Choose the right FlexRay termination scheme
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2008-03-12 |
| Here's a description of some available software tools for configuring and setting up a FlexRay networking system for vehicles |
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| Diversity dictates in pervasive computing
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2001-04-01 |
| The emerging market for Net-centric pervasive computing devices is extremely diverse, including PDAs, set-top boxes and screen phones. As the market matures, this list of devices will continue to expand into areas that we cannot even imagine today. This article describes the salient requirements that must be addressed in order to build successful device software systems for network-connected gizmos |
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Achieving reliable embedded code with MISRA C
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2005-10-25 |
| No software engineering process can guarantee reliable code, but following the right coding guidelines can dramatically reduce the number of errors in your code |
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Timeout protection for high-current flash LED drivers in cameras
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2007-05-09 |
| High-intensity LEDs in camera flash units can degrade or burn out from overuse and overheating, often due to software problems. This article provides information on a circuit that manages flash time control to prevent overheating |
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| Use timing-accurate system-level models
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2007-03-28 |
| A virtual system prototype provides a software simulation-based model of the electronic system that allows design teams to improve design productivity, reduce time-to-market and decrease risk |
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Writing drivers for touch screen input systems
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2006-02-16 |
| Here's a step-by-step design guide that leads you through the hardware and software required to make touchscreens work the first time |
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| Securing in-vehicle infotainment domain (Part 2)
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2012-01-27 |
| Learn about the software techniques and strategies that allow car electronics architects to harden the vehicle's internal IT against hacking attempts |
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IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee for bug-free systems
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2007-04-01 |
| By employing standard hardware and software, you can quickly develop low-cost, bug-free systems |
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New developments in place-and-route
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2001-10-01 |
| New software technologies such as free angle routing and 3D placement will increasingly become part of the board designer's toolkit to handle the new hardware technologies of microvias and high-density integrated systems on a single chip |
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Developing audio processor hardware with C
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2002-04-16 |
| This technical article describes a new C-based software environment capable of creating high-performance hardware designs in very tight schedules |
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WLAN baseband Tx module testing with DAQ cards
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2005-05-02 |
| DAQ cards must have sampling rates of 20MS/s to 100MS/s, a bandwidth between 30MHz and 60MHz, and the ability to provide simultaneous software-selectable multigroup analog signal inputs |
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Advanced power loss analysis using oscilloscope
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2003-07-16 |
| The measurement of power loss at the switching device and inductor/transformer has becomes easier with modern oscilloscopes and power measurement software |
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Debug Tip: Circular history buffer
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2001-07-03 |
| It is often useful to examine the sequence of events leading up to an observed software anomaly. Here?s a handy way to capture events of interest to RAM |
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Design constraint verification, validation
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2008-09-26 |
| Learn some useful tips for using software that can manage, verify and create design constraints |
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The power of flexible I/O pin mapping unleashed
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2007-11-02 |
| Through software, an MCU's features can come to the forefront with minimal design tradeoffs |
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| Embedded test complicates SoC realm
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2001-03-01 |
| SoC devices today implement a variety of specialized microelectronic functions. Those functions, sometimes with embedded systems, typically comprise of hardware or software design objects |
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Network talk: Voice over IP
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2000-08-05 |
| Voice over IP (VoIP) has a big place in the future of the Internet. This article tells you what software is required to support VoIP and how the system should be architected |
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COTS solutions push telecom apps development
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2007-02-03 |
| A move to COTS also requires a close examination of the software architecture |
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EDA tools, scalable methods facilitate SiP design
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2006-10-02 |
| EDA-software companies must develop new functionality and present scalable design methods and flows in SiP |
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The challenges of multi-core technology
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2010-03-18 |
| Multicore is here to stay, and the software community is being forced to do something about it. The challenges of concurrent programming are proposed to be addressed by functional programming languages/hybrids, and tools like CUDA, RapidMind, openMP that allow developers to refactor code |
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Achieving reliable embedded code with MISRA C
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2005-10-25 |
| No software engineering process can guarantee reliable code, but following the right coding guidelines can dramatically reduce the number of errors in your code |
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How to hit a moving target
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2004-04-01 |
| How does a skeet shooter spot clay pigeons and shoot them down? The shooter calculates their trajectories in real time. Here's how you can calculate trajectories in embedded systems software |
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Designing energy-aware MPSoCs
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2008-03-31 |
| The article gives a background on the basics of designing energy-aware multi-processors with a focus on advanced interconnects and software issues |
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Bluetooth Architecture, Protocol And Applications
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2001-04-02 |
| This paper examines the hardware architecture, software protocol and applications of a single-chip device that integrates Bluetooth radio and baseband, memory, a Harvard architecture RISC microcontroller and audio codec |
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Securing connected devices from the ground up
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2006-06-23 |
| Firewalls, intrusion detection software and anti-virus programs are all important, but no matter how robust a perimeter they may create, hackers can and will break through |
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| Do we really need Agile hardware development?
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2011-10-27 |
| Here's an article that tackles whether the values and principles that guide agile software teams should similarly guide SoC teams |
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The true cost of off-the-shelf analogue ICs
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2011-07-12 |
| Any associated up-front non-recurring engineering costs must be considered along with hard tooling—wafer fabrication masks, test hardware and software and more |
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Using the Newton Forward interpolation
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2003-01-16 |
| This article discusses how to utilize the Newton Forward interpolation, which is useful for software engineers working on DSPs |
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Maximise system performance with slack scheduling
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2009-10-05 |
| By giving software designers the capability to factor timing computations into slack scheduling and/or the high criticality fixed budget timeline, Deos also allows creative use of CPU time to maximise system performance without risk |
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Power saving with dynamic voltage and frequency scaling
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2007-01-16 |
| Using dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) effectively requires a combination of hardware and software techniques |
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