(Huge thanks to the system validation team in Bangalore for providing me with all of the technical information here. Much appreciated!) Functional validation is widely acknowledged as one of the... Read More

For anyone familiar with 3D printing and printed circuit boards (PCBs) it’s difficult to imagine a future where PCBs are not 3D printed. 3D printing promises to make PCB manufacturing... Read More

‘The rise of plastic and flexible displays will be accompanied by a shift from glass substrates to plastic substrates’* according to industry experts. Flexible displays bring a new degree of... Read More

Bluetooth-enabled smartphones and tablets are now the constant companions of many shoppers, including those that shop regularly in retail malls. As it’s now possible to track shoppers within malls and... Read More

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Energy-harvesting applications routinely need to deal with selecting from multiple power sources, including one or more harvested-energy sources, rechargeable batteries, backup primary batteries, and other energy-storage devices. By incorporating a... Read More

The Internet of Things (IoT) is not really a market, it is a catchall term for devices that connect to the internet, sometimes via our smartphones. The whole IoT ecosystem... Read More

Abstract A new generation of Wi-Fi chips and modules are emerging that can offer significantly lower power and simpler integration into a design. With Wi-Fi Direct and Wi-Fi HaLow also... Read More

2016 Embedded World Exhibition in Nuremberg, Germany was the world’s biggest exhibition of its kind for the international embedded community. As I traveled through the aisles I saw a variety... Read More