| Finding the right processor safety strategies for your system
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2011-11-28 |
| The processor solution suited for safety-critical application varies for every development team, even when designing the same type of end equipment. |
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Optimize Linux to meet carrier-grade requirements
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2003-10-01 |
| Optimize Linux to meet carrier-grade requirements |
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| Preparing your application code for multi-core
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2011-08-02 |
| Learn about a more efficient way to parallelise code for embedded multi-core designs. The process makes use of an online tool for parallelising Google’s VP8 video decoder. |
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How MCUs can extend ADC resolution/accuracy
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2010-03-26 |
| When considering the resolution required for an ADC integrated in an MCU, embedded systems designers must balance cost and performance. |
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Welcoming Android, other OS to embedded systems
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2010-01-27 |
| Initially introduced for handsets, Android is a disruptive technology. But it has much wider potential, as demands for high functionality and lower power consumption are reconciled. |
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Understand the evolving motion-control requirements for PC fans
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2007-08-14 |
| Increasing heat dissipation requires advanced cooling techniques and consideration, for noise control and efficiency. |
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| Improving user/device interaction in touchscreens
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2011-08-01 |
| Here's a look at the recent developments in touchscreen technology. |
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Optimise software for multi-core processors
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2008-11-03 |
| The new challenge for developers is to create parallel software that can use multiple processor cores simultaneously. |
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| Embedding HPC: Making super-computing happen
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2011-12-15 |
| Here are a few recent advances in high performance computing for embedded systems. |
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| Integrating personal technologies in automobiles
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2004-10-18 |
| Integrating personal technologies in automobiles |
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Software components for real time
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2000-12-02 |
| Create your own framework for component-based real-time software without a huge cost, effort, or run-time overhead. |
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Cell balancing to maximize battery packs capacity
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2004-01-01 |
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Optimising compilers and embedded DSP software
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2006-11-07 |
| Understanding the DSP architecture, the compiler, and the algorithms can help you speed up applications by an order of magnitude. |
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| Open source hardware
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2002-12-02 |
| This technical article discusses how open-source techniques in hardware design are still impossible to achieve with the current technology available to engineers. |
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| Video: iPhone clones surpassing original
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2007-08-31 |
| On taking their video camera inside the first clone of the Apple iPhone, Semiconductor Insights' teardown specialists found it to be an almost laughable takeoff of Apple's latest success story |
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Enhance MCU performance with DMA-based system controller
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2010-03-10 |
| To be able to handle the high data rates and frequencies of real-time I/O and peripherals, MCUs must achieve higher processing efficiency. |
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| Easing embedded processing development (Part 6)
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2011-09-20 |
| Here's the last instalment of this series that tackles embedded software design and the considerations to aid with embedded processor design. Part 6 looks into the security issues involved in embedded design. |
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Understanding the common tools for Linux-based systems (Part 1)
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2009-11-13 |
| Developers who want to use the Linux OS are presented with a dilemma. Here's a summary of some of the performance tools available to Linux developers. |
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| FMCs vs PMCs/XMCs for harsh environments (Part 1)
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2012-02-02 |
| Read about the FPGA mezzanine card standard and its differences from conventional PCI mezzanine cards in the context of military and aerospace applications. |
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Optimise I/O expansion in workstations
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2007-12-16 |
| PCIe switches and PCI-to-PCIe bridges can help get beyond many of the workstation I/O limitations. Let's look at how these devices can be used to optimise I/O expansion in high-performance workstations. |
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Product tutorial: Reducing development time for infotainment apps
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2009-11-27 |
| A new range of devices from Renesas offers a multi-core and multi-IP design for increased scalability, a key consideration during software development. |
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Employing fastboot for ultra small Atom processor designs
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2009-10-15 |
| How can developers achieve a fast, BIOS-less boot on open x86 processors rather than on dedicated controllers? |
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| Making multi-core viable for medical electronics
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2011-10-28 |
| This article discusses the validation of safety claims for systems running on multi-core processors, as well as OS characteristics that can facilitate multi-core migration. |
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| Programming the Cell Broadband Engine
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2006-06-01 |
| At long last, the wraps come off the mysterious Cell processor from IBM, Sony, and Toshiba, the heart of the PlayStation 3 and numerous upcoming consumer electronic devices. The Cell is as complex as it is fascinating. This article gives us a detailed insider's look at how to program it, written by one of Cell's own architects. |
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Optimising for cache performance (2)
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2006-07-10 |
| Good planning can prevent cache misses and improve automotive electronics performance. This article looks at a variety of techniques to minimise each type of cache miss. |
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| Address mixed-signal design issues with assertion-based verification
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2011-11-03 |
| Know the challenges in analogue/mixed-signal verification and learn how assertion-based method can address them. |
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Mobile devices' new roles need new tools
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2004-01-01 |
| Mobile devices' new roles need new tools |
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| Handset holds surprises
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2008-07-30 |
| The "wow factor" of mobile phones is being kicked up a notch. In this tear down, Allan Yogasingam examines what's inside the Sharp 922SH handset. |
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| Wi-Fi latest in Location free feats
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2007-12-10 |
| It's a media junkie's dream: watch your real-time or time-shifted video with a suitably fast Internet connection whether across the house or across the world. |
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Scheduling sporadic events in real-time systems
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2003-10-01 |
| Scheduling sporadic events in real-time systems |
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