How Cellular Technology is Transforming Home Security and Alarm Panels

By Diego Grassi, u-blox Comments Off on How Cellular Technology is Transforming Home Security and Alarm Panels

Home security is a burgeoning marketplace – particularly in terms of smart systems. But just what is it that differentiates a smart system from the traditional burglar alarm, and why... Read More

Unleashing the Benefits of Industrial Convergence

Jeff DeAngelis, Maxim Integrated Comments Off on Unleashing the Benefits of Industrial Convergence

The ultimate cyber-physical system is best described in simple engineering terms as a classic closed-loop system where each piece of equipment is connected to one another by reacting to its... Read More

MC272561-DRAGONFLY and SmartMesh IP®

Kristof Feja, Arrow Electronics Comments Off on MC272561-DRAGONFLY and SmartMesh IP®

Introduction The MC27561-DRAGONFLY is part of Arrow’s board family called SmartEverything.  This board is a ready-to-use Internet of Things (IoT) hardware. It is Arduino IDE compatible which allows fast and... Read More

New silicon structure opens the gate to quantum computers

Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research, Princeton University Comments Off on New silicon structure opens the gate to quantum computers

A team led by Princeton University researchers has created an essential component for making quantum computers from an everyday material, silicon. The researchers demonstrated the ability to control the behavior... Read More

Reduce Your System-Level Design Verification Effort Using PSpice and MATLAB Integration

Kishore Karnane karnane@cadence.com and Alok Tripathi alok@cadence.com Comments Off on Reduce Your System-Level Design Verification Effort Using PSpice and MATLAB Integration

Simulation tools are of great assistance to engineers and researchers and they reduce product-development cycle time, improve design quality, and simplify analysis without costly and time-consuming experiments and physical setup.... Read More

Hints and tips on the use of cooling fans for power supplies

Andrew Bryars, Applications Engineering Manager, XP Power Comments Off on Hints and tips on the use of cooling fans for power supplies

Everyone knows that if you dissipate heat inside a confined space then the temperature in that space will increase i.e. the ambient temperature inside the enclosure will rise. If you... Read More

Fast track to improved power supply reliability

Janne Paananen, Technology Manager, Eaton Martijn ImmingBusiness Development Manager Data Centers, Eaton Comments Off on Fast track to improved power supply reliability

Executive summary Businesses, hospitals and other mission-critical applications rely completely on the uninterrupted accessibility of their data center resource – and this, equally, depends crucially on the continuous availability of... Read More

IoT Testing – The Big Challenge Why, What & How

Benny Sand, QualiTest Group Comments Off on IoT Testing – The Big Challenge Why, What & How

Abstract. “Internet of Things” (IoT) is the network or associations between those Internets connected objects (smart Devices) that are able to exchange information by using an agreed method and data... Read More

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF SECURE BOOT AND SECURE DOWNLOAD: HOW TO PROTECT FIRMWARE AND DATA WITHIN EMBEDDED DEVICES

Scott Jones, Christophe Tremlet, and Michael Jackson Comments Off on THE FUNDAMENTALS OF SECURE BOOT AND SECURE DOWNLOAD: HOW TO PROTECT FIRMWARE AND DATA WITHIN EMBEDDED DEVICES

Abstract: To ensure that the target embedded device runs only authorized firmware or uses only authorized configuration data, we need to provide a way to verify both authenticity and integrity... Read More