| Trace techniques debug advanced 32 bit MCUs
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2005-11-25 |
| Modern trace hardware accesses internal signals without disturbing the system. New techniques can visualize state-of-the-processor and system behaviour. |
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Distributed processing blocks boost processor efficiency
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2009-12-02 |
| Multiple instantiations of the same processor now share the processing burden of the applications running on the PC. Here's how you can boost processor efficiency. |
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| Researchers team up for Java-based IP query tool
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2001-05-16 |
| A collaborative effort is producing a new Java-based tool that promises to allow users to easily query IP repositories and commercial databases via the Web. |
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| HW/SW co-dev't with focus on software
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2012-01-13 |
| Here's a discussion on the problems of hardware/software co-development from the point of view of the software designer. |
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| Evolution of portable gaming, Part 1
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2009-03-02 |
| Here's a timeline illustrating how far the portable gaming industry has advanced in 20-odd years. |
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| Reduce driver distraction using speech recognition
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2011-08-15 |
| Easy-to-use, intuitive speech recognition significantly cuts possible distractions by allowing drivers to keep eyes (and attention) on the road while keeping their hands on the steering wheel. |
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Embedded x86: Protected mode
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1998-04-04 |
| The x86 architecture is spilling over into embedded systems environments. This article begins a series designed to help you on you way toward implementing an embedded x86-based system. |
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Compilation techniques for PIC32
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2009-05-04 |
| Read about omniscient compilation that optimises based on a view of all modules, across the entire program. |
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Measuring a PC's energy efficiency and performance
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2007-08-20 |
| Here's a starting point for developing relevant, universal metrics to help consumers make energy-conscious buying decisions. |
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Providing security for connected real-time systems
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2003-04-16 |
| Providing security for connected real-time systems |
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An introduction to Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) (2)
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2008-10-23 |
| This second instalment on Adaptive Cruise Control looks at hardware, software and radar functionality—including handling multiple radar reflections and "ghosts." |
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Determining sampling rates for analog sensors
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2004-04-01 |
| Determining sampling rates for analog sensors |
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| DSP power propels next-generation wireless
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2001-04-15 |
| The enhancements of wireless design offers new opportunities with tough tech challenges for designers. However, DSPs will remain a fundamental part of wireless design. |
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Software-defined silicon: The next step in hardware design
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2008-04-15 |
| Moving to a world where systems are constructed using software images running on vanilla silicon is feasible. |
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| Integrating core-based high-density FPGAs in your design
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2011-08-09 |
| Here is an engineer's experience with designing a nontrivial multi-processor system, using three networked Xilinx Virtex-4FX-based controllers. |
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| Embedding with GNU: Newlib Part 2
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2002-01-02 |
| The first part of this article introduced newlib as a C runtime library for some embedded software built using GNU tools. This time, Bill Gatliff shows you how to integrate newlib into a multi-threaded runtime environment that features Jean Labrosse's C/OS. |
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Breeding smart multimedia for a mobile world
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2004-09-16 |
| Breeding smart multimedia for a mobile world |
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| Radar fundamentals (Part 4)
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2011-09-13 |
| Read about Space Time Adaptive Processing, a class of algorithms that provides capabilities beyond that of Doppler radar processing, but has extremely high processing requirements. |
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Intel StrataFlash wireless memory (L30) to Intel PXA26x processor family design guide
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2004-05-14 |
| Intel StrataFlash wireless memory (L30) to Intel PXA26x processor family design guide |
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Address power issues in embedded apps using dual OS
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2011-07-11 |
| Find out how to use inter-processor communication and state machine design to reduce the overall system power in a heterogeneous dual-core system. |
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Improving PIC32 performance
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2009-02-13 |
| Know how to exploit PIC32's registers for reducing load/store cycles to free them up for computation. |
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Scheduling sporadic events
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2002-12-01 |
| Sporadic events are the bugaboo of many real-time systems. Finding a way to manage aperiodic behaviour can spell the difference between system failure and system success. This article presents the POSIX sporadic scheduling policy, which programmers can use to avoid critical deadline failures in overloaded systems. |
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Trip over threads to catch multi-core bugs
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2011-04-25 |
| Know how developers of concurrent programs can find software bugs and reproduce them in a controlled environment using a new X86 Linux platform development tool. |
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Temperature measurement techniques
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2002-02-01 |
| Sensors enable software to see what is happening in the real world. This article looks at temperature sensors and how they interface to a processor. |
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ICE technology unplugged
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1999-10-02 |
| Reports of the demise of the ICE are premature. This powerful debugging tool is alive and well, even if it may need more planning to use. |
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| Incorporate graphics without using dedicated graphics controller
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2012-02-07 |
| Discover the ways by which integrated peripherals on MCU along with graphics libraries enable embedded designers to cut costs by driving an LCD display without a graphics controller. |
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Use processor-driven tests for functional verification
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2006-10-04 |
| This article discusses processor driven test bench methods in detail and presents their strengths and weaknesses. It examines the inherent value of combining PDT with traditional HDL test benches. |
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Optimise power consumption in the mobile delivery chain (2)
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2008-10-03 |
| This second part of the articles focuses on optimising power consumption in the peripheral systems. |
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| Game console goes way beyond the average DVD player
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2007-03-01 |
| With so much attention focused on the Playstation and Wii game systems these days, ZapIt was able to come under the radar with a game box that's suited more for the whole family than just the younger generation. |
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Use an MCU's low-power modes in foreground/background
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2007-10-04 |
| The proper use of an embedded MCU's low-power/sleep modes is critical to a design's success. |
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