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DMA Digital-to-Analog Conversion with a SAM4S Microcontroller: The Timer/Counter

DMA Digital-to-Analog Conversion with a SAM4S Microcontroller: The Timer/Counter

Part One in this three-article series focuses on using the SAM4S timer/counter peripheral to precisely control the DAC’s sampling rate.


Projects Apr 28, 2016 by Robert Keim
Classification of Signals used in Electrical Engineering

Classification of Signals used in Electrical Engineering

Classifying signals is a way to organize the signals that surround us. It focuses design, testing requirements, measurement tools, and expected results. There are many ways to classify signals!


DSP’s Search for Identity in the IoT Age

DSP’s Search for Identity in the IoT Age

DSP is at crossroads, again, and this time at stake are communication, voice, and vision applications in the IoT realm.


News Apr 22, 2016 by Majeed Ahmad
Build a Desktop Industrial Automation Trainer

Build a Desktop Industrial Automation Trainer

In this project, the reader will learn how to build and program a desktop industrial automation trainer for experimentation in robotics, motor, and process control system concepts on their workbench.


Projects Apr 21, 2016 by Don Wilcher
PWM Digital-to-Analog Conversion with the SAM4S Xplained Pro

PWM Digital-to-Analog Conversion with the SAM4S Xplained Pro

In this article we’ll use the SAM4S Xplained Pro development platform to get some hands-on experience with a PWM DAC.


Projects Apr 19, 2016 by Robert Keim
Reading Analog Values and PWM with LabVIEW FPGA

Reading Analog Values and PWM with LabVIEW FPGA

Learn LabVIEW FPGA by programming the on-board Xilinx FPGA of the student-focused embedded device NI myRIO.


Pulse-Width Modulation with the SAM4S Xplained Pro

Pulse-Width Modulation with the SAM4S Xplained Pro

This article covers everything you need to know to generate pulse-width-modulated signals with Atmel’s SAM4S Xplained Pro development board.


Projects Apr 14, 2016 by Robert Keim
The Inverting Configuration of an Amplifier

The Inverting Configuration of an Amplifier

Mentioned in the previous article, an operational amplifier is usually connected to components in a feedback circuit. In this article, we will discuss one of two amp configurations that are most widely used.


Build an Automatic Computer Display Rotator With an Arduino

Build an Automatic Computer Display Rotator With an Arduino

Learn how to build a device which senses when your computer monitor is physically rotated, and automatically tells your computer to rotate the display accordingly.


Projects Apr 12, 2016 by Matthew Davis
Build Programmable Time-based Switches Using a Real Time Clock

Build Programmable Time-based Switches Using a Real Time Clock

Use DS3231M RTC alarm functions to make programmable, time-based, switches to power devices on and off at precise times.


Turn Your PWM into a DAC

Turn Your PWM into a DAC

If your microcontroller doesn’t have a digital-to-analog converter, you can make a passable replacement with nothing more than a pulse-width-modulated signal and a low-pass filter.


5 Great Android Apps for Electrical Engineers

5 Great Android Apps for Electrical Engineers

There are 1.9 million apps in the Google Play store. Here are 5 great ones for electrical engineers.


News Apr 03, 2016 by Alex Udanis
5 Ways to Increase Your Chances at Bagging Your Dream Job

5 Ways to Increase Your Chances at Bagging Your Dream Job

With graduation coming soon, we compiled some tips for recent EE grads to bag a job in their field.


News Mar 31, 2016 by Tim Youngblood
Intro to Project Development with the Atmel SAM4S Xplained Pro

Intro to Project Development with the Atmel SAM4S Xplained Pro

Learn about basic procedures and techniques for creating your own projects with Atmel’s SAM4S Xplained Pro development platform.


Projects Mar 28, 2016 by Robert Keim
Basic Analysis of a Quantum Processor’s Components

Basic Analysis of a Quantum Processor’s Components

This article addresses the internal components of a Quantum Processor.


Fingertip Sized Radar Chip Developed for Mini-Drones

Fingertip Sized Radar Chip Developed for Mini-Drones

A new chip designed at NTU in Singapore could make radar systems significantly smaller.


News Mar 16, 2016 by Murray Slovick
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
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.


Why You Should Use Unit Tests to Write Better Embedded Software

Why You Should Use Unit Tests to Write Better Embedded Software

An introduction to software unit testing for embedded systems developers.