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Italian Researchers succeed in first ever photon entanglement on a chip exhibition

Catwell

Photon Entanglement Ring Resonator visualization (via Davide Grassani, Stefano Azzini, Marco Liscidini, Matteo Galli, Michael J. Strain, Marc Sorel, J. E. Sipe, and Daniele Bajoni)As IBM readies its brain-like computer-on-a-chip for mass production, ...
- 3 Mar 2015
Power Your BeagleBone On-the-go with PowerBar

Catwell

PowerBar installed (via Andice Labs) If you've ever thought of designing a BeagleBone-based vigilante robot that fights crime in the rural Mojave Desert using only battery power, now you can with Andice Lab's PowerBar. The PowerBar was d...
- 8 Jan 2015
cPulse: the World's Most Customizable Smartphone Nightlight

Catwell

The cPulse is seen in action being used as a home rave device (via Codlight)The French company, Codlight Inc. is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter to produce one of the first fully customizable LED Smartphone cases. While the prospect of becom...
- 7 Jan 2015
Onyx, a Star Trek Inspired Communicator, Simplifies Group Collaboration

Catwell

A real-life Star Trek communicator for $99 (via OnBeep)OnBeep is a San Francisco start-up company that recently unveiled its Onyx communicator to technocrats in New York, sparking buzz. OnBeep is only one year old, but they raised $6.25 million in ea...
- 10 Dec 2014
Looking for Embedded Systems (and Raspberry Pi) experience on our team

Former Member

Hello Everyone! Just trying to network a little bit, on my breaks... So, my team has developed some cool products that are actually being utilized out there in the market. EISS™︎ Virtual Top Node Server &nb...
- 3 Dec 2014
Heterogeneous asymmetric multicore processing for always-connected design challenges

MAb

This article was first issued on embedded beat (Freescale blogs) A mixed environment system is one where a multicore system runs a combination of a real-time operating system and a feature-rich operating system. It’s not a new concept, and...
- 3 Dec 2014
What type of Kinetis MCU are you?

MAb

This article was first published on embedded beat (Freescale blogs) Some of the Kinetis MCUs are designed to provide industry-leading new technologies, others are optimized to solve specific problems, while others are just designed to appeal to ...
- 2 Dec 2014
Kinetis K Selector Guide is now available

MAb

This article was first published on embedded beat (Freescale blogs) It’s not just about performance and integration, the ARM Cortex-M4 based Kinetis K Series brings world class low-power modes and a comprehensive set of development tools and sof...
- 2 Dec 2014
Puzzled? Don’t be. There’s plenty of Kinetis MCU types to go around

MAb

This article was first issued on Freescale embedded beat blogs (http://blogs.freescale.com) by Kathleen Jachimiak, product marketing manager for Kinetis microcontrollers. Remember playing with Rubik’s cubes back in t he 1980s? 2014 actually mar...
- 1 Dec 2014
Dealing with embedded security in the age of increasing connectedness

MAb

This article was first published on Embedded Beat (oct. 2014) by Donnie Garcia, Freescale Kinetis New Products Team I don’t have a home security system, but my second hand experience from family and friends is that they can be a real hassl...
- 1 Dec 2014
Atollic TrueSTUDIO now available at element14

Former Member

For those familiar with TrueSTUDIO from Atollic, you already know how powerful this development environment is, and what it offers beyond the C/C++ compiler and debugger functionality. For all the rest please check out more about it in element ...
- 11 Nov 2014
Supercapacitor-powered Speaker Charges in Five Minutes

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Blueshift Hydrogen (via Blueshift) If you thought the ‘80s mobile boombox was out of style, guess again. Blueshift recently announced the launch of its portable, supercapacitor-powered, Bluetooth speaker, Hydrogen – your new best friend. ...
- 7 Nov 2014
Workshop RiOT and Freedom boards during Freescale DWF event in Paris (France), Octobre 14th 2014

