Q&A: Intel VP Pat Gelsinger
Gelsinger, senior VP and general manager of the Digital Enterprise Group at Intel, talks about Intel's relationship and involvement with Apple, Microsoft, Bill Gates, Xen, Windows Vista, and system builders, among other topics.
September 28, 2006
Building SCA-compliant Software-defined Radios
This article explains the basics of the Software Communications Architecture (SCA) standards for software-defined radio (SDR). It also explains how to choose between custom and off-the-shelf hardware, as well as the role of FGPAs in an SCA-compliant SDR system.
September 27, 2006
Simplify Your Flash-Memory Interface
Mobile handsets need flash memory. Implementing the most appropriate interface will increase system performance and reduce the BOM.
September 25, 2006
Software Certifications and Standards
Todd Brian of Mentor Graphics details the new regulations that play a critical role in most embedded designs, examining the regulations as they stand now, what impact they will have on developers, especially in products for the international market.
September 21, 2006
Designing Multi-antenna Signal Processing for Mobile WiMax
This article explains the basics of techniques such as MIMO and adaptive antenna systems, and how to design multi-antenna signal processing hardware. It includes an extensive checklist to use when selecting a DSP.
September 21, 2006
ARM Joins Eclipse Foundation
ARM Holdings plc, a developer of processor designs and related intellectual property, has joined the Eclipse Foundation, an open-source software development group.
September 21, 2006
Efficiently Coding Communications Protocols in C++
Harvey Sugar describes how to efficiently code communications protocols using C++, using C++ classes to implement a layered protocol and demonstrates how the tasking/queuing model can be separated from the layered implementation.
September 20, 2006
Open Source Perst Lite OODB For J2ME Devices Released
McObject has just released a micro-footprint version of the Perst open
source, object-oriented embedded database for embedded systems
and intelligent devices developed on the Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition
(J2ME).
September 20, 2006
Exactly When Do You Need Real Time?
This article explores where and why real time is required, various definitions of real time, and the effect of the OS on a real-time design as well as examines design methods and programming-language features appropriate for real time.
September 19, 2006
Advances in Industrial Robot Intelligence
Intelligent robots can perform industrial control tasks today that were not possible just a few years ago, using vision and tactile sensing. Ongoing cost reductions have made it possible to deploy robots for many tasks.
September 18, 2006
Mathworks Moving Deeper into IC Design
The Mathworks is rolling out HDL Coder, a product that generates synthesizable RTL code from Simulink models and Stateflow diagrams.
September 18, 2006
Incompatibility Dogs Mobile TV
As mobile TV gears up in earnest, operators and handset vendors are finally coming to grips with a slew of problems that are impeding its uptake: lack of interoperability, quality-of-service, and a nonexistent certification process.
September 18, 2006
Avoiding the Most Common Software Development Goofs
Ben Chelf of Coverity explores the root causes of many coding defects, investigates the potential solutions and makes the case for static source code techniques as a way to avoid the most common software development coding "goofs."
September 17, 2006
The New 802.11n Standard
The pending Wi-Fi standard will leave earlier versions in the dust, but the upcoming technology will require special considerations in an enterprise. Start planning for it now!
September 13, 2006
Creating a Traceable UML Model
build a complete and traceable UML model for your embedded design, using UML diagrams and associated descriptions of the problem domain.
September 12, 2006
Review: Secure Wired/Wireless Access In A Snap
Secure Computing's SnapGear SG565 Internet appliance provides safe wired and wireless access for small and midsize businesses by combining an 802.11b/g access point with a highly integrated security engine.
September 11, 2006
SysML - The Systems Modeling Language
Modeling language evangelist Bruce Powel Douglass explains the differences and similarities between the UML and SysML frameworks and what this means for model based systems design.
September 10, 2006
Programming Real-Time with Ada 2005
It's not just for defense contracts any more. Ada has developed into a useful programming language for plenty of different embedded projects. This expert shows how new Ada standards improve Ada's real-time capability to meet those tight deadlines.
September 7, 2006
Modeling Interrupt Vectors
Just as you can often treat device registers as a memory-mapped struct, you can treat an interrupt vector as a memory-mapped array.
September 7, 2006
Saving Space with Pointer-less C
This unusual and creative approach to standard C programming can save space and time in your design without losing C's efficiency. A clever piece for all embedded systems programmers.
September 7, 2006
5 Things to Know About 802.11n
As wireless protocols go, 802.11n is everything an IT admin could want. The newest flavor in the alphabet soup that is Wi-Fi, "n" carries data faster and farther than its predecessors and is perfectly suited to multimedia transmission. There's just one tiny problem: 802.11n doesn't really exist yet.
September 7, 2006
How to Use Eclipse for C and C++ Development
Mike McCullough reviews briefly on the history of the Eclipse framework and provides details and perspective on new additions to the Web-based IDE, such as Eclipse Plugin Central (EPIC), Callisto, BIRT, and CDT
September 7, 2006
Parameterized Communication
Obol is a Lisp-like, domain-specific language for testing and experimenting with when constructing and using security protocols in real systems.
September 6, 2006
Cisco, Microsoft Join Forces On Security
Cisco Systems and Microsoft on Wednesday said they're delivering on a two-year-old promise to make their network-access security offerings interoperable.
September 6, 2006
Open-Source Tools Ease C++ IC Verification
Verification engineer Mike Mintz (shown) developed two open-source programs aimed at helping IC designers do hardware verification with C++. He also co-authored a book on that topic.
September 4, 2006
Linux Surveys
Is Linux dying in the embedded space? Or is it healthier than ever? Surveys don't paint a clear picture.
September 3, 2006
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