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Silicon Labs Spins Bluetooth SoC and MCU for Small Form-factor Designs

With a goal of serving the design needs of small form-factor embedded systems, Silicon Labs is rolling out families of MCUs and wireless SoCs in tiny packages.

March 17, 2023 by Jeff Child

STMicro Unveils MCUs and MPUs Featuring BLE, Improved Security, and More

Ahead of this week’s Embedded World event, STMicroelectronics has released new MCUs, MPUs, and security technology that provide developers new options.

March 14, 2023 by Jeff Child

IoT Solutions Focus on Cloud Development, NB-IoT, and Matter—a Roundup

Offering a variety of rich features for IoT system developers, the latest crop of IoT products offer cloud development, NB-IoT/GNSS support, Matter interoperability, and more.

March 11, 2023 by Shraddha Tupe

Designing Firmware for Embedded Systems Using Warnier-Orr Diagrams

Go from chaos to clarity by learning how to design programs for embedded systems leveraging the Warnier-Orr diagrams.

March 10, 2023 by Nthatisi Hlapisi

To Protect Machine Learning IP, Model Watermarking Is on the Rise

Industry players are looking for discrete ways to protect intellectual property, and an attractive option is in sight: machine learning watermarking.

February 08, 2023 by Jake Hertz

STMicro Brings Its Free STM32 MCU Edge AI Toolset to the Cloud

The new cloud-based version includes a GitHub-based model resource, and remote access to a “board farm” to remotely benchmark edge-AI models on STM32 MCU boards.

January 31, 2023 by Jeff Child

AMD Launches Program Enabling Turnkey Designs Based on its Kria SOMs

Leveraging the company’s FPGA-based Kria system-on-modules (SOMs) and its app store methodology, AMD is unveiling a new ODM partner effort.

January 18, 2023 by Jeff Child

NXP Debuts i.MX 95 Armed with 3D Graphics and NPU Improvements

At CES today, NXP introduced its new i.MX 95 family. These application processors up the game for the 9 series in terms of 3D graphics, NPU functionality, and more.

January 04, 2023 by Jeff Child

MCU Vendors Grow Their Software Offerings for GUIs, Automotive, and More

Through collaborations and home grown efforts, microcontroller companies across the industry are beefing up their software portfolios.

December 28, 2022 by Jake Hertz

9 Cool Electronics Projects to Bring You Holiday Joy

On this holiday weekend, enjoy these nine cool electronics projects to make your “C.H.R.I.S.T.M.A.S” bright.

December 24, 2022 by Jeff Child

“RISC-V is Inevitable”—A Tale of Two RISC-V Summit Keynotes

At the annual summit, leaders in the RISC-V community had much to say about RISC-V taking over the world.

December 16, 2022 by Jeff Child

Intel VP Aims to Deliver AI Everywhere and to Everyone

Wei Li is the VP and GM for Artificial Intelligence and Analytics at Intel where, for 20 years, he has been an award-winning technologist and leader. He now directs their AI Everywhere initiative.

November 08, 2022 by Daniel Bogdanoff

Is Assembly Language Still Relevant for Embedded Software Development?

As embedded systems continue to evolve, you might wonder: should I learn assembly language for embedded software development? Learn the answer in this article.

November 06, 2022 by Darby Hewitt

Mixed-safety Systems Using Multicore SoCs With Hypervisors and Multicore Frameworks

Learn about how heterogeneous multicore systems-on-chip (SoCs), hypervisors, and multicore frameworks can be useful in mixed-safety systems.

October 26, 2022 by Jeff Hancock, Siemens Software

NXP Rolls Out Five Development Platforms for Matter 1.0 Designs

Seeking to provide the embedded IoT “plumbing” needed for smart home devices, NXP has unveiled a set of development platforms for implementing Matter-based designs.

October 26, 2022 by Jeff Child

Renesas Takes a Swing at HMIs With Octal-SPI and RTOS-supported MPUs

The new MPU family hopes to address traditional challenges in the design of HMI systems.

August 08, 2022 by Jake Hertz

Quantum Protection—NIST Taps First Winners of Quantum Cryptography Project

The US Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has chosen its first round of contest winners to help create quantum-resistance encryption algorithms.

July 11, 2022 by Jake Hertz

RISC-V Shines at Embedded World With New Specs and Processors

At Embedded World 2022 today, RISC-V activity heats up as RISC-V International reveals four new spec approvals and SiFive unveils a new version of its X280 processor.

June 21, 2022 by Jeff Child

Ep. 48 | Argo AI’s Hardware VP Talks Autonomous Vehicles and Single Photon Lidar

Zach Little has worked on multiple iconic products including the Motorola Razr, Microsoft Windows, and the Apple iPod. Now he leads the hardware and firmware development team at Argo AI, helping Ford and Volkswagen build autonomous vehicles (AVs).

June 21, 2022 by Daniel Bogdanoff

What is Machine Learning? An Intro to ML Basics

This article aims to contextualize machine learning (ML) for hardware and embedded engineers, what it is, how it works, why it matters, and how TinyML fits in.

June 05, 2022 by Brandon Satrom