Wireless Sensor Networks Blog
The history of the internet of things includes a Swedish hockey team and LEGOs
Published. May 17, 2013Thirteen years ago Adam Dunkels was trying to hook up a hockey team in Lulea, Sweden with sensors and cameras so coaches and fans could track helmet cams and players’ vital signs. It was an academic project but it was also an early example of the internet of things. The project was doomed to fail […]...
NextGenLog
#CHIPS: "3-D Harnessed by TSMC in Super-Chips"
Published. May 17, 2013...
Consumerization: BYOD
double void error need help before turning it in
Published. May 16, 2013public class homework8_2 public static void main(String [] args) { Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in); int selections = 0; DecimalFormat formatter = new DecimalFormat("#0.0000"); do { showMenu(); selections = keyboard.nextInt(); System.out.println("please input the amount of meters"); double meters = keyboard.nextDouble(); if (selections == 1) { double kilometers; kilometers = showKilometers(meters); ......
Jack Erickson's Blog
The Internet of Things – the Next Growth Driver, Enabled by High-Level Synthesis?
Published. May 14, 2013The electronics industry has enjoyed constant growth while undergoing constant transformation. One of the most significant transformations has been the source of that growth -- from the PC revolution, to the rise of the internet, to mobile computing. The consensus is that the next growth driver is going to be "the internet of things," as many call it. Wired chooses to call it "the programmable world" in their recent article that lays out a vision and a roadmap for getting there....
TI E2E Community
Blog Post: Engineer It? Understanding basic sensored BLDC operation
Published. May 10, 2013Spinning a BLDC motor may be as simple as activating electromagnet pole pairs. If you turn on and sequence these pole pairs correctly, the rotor will rotate 360 degrees. One of the most important things to consider is the timing of this activation. That’s where sensors come in. For a quick lesson on the basics of sensored BLDC operation, check out the newest Engineer It video from motor driver marketing manager Mike Firth. In the video below, he discusses the basic operation of motors within...
Chris A. Ciufo on All Things Embedded
Intel vs GM: What’s In Store for Intel’s New CEO, President
Published. May 2, 2013Today chip giant Intel announced outgoing CEO Paul Otellini’s replacement: he’s Brian Krzanich, former Intel COO and likely an Intel lifer. As Otellini bids goodbye at the annual stockholders’ meeting on May 16, Krzanich moves in as the company’s sixth … Continue reading →...
EDA Blog
Acquiring and Analyzing Data from Sensors and In-Vehicle Networks Seminar
Published. April 30, 2013HEM Data will be conducting a SAE seminar. The event will focus on the newer approach of obtaining data from the in-vehicle network for automotive, heavy duty, off-road, and marine applications. The title of the seminar is: Acquiring and Analyzing Data from Sensors and In-Vehicle Networks. The SAE seminar will take place May 15-16, 2013 [...]...
EDA Blog
Acquiring and Analyzing Data from Sensors and In-Vehicle Networks Seminar
Published. April 30, 2013HEM Data will be conducting a SAE seminar. The event will focus on the newer approach of obtaining data from the in-vehicle network for automotive, heavy duty, off-road, and marine applications. The title of the seminar is: Acquiring and Analyzing Data from Sensors and In-Vehicle Networks. The SAE seminar will take place May 15-16, 2013 [...]...
FPGA Blog
Lattice Sensor Extender Reference Design Uses Two MachXO2 FPGAs
Published. April 25, 2013Lattice Semiconductor recently introduced the SensorExtender reference design. The Sensor Extender is a low-cost solution for remotely locating image sensors up to eight meters away from the image signal processor (ISP) and transmit and receive video signals at resolutions that range up to 720p60 and 1080p30. The reference design is tested with the Aptina MT [...]...
Mocana Device Blog
Cisco CEO Talks Internet of Things
Published. February 5, 2013Cisco CEO John Chambers appeared on American Public Media’s Marketplace, talking about the Internet of Things. He said that back in 2000 there were about 200 million devices on the Internet. Today that’s 10 billion. By 2020 it’ll be 50 billion. The example given is the smart meters being installed by various utilities. Chambers said [...]...