FreescaleTools_and_Software

Dear Microcontroller and Microprocessor users 1. You are looking for some training to learn programming your RiOTboard (i.MX6 ARM Cortex-A9) or your Freedom board (Kinetis ARM Cortex-M0+/M4) ?2. You are able to come to Paris, France to visit us ...
- 9 Sep 2014
PCB stack-up design

Former Member

PCB Stack-Up DesignBefore designing multi-layer PCB circuit boards, designers need to confirm the circuit boards structure primarily based on the scale of circuit, the size of circuit boards, and the requirements of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC...
- 22 Aug 2014
Embedded Systems

Former Member

Hi , Embedded Strings inc is a well-established company which specializes in the design, development, testing and manufacturing of complex embedded systems/Hardware. Our target markets are healthcare, telecommunication, aerospace and remot...
- 21 Aug 2014
Wireless Sensor using DASH-7 Protocol

Former Member

A Sensing node consists of methane gas sensor, carbon monoxide gas sensor, accelerometer sensor, temperature sensor and RS232 interface circuit with dual port RAM. Methane gas sensor and carbon monoxide gas sensors are placed on stationary node becau...
- 20 Aug 2014
PCB Panel Design

Former Member

1.5 Printed Cuicuit Board Panel DesignThere are two problems to consider when design panel: one is how to place the boards; and the other is the way of connection.1.5.1 Panel LayoutPanel can increase productivity and save on production costs; t...
- 18 Aug 2014
Fundamental Technological Requirements of PCB Design

Former Member

Quote from NexPCB----------------------------------In PCB (Printed Circuit Board) design, it is best not to exceed the batch-production technology level of manufacturers. Otherwise, the PCBs may not be able to be processed, or have high associated co...
- 7 Aug 2014
MCU-less Industry-certified Bluetooth Low Energy Module from Microchip

Catwell

The RN4020 Bluetooth Smart Module is Microchip Technology’s, first Bluetooth 4.1 Low Energy module. It comes industry-certified and functions completely as a stand alone or in conjunction with any microcontroller. The module not only functional...
- 23 Jul 2014
Will Sony’s concert wearable glow brightly or fade away?

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A prototype of the FreFlow gone fashion accessory which may become a ‘must-have’ for concerts. (via SONY)Sony may be bringing another risky product to market that may sink instead of swim. However, their prototype tested at concert venues was a succe...
- 17 Jul 2014
What Is Your Choice of Capacitors for your Embedded product? Polymer, Tantalum, MLCC or Ecapacitors

Resistor+caps

When Selecting your capacitor for your embedded products, do you have to consider: • Electrical characteristics.• Stability.• Longevity.• Reliability.• Safety.• Life cycle cost. Panasonic Launches its Polymer Capacitors to the market, which...
- 14 Jul 2014
Microchip releases the PIC24F MCU, hardware encryption, µA current!

Catwell

Microchip Technology Inc., recently announced a new line of eXtreme Low Power PIC microcontroller that are more secure, more cost effective and feature faster throughput. Your home phone technology will never be the same. Microcontrollers are ti...
- 7 Jul 2014
3 Graphene announcements pushing tech adoption

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Trinity College Dublin researchers produce graphene in quantity using mechanical exfoliation. Just about everyone knows that the 1-atom thick wonder material, graphene, is poised to take over the world of electronics. Its electrical properties a...
- 17 Jun 2014
A unique design contest with ST!

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Engage with ST, join the contest! in collaboration with ARM Connected Community ST is organizing the STM32 Internet of Things DesignContest EMEA Edition. We believe in the creativity of engineers and challenge them to invent the nex...
- 23 Apr 2014
Are newly implemented tech schools and programs for students headed towards extinction?

Catwell

California’s BPPE sets its sights on coding bootcamps (via stock)Education is one of the biggest issues the younger generations are facing today. According to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), the US is lagging far be...
- 11 Mar 2014