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System Design

Testing efficiently an increasing challenge for design ... 08/05/2012

When thinking about product testing, most people focus on the area of most interest to them. A software engineer might want to test firmware before a ...

Enclosure specifiers explore colour, shape and texture 23/04/2012

Henry Ford once said the Model T was available in any colour you wanted, so long as it was black. Until recently, a similar approach could have been ...

Hardware processing blocks give highest video performance ... 10/04/2012

When digital signal processors first appeared commercially in the early 1980s, they took the electronics world by storm, eventually enabling the ...

Adapting to ever changing standards helps consultancy ... 10/04/2012

Just a stone's throw away from the River Mersey, specialist consultancy LDRA provides automated analysis and testing tools for software applications ...

Soft centred: How software intensive designs are impacting ... 27/03/2012

Electronic products, particularly in high tech sectors, have become more software intensive over the past five years*, largely through the need to ...

Would you be better off using a modular oscilloscope? Some ... 13/03/2012

Many mid range oscilloscopes are essentially Windows pcs configured specifically for use in test and measurement. Embedding a pc within an ...

Breeding success: Embedded World 2012 preview 14/02/2012

This year's embedded world exhibition and conference takes place in Nuremberg from 28 February to 1 March. The tenth running of the event is set to ...

Reference design addresses issue of power consumption in ... 14/02/2012

Increasingly, electronic products are being designed to consume less power. The reasons include the use of smaller batteries to enable smaller ...

E-paper displays find industrial applications 24/01/2012

Electrophoretic displays have been developed by companies such as E Ink to replicate, as closely as possible, the appearance of text on paper. Not ...

Quartz crystals clocking off? 10/01/2012

The exceptional mechanical and piezoelectric properties of quartz crystal oscillators have, for decades, ensured their success for frequency ...

Triteq defines system architectures for clients' designs 13/12/2011

Since product design and development consultancy Triteq was established in 1992, its reputation has grown to the extent that 35% of new business is ...

General purpose oscilloscope helps with low speed serial ... 22/11/2011

Using an oscilloscope to analyse and debug a low speed serial link is standard fare and today's general purpose digital oscilloscopes contain a ...

UK start up develops way of ensuring service quality on ... 22/11/2011

Packet based networking has become the standard way to deliver communication services. But the very success of packet networking is challenging ...

VPX development platforms can reduce time to market 22/11/2011

New generations of embedded computing systems based on the VPX standard reflect the growing significance of high speed serial switched fabric ...

Board level design: a question of size 25/10/2011

Small form factor boards are not a new invention, but the need to reduce size, weight and power has boosted their demand and resulted in several ...

The strategy for testing voice transmission using LTE ... 25/10/2011

A debate is currently raging around whether LTE can use packet switching to transmit voice. End user expectations cannot be ignored because, after ...

Reference design uses DECT ULE technology to target home ... 25/10/2011

As the world goes mobile, taking advantage of the power of the smartphone, the rise of the 'app' is bringing almost unprecedented functionality. ...

New Electronics roundtable: Industry collaboration the name ... 11/10/2011

Communications links are getting faster. Where designers once worked in the Mbit/s range, the latest standards are moving data rates in the Gbit/s ...

New technology makes it easier to develop touchscreen ... 11/10/2011

The arrival of the iPhone on the market in 2007 marked a watershed in the way in which users interact with technology. While touchscreens had been in ...

Outlook 2012: Securing embedded devices 01/10/2011

Rapid growth in the intelligence and interconnected nature of embedded devices is accompanied by an increase in security threats. Attacks are ...

Test equipment eases hunt for noise sources in wireless ... 27/09/2011

When integrating a radio chip or module into a typical embedded system, designers often face the frustrating task of tracking down and eliminating ...

Design flow developments enable more capable signal ... 13/09/2011

Continuity in the design flow is becoming critical if engineers are to meet tighter budget and time constraints when developing next generation ...

Real time operating system architectures are important for ... 09/08/2011

Medical device manufacturers understand the importance of the operating system (OS) and, contrary to common practice for embedded systems design, ...

Frequency control product manufacturers face increasing ... 09/08/2011

Choosing the right timing solution to fit a specific application is a critical part of the design process. Engineers need to determine system ...

VXFabric software system for backplane configuration 12/07/2011

When work started on developing the VPX backplane standard in 2004, members of the VITA Consortium wanted to create something which represented the ...
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