For many years, the 8-bit microcontroller has been the workhorse of embedded systems. Design teams favor the size and power benefits that a tightly coupled processor, such as the 8051 microcontroller, ...

Embedded-control system designers feel more pressure than ever to provide better performance and more features, all while meeting tight deadlines and keeping costs down. As these demands intensify, ...

Whendelving into the simulation-oriented models as applied to a typicalembedded control application, it’s interesting to note key touch pointsin a particular implementation. These points often serve ...

An operating system (OS) is an optional part of an embedded device’s system software stack, meaning that not all embedded systems have one. OSs can be used on any processor (Instruction Set ...

Shawn Liu of National Instruments describes how the speed ofdevelopment of new features in automotive applications are pushingdesigners towards off-the-shelf design tools and hardware. When ...

Some software goes right from simulating into actual embedded control without missing a beat. As we covered last month, embedded motion control is operation-specific code targeted to microprocessors, ...

Analytics-driven embedded systems bring analytics to embedded applications, moving many of the functions found in cloud-based, big-data analytics to the source of data. This allows for more efficient ...

In any system design, there are always trade-offs that need to be made. Unfortunately, there is rarely a time when you can get your cake and eat it, too! Modern embedded systems have exceptionally ...

At the start of the year, I highlighted key trends in 5 Embedded Software Trends to Watch in 2024, predicting the forces shaping the industry. As the year unfolded, many of these trends indeed drove ...

Most motion systems have at least some embedded control. Now evermore-powerful data processing and chip manufacturing is being leveraged — so increasingly sophisticated firm and hardware is being ...