Mocana Device Blog
Cisco CEO Talks Internet of Things
Published. February 5, 2013Cisco CEO John Chambers appeared on American Public Media’s Marketplace, talking about the Internet of Things. He said that back in 2000 there were about 200 million devices on the Internet. Today that’s 10 billion. By 2020 it’ll be 50 billion. The example given is the smart meters being installed by various utilities. Chambers said [...]...
EEBeat
The electronics in a Ford Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid
Published. March 21, 2013by Jim harrison The Ford Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid automobile is one of the most “automated” vehicles on the road today. The car has more than 148 actuators, 4,717 signals, and 86 sensors that produce more than 25 Gbytes of data/hour. They have MyFord Mobile and SmartGauge connections to your cell phone, along with the [...]...
Tech Deseign Forums Blog
DATE: Mobile phone to drive Internet of Things MEMS wave
Published. March 19, 2013The Internet of Things will drive the next phase for MEMS, greatly helped by a change in the way that the mobile phone interacts with its environment, says Benedetto Vigna of STMicroelectronics.The post DATE: Mobile phone to drive Internet of Things MEMS wave appeared first on Tech Design Forum....
Technology Review Feed - Energy Top Stories
Research Hints at Graphene’s Photovoltaic Potential
Published. March 1, 2013Newly observed properties mean graphene could be a highly efficient converter of light to electric power.Researchers have demonstrated that graphene is highly efficient at generating electrons upon absorbing light, which suggests that the material could be used to make light sensors and perhaps even more efficient solar cells. Conventional materials that turn light into electricity, like silicon and gallium arsenide, generate a single electron for each photon absorbed. Since a photon contains more...
GreenTech Pastures
Smart grid player targets streetlight optimization
Published. February 6, 2013A new partnership between Silver Spring Networks and Streetlight.Vision will create a new solution for managing public lighting infrastructure, parking meters and more....
Pallab's Place
Semicon2012 – EUV pushes out
Published. July 24, 2012At this years Semicon in San Francisco, the focus on new items was the inclusion of MEMS, LEDs, Sensors and a start of the 450mm wafer movement, but EUV was still the “tech of the future”. While progress was made on the light sources for the imaging system, the challenge and costs of EUV blanks, [...]...
Stack Overflow
Real world variables
Published. January 16, 2013Part of what makes embedded systems fun for me is that they normally interact with the physical world. The physical world contains real parameters which we measure using transducers, signal conditioning circuits and so on, such that ultimately we end up with a variable in our embedded code that purports to represent this real world [...]...
Anablog
MEMS sensors in gaming: $500M “Call of Duty” revenue will drive what’s next in game platforms
Published. February 6, 2013The MEMS suppliers know where the money is with smart phones and tablets plus the gaming industry and you can be sure they are feverishly working on the next level of motion sensing to make gaming more realistic....
Soft Talk - Multicore and Parallel Programming
‘Tis the season to get touchy-feely
Published. December 4, 2012The number of ways you can interact with your mobile devices has expanded further in 2012 than in previous years. This year we have seen convertible laptops hit the market, which turn from a PC into a tablet in one careful snap. New sensors like gyroscopes, compasses and accelerometers have arrived to give us more scope [...]...
John Day
More MEMS at STMicro
Published. February 6, 2013STMicroelectronics announced a new strategic plan in which it will exit its mobile platform and wireless semiconductor alliance, ST-Ericsson, and focus on two product-segment organizations – Sense & Power and Automotive Products, and Embedded Processing Solutions. Sense & Power and Automotive includes MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) and other sensors, power discrete and advanced analog products, [...]...
AnalogTalk
Opportunities expand in vehicles with rear-view cameras and mirrors
Published. August 6, 2012Car electronics have made great strides in recent years. Strategy Analytics recently released numbers that sensors within the automobile have grown year over year ~12%. The major driver’s of this growth, which is expected to continue in the future, is fuel mileage, environmental and safety legislation in addition to many new comfort and convenience applications. [...]...
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