Embedded Blog

On Death and Embedded Systems

Tue, 16 May 2006 05:26:25 -0500

The queer thing about death is that you die only once. And by then its too late. You of all people cannot participate in your own death. Why am I talking about death and whats it got to do with Embedded Systems?

Write Only Memory

Sun, 14 May 2006 08:49:20 -0500

Although its way past all fools day, I recently discovered Bob Pease's article on the origins of the Write Only Memory.

The Ubiquitous Remote Control

Sat, 13 May 2006 14:50:44 -0500

I recently came across an article in the March 2006 issue IEEE Spectrum, by Rober W. Lucky, titled Remote Control. A remote control is one piece of ubiquitious, mundane hardware that you take for granted. One is likely to own a multiple of these devices, for a vaerity of consumr entertainment electronics.

Cortex ARM Controllers

Fri, 05 May 2006 04:19:23 -0500

ARM Microcontroller portfoloio from ARM, the leaders in 32-bit controllers for a variety of applications, has been diversified with a new range of optimized microcontrollers, called the Cortex Series.

AVR32 - The New 32-bit Stud on the Block

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:39:50 -0500

Atmel recently announced a 32-bit controller architecture, the AVR32. With multiple execution units, the AVR32 32-bit RISC processor core is designed to do more processing per clock cycle.

Windows Embedded Student ChallengE 2006

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:40:23 -0500

In a few hours, submissions for the final reports to one of the most keenly contested Embedded Design Contest would be due. As the name suggests, students from colleges and universities around the world compete to create a theme based Embedded System running Windows CE.

PicoPower AVR -- MSP430 Gets Competition

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 16:18:46 -0500

The MSP430 Microcontroller family fromm TI has been one of the lowest power consuming Microcontrollers around. Infact, one of the favourite marketing gimmick is a small demonstration using a MSP430 application powered using a grape/apple battery!