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Renesas Speeds Up Read and Write Performance for MCUs with STT-MRAM

Renesas Speeds Up Read and Write Performance for MCUs with STT-MRAM

A new memory offering from Renesas hopes to speed up memory accesses for IoT applications.


News Jun 17, 2022 by Jake Hertz
IoT Communication Protocols—IoT Data Protocols

IoT Communication Protocols—IoT Data Protocols

Dive deeper into the Internet of Things (IoT) communication through a brief overview of the different IoT data protocols.


onsemi Launches Industry “First” Solutions for PoE and KNX

onsemi Launches Industry “First” Solutions for PoE and KNX

The new building automation solutions from onsemi aim to incorporate essential components that serve the needs of a modern smart home system


News Jun 13, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
IoT Solutions Roll for Security, Antenna Selection, and Edge Compute

IoT Solutions Roll for Security, Antenna Selection, and Edge Compute

Designing Internet of Things (IoT) systems can be a tricky juggling act. To help engineers keep pace, new IoT products are helping solve problems in security, connectivity, and edge computing.


IoT Communication Protocols—Network Protocols

IoT Communication Protocols—Network Protocols

Learn about some of the main Internet of Things (IoT) network communication protocols.


What is Machine Learning? An Intro to ML Basics

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.


How Spin-transfer Torque MRAMs May Simplify Embedded Systems

How Spin-transfer Torque MRAMs May Simplify Embedded Systems

New magneto-resistive RAMs are said to simplify embedded designs by eliminating the need for batteries or capacitors.


News May 23, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Microchip Sets Loose Over 60 8-bit MCUs for Embedded Designers

Microchip Sets Loose Over 60 8-bit MCUs for Embedded Designers

Keeping up with the need for 8-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), Microchip launched five new families, over 60 devices, of 8-bit PIC and AVR microcontrollers.


News Apr 29, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Arm Unveils New M85 Core and Expands IoT Virtual Hardware Offerings

Arm Unveils New M85 Core and Expands IoT Virtual Hardware Offerings

Six months after its Arm Total Solutions for IoT rollout, today Arm is growing the initiative with a new Cortex-M processor, expanded ecosystem tools, and new virtual hardware—all aimed at IoT.


News Apr 26, 2022 by Jeff Child
Demystifying LoRa and LoRaWAN Wireless Network Protocols

Demystifying LoRa and LoRaWAN Wireless Network Protocols

In this article, get a basic understanding of wireless communication networks—LoRa and LoRaWAN.


Arduino and Foundries.io Lock Their Sights on Embedded IoT Security

Arduino and Foundries.io Lock Their Sights on Embedded IoT Security

As newer engineers are looking for more ways to break into the Internet of Things (IoT) space, a team-up between Arduino and Foundries.io is hoping to create an easy, secure solution: the Portenta X8.


News Mar 29, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Three Trends in Computing Hardware Driving the Edge

Three Trends in Computing Hardware Driving the Edge

How will edge computing design evolve over the next few years? In an interview with All About Circuits, NXP discussed the trends they're seeing in this space.


News Mar 01, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Researchers Exploit Fiber Manufacturing to Weave Large Smart Textile Display

Researchers Exploit Fiber Manufacturing to Weave Large Smart Textile Display

In an attempt to bring e-textiles to smart homes, researchers at the University of Cambridge have fabricated a 46-inch textile display by weaving active electronics into a fiber.


News Feb 17, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
Women in Tech Are Moving the Needle at Brooklyn-based Tech Lab

Women in Tech Are Moving the Needle at Brooklyn-based Tech Lab

While women are certainly a minority among hardware designers, their leadership and design feats are driving innovation and expanding the talent pool of engineers.


News Jan 25, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Atmosic Brings Wireless Energy Harvesting for IoT Devices Directly Onto the SoC

Atmosic Brings Wireless Energy Harvesting for IoT Devices Directly Onto the SoC

One major challenge of Internet of Things (IoT) devices is power. Hoping to traverse this challenge, Atmosic has created energy harvesting solutions integrated directly into the system-on-a-chip (SoC).


News Jan 25, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Silicon Labs Integrates AI/ML Acceleration in Low-power Wireless SoCs

Silicon Labs Integrates AI/ML Acceleration in Low-power Wireless SoCs

Silicon Labs says that with these two new families, battery-powered edge devices won't face trade-offs with power, protocol support, ML capability, and security.


News Jan 24, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Ambiq Scoops BIG Award with Sub-threshold Power-optimized Technology Platform

Ambiq Scoops BIG Award with Sub-threshold Power-optimized Technology Platform

The Business Intelligence Group's (BIG) Innovation Awards event is kicking off awards in 2022 for innovative technology. Let's take a look at one highlight, Ambiq, with its sub-threshold microcontroller (MCU) technology.


News Jan 17, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
e-peas Shows Off Surveillance System Powered by Energy Harvesting Tech

e-peas Shows Off Surveillance System Powered by Energy Harvesting Tech

For years, e-peas has been rolling out energy-harvesting solutions: PMICs—and more recently—an MCU and antenna. The company recently showed these solutions in action in an autonomous surveillance system.


News Jan 13, 2022 by Nicholas St. John
A Snapshot of the Evolving IoT Landscape, From Connectivity to Computing

A Snapshot of the Evolving IoT Landscape, From Connectivity to Computing

Here, we'll round up recent releases from u-blox, Avnet and onsemi, and Murata that illustrate how the IoT industry relies on component-level advances.


News Jan 11, 2022 by Nicholas St. John
Low on Power, High on Integration: MKSemi Launches New UWB SoC

Low on Power, High on Integration: MKSemi Launches New UWB SoC

Ultra-wideband technology has sharply spiked in popularity since 2019. Now, MKSemi says its new UWB SoC is the smallest and most low power in the industry.


News Jan 05, 2022 by Jake Hertz