14/12/2020
5G is still in the early stages of its rollout but the attention in R&D is now on the next generation to come, even if its launch may be some way off.
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09/12/2020
Code review is an important part of the software development life cycle in electronic design and using an established coding standard - such as MISRA or CERT - is essential to ensuring the quality of code being produced.
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07/12/2020
Operating Systems (OSs) like Linux and Android are widely used in embedded systems but being large, complex and inevitably containing numerous flaws once compromised, an attacker can violate the security and take control of the whole system.
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04/12/2020
As more devices are added to home networks with Wi-Fi support, we’re further choking our Wi-Fi bandwidth until we upgrade to Wi-Fi 6. But we don’t need to incur the cost of a 4x4 access point. 2x2 is plenty for home needs for the next several years.
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03/12/2020
Deep learning has an energy problem. Model sizes have been spiralling up, and doing so at an increasing rate as users exploit cloud servers armed with graphics processing units to crunch the numbers.
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01/12/2020
David Maidment, Director of Secure Device Ecosystem, Arm explores why it’s not important to benchmark the cost of security, but instead to benchmark the cost of not following good security practice, and why it's better to get ahead of the curve before regulation comes into play.
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30/11/2020
Set up to support businesses coping with the Covid-19 pandemic, Neil Tyler looks at the impact of NPL’s ‘Measurement 4 Recovery’ scheme.
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26/11/2020
Improvements in the critical characteristics of isolators are benefitting electronics manufacturers looking at next-generation wireless, as Dr. Dave Rizzo explains.
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25/11/2020
Deep learning has an energy problem. Model sizes have been spiralling up, and doing so at an increasing rate as users exploit cloud servers armed with graphics processing units to crunch the numbers.
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23/11/2020
Today, unlike in the past, connected industrial devices are expected to communicate directly with enterprise applications.
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18/11/2020
Next generation IVI looks to support new in-car experiences, providing manufacturers with a crucial differentiator in a competitive market.
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16/11/2020
Virtual reality can be used inside and outside of the operating theatre, in the classroom and in consultations to reassure patients ahead of surgery.
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12/11/2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a massive impact on the global economy, and for many companies the focus has had to be on simply surviving through to 2021. For those that make it, there’s no doubt that things will look markedly different.
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11/11/2020
The trend to embed wireless charging capability into consumer devices has been led by the Wireless Power Consortium’s (WPC) Qi charging standard, which is the most widely adopted technology for the wireless charging of smartphones.
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10/11/2020
?The ability to send an electric current through the air, from one location to another, may not be a new idea but it has certainly taxed the minds of engineers for many years – that is the ability to transmit power wherever it is required and without the need for wires.
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09/11/2020
Could Virtual Reality replace physical travel helping the leisure and tourism industry to reinvent itself post Covid-19?
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05/11/2020
Is 2021 set to be the year that 5G delivers? With the construction and upgrading of base stations and other infrastructure and the roll out of mobile 5G devices, are we about to see the realisation of the many promises associated with the technology?
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04/11/2020
All around the country, at all times of the day, 365 days a year, commercial vehicles are on the move.
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02/11/2020
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Electronics manufacturers and the consumers that buy their devices are both increasingly focused on extending product lifespan.
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02/11/2020
The complexities of upcoming regulations for IoT and the knock-on effect for manufactures. We investigate how a common approach and a security baseline, such as the PSA Certified framework, can simplify the regulation landscape, allowing manufacturers to achieve fast time-to-market without compromises.
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29/10/2020
There are four trends now shaping the automotive market and in a report published in 2016 by McKinsey & Company (“Automotive revolution – perspective towards 2030”) these were identified as autonomy, connectivity, electrification and diverse mobility.
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28/10/2020
DC fans are called upon by engineers in many situations and applications to provide forced-air convection cooling.
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26/10/2020
Mobile network operators need to test the stability and performance of their networks in order to ensure good service, but because of the enormous amounts of data that’s involved this is hardly possible with manual methods so, operators are turning to artificial intelligence to solve this challenge.
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22/10/2020
IEC 62368-1 is the new hazard-based product safety standard coming into effect this December. What does this mean for design engineers? Neil Tyler reports
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20/10/2020
Qualcomm’s annual ‘State of Play’ reports assess the views of consumers from across the US, UK, China, Germany, and Japan looking at consumer attitudes and behaviours and how they are changing and driving buying decisions when it comes to audio technology.
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