured Product Spotlight

Panasonic’s broad portfolio of SD and eMMC storage media offers fixed and removable storage solutions able to address a wide range of durability, capacity, and use-case requirements.


Phoenix Contact PCB Connectors with SKEDD Technology | Tech Specs

Phoenix Contact PCB Connectors with SKEDD Technology | Tech Specs

Phoenix Contact’s SDC 2.5 and SDDC 1.5 PCB connectors with SKEDD plug-in technology plug directly into the PCB.


new products Nov 15, 2018 by TTI, Inc
Meet the Aquatic Drone Saving the Great Barrier Reef with Machine Learning and Computer Vision

Meet the Aquatic Drone Saving the Great Barrier Reef with Machine Learning and Computer Vision

The Queensland University of Technology has announced that its robotic hunter-killer aquatic drone will now double as a seaborne midwife to save the Great Barrier Reef.


News Nov 07, 2018 by Gary Elinoff
SpiNNaker, the Million-Core Supercomputer, Finally Switched On

SpiNNaker, the Million-Core Supercomputer, Finally Switched On

After 12 years in the making, the computer designed to work like a human brain, at the University of Manchester is finally switched on. What does this computer do? How is it made? And who is Steve Furber?


News Nov 05, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
Harwin EMC Shielding | Tech Specs

Harwin EMC Shielding | Tech Specs

Harwin offers a complete line of EMC shielding and related products, from clips and cans to surface mount spring contacts for grounding and antenna connections.


new products Nov 01, 2018 by TTI, Inc
NXP Semiconductors SBC-S32V234 Vision Prototype Kit | Featured Product Spotlight

NXP Semiconductors SBC-S32V234 Vision Prototype Kit | Featured Product Spotlight

NXP’s SBC-S32V234 Vision Prototype Kit is an evaluation system and development platform supporting the S32V234 family of vision and sensor fusion processors.


How to Use Your Computer to Generate Complex Analog Waveforms

How to Use Your Computer to Generate Complex Analog Waveforms

This article presents Scilab code that allows you to generate I/Q, noise, and chirp signals from your PC’s headphone jack.


Bourns Low Ohmic PTC Resettable Fuses | Tech Specs

Bourns Low Ohmic PTC Resettable Fuses | Tech Specs

The Bourns MF-PSML series of low ohmic PTC resettable fuses have holding current ratings up to 3.5 amps in a low-profile 0805 package for mobile and other space-constrained applications.


new products Oct 11, 2018 by TTI, Inc
How to Use Your Computer as an Arbitrary Waveform Generator

How to Use Your Computer as an Arbitrary Waveform Generator

In this article, we’ll use Scilab to generate numerical signals that can be converted into analog waveforms by a computer’s audio hardware.


Analog Devices Fault-Protected Switches & Multiplexers | New Product Brief

Analog Devices Fault-Protected Switches & Multiplexers | New Product Brief

Analog Devices fault-protected switches and multiplexers use a novel switch architecture and high voltage process to integrate robust fault protection without sacrificing the performance required for precision signal chains.


NXP Semiconductors LPC8N04 32-bit Arm Cortex-M0+ MCU | New Product Brief

NXP Semiconductors LPC8N04 32-bit Arm Cortex-M0+ MCU | New Product Brief

NXP’s LPC8N04 is an MCU with integrated NFC connectivity and energy harvesting capabilities.


Vishay VOM1271 Photovoltaic MOSFET Driver | Tech Specs

Vishay VOM1271 Photovoltaic MOSFET Driver | Tech Specs

Vishay's VOM1271 photovoltaic MOSFET is an optically isolated MOSFET driver that drives its internal circuitry from the output current of the photodiodes.


new products Sep 27, 2018 by TTI, Inc
Intel RealSense Depth Camera D400 Series | Featured Product Spotlight

Intel RealSense Depth Camera D400 Series | Featured Product Spotlight

The Intel RealSense Depth Camera D400 Series includes a vision processor, modules, and full-featured cameras designed for use indoors or outdoors and can be used reliably in any lighting environment.


Phoenix Contact Environmental Case Systems | Tech Specs

Phoenix Contact Environmental Case Systems | Tech Specs

Phoenix Contact's environmental case system (ECS) enclosures can be used nearly anywhere to house and protect PCBs.


new products Sep 26, 2018 by TTI, Inc
The Power of Transistor Density: A Look at AMD, Intel, and How Moore’s Law Is Affecting the Market

The Power of Transistor Density: A Look at AMD, Intel, and How Moore’s Law Is Affecting the Market

While chip company business dealings and endless research into nanometer transistors can sometimes seem worlds apart, here are some consequences of how engineers' battle with Moore's Law directly affects the industry.


News Sep 11, 2018 by David Jones
How Cloud-Based CAE Is Changing Prototyping: An Interview with Ian Campbell, CEO of OnScale

How Cloud-Based CAE Is Changing Prototyping: An Interview with Ian Campbell, CEO of OnScale

The days of manual prototyping may be numbered, but so could prohibitively expensive IP licenses.


News Aug 27, 2018 by Karissa Manske
History of the ISA: Processors, the PowerPC, and the AIM Triple-Threat

History of the ISA: Processors, the PowerPC, and the AIM Triple-Threat

Continuing our series on the Instruction Set Architecture (ISA), this week we delve into the PowerPC ISA.


News Aug 18, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
Intel 8th Generation Core Processors | Featured Product Spotlight

Intel 8th Generation Core Processors | Featured Product Spotlight

8th generation Intel Core Processors are available with up to 6 cores, a 4.7 GHz max clock frequency, with UHD graphics and support for Intel Optane Memory.