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The Rising Tide of Cyber Security as a Service: What You Need to Know

Pragati Pathrotkar

August 29, 2024

In today’s digital age, where technology permeates every aspect of our lives, the importance of robust cybersecurity cannot be overstated. As enterprises across the globe rapidly digitize their operations and networks, safeguarding sensitive data and ensuring uninterrupted workflow have become paramount. Enter Cyber Security as a Service (CSaaS), a game-changing approach that is reshaping how organizations protect themselves against an ever-growing threat landscape.

Debug & Test

Spectrum Monitoring of Very Wide-bandwidth (4.096 GS/s Complex) Signals

Embedded Computing Design Staff

August 27, 2024

Enclustra was approached by a customer with an idea to design a solution for monitoring the frequency spectrum of wireless telecommunication signals for systems security, i.e., to detect unwanted activity in the spectrum. The unwanted activity could occur at any frequency or time using any communication protocol. With today’s technology in mind, these requirements meant monitoring the frequency range of multiple GHz at a high resolution. Despite the challenging setup, Enclustra's expertise made this project a perfect fit.

Analog & Power

Unlocking Efficiency: How ADI Battery Management Solutions Empower Safer, Smarter Mobile Robots

Rafael Marengo

August 27, 2024

In the rapidly evolving landscape of automated warehouses and manufacturing facilities, meticulous control over each component of the process is paramount. Even the slightest downtime can result in significant repercussions. Autonomous mobile robots and automated guided vehicles play a vital role in this ecosystem, requiring the implementation of precise monitoring and fail-safe systems.

Industrial

Next-Level Networking: Navigating Future-Proof Expansion Upgrades

Embedded Computing Design Staff

August 26, 2024

In today's fast-paced technological landscape, staying competitive requires proactive strategies. Businesses are adopting cutting-edge trends without rashly, premature upgrades. Many are opting for expansion cards to enhance existing setups, offering a seamless and cost-effective way to boost capabilities. For trends like IoT and digital twins, faster and more robust connectivity is essential for gaining a head start.

But how fast is enough? What networking expansion solutions should you choose?

Industrial

Rail’s Growing Complexity Requires Vecow’s Workstation-Grade Platform

Embedded Computing Design Staff

August 26, 2024

The Indian railway system is one of the most extensive and complex railway networks in the world, ranking fourth in size after the United States, Russia, and China. This expansive network plays a crucial role in connecting the vast regions of India, facilitating both passenger and freight transport across the country.

Software & OS

Back to Basics: Selling Software

David Sandy

August 26, 2024

In our last article, we talked about licensing, open source, and how to protect your code. Now that we know how to properly open up our code to the world, it’s time to figure out how you could theoretically make a profit from it.

Industrial

Product of the Week: Artila’s Matrix-900 Embedded Computing Platform for IIoT Applications

Embedded Computing Design Staff

August 26, 2024

Today’s advanced industrial and IoT landscape faces the growing demand for real-time data processing at the edge of complex and modern systems. The range of applications that integrate into these existing infrastructures requires reliable connectivity, robust performance, and energy efficiency in a rugged and compact solution.

Open Source

New RISC-V Innovations Lead AI to Open Standard

Ken Briodagh

August 21, 2024

If the growing number of new RISC-V announcements aren’t enough proof of the license-free protocol’s momentum, there is a mountain of analyst predictions, trend research, and market analysis that seems to be getting ever more optimistic about the space.

Open Source

Read Multiple Buttons with a Single Microcontroller Input (4 Methods)

Jeremy S. Cook

August 21, 2024

While today’s microcontrollers have fantastic processing capabilities, they still have their limits, especially when it comes to available GPIO pins. There are many solutions to this problem, and one option is to use a resistor network to output different voltages for each button, allowing your microcontroller to read multiple buttons with a single analog-to-digital converter (ADC) input. One might call this button arrangement a sort of manually operated digital-to-analog converter (DAC), which then feeds into the microcontroller’s ADC. In this article, I’ll outline four methods for accomplishing this task, each with its own set of pros and cons.

Networking & 5G

Embedded Executive: Bluetooth Continues to Excel, Infineon

Rich Nass

August 21, 2024

Bluetooth has been around for a quarter century. That’s a very, very long time in technology years. It’s evolved into one of the most omnipresent standards ever produced. That said, it continues to grow with new features and enhancements, which result in new use cases.

I spoke to Shantanu Bhalerao, the Vice President of Bluetooth Products for Infineon Technologies on this week’s Embedded Executives podcast to understand how that works and what's still to come for Bluetooth.

Open Source

Back to Basics: Licensing and Open Source

David Sandy

August 19, 2024

For almost as long as software has existed, the question of free software and open source has been contested. Many developers align themselves with the ideology that all software should be free to access, modify, and redistribute under the banner of open source.

Industrial

Product of the Week: ASUS IoT’s PE2200U Rugged Fanless Embedded Computer

Embedded Computing Design Staff

August 19, 2024

Industrial environments are often faced with harsh conditions that are demanding, and sometimes, unpredictable. Extreme temperatures, moisture, dust, and vibration are all factors that influence the reliability, performance, and overall lifetime of traditional systems. With the added demands of remote monitoring and industrial automation functions, it’s important that these mission- and safety-critical applications consistently withstand these challenges.

Open Source

Arduino vs CircuitPython for Microcontroller Programming

Jeremy S. Cook

August 14, 2024

If you’re starting out in the world of microcontrollers and dev boards, you may find yourself faced with a fundamental question: Arduino or CircuitPython? Some of the same considerations will also apply to MicroPython–which you can read about here–but I’ll table that discussion to keep the scope reasonable.

Industrial

Rugged Science: RCX-3000-PEG

Rugged Science

August 29, 2024

Product Description:

The RCX-3000-PEG is an Expandable GPU-accelerated System powered by 14th/13th/12th Gen Intel®️ Core™️ i9/i7/i5/i3 Processor. The RCX-3000 PEG provides scalability with support for up to 7 PCIe expansions, making it capable of supporting a max 1800W power budget for dual 900W NVIDIA or AMD 2-slot full-length graphics card for AI and inferencing. Additionally, the RCX-3000 PEG offers rich I/O, including 2 GigE LAN with TSN, 4 USB 3.2 Gen 2, 4 COM, 32 Isolated DIO, 3 SIM card sockets, 1 Mini PCIe socket and provides 4 SATA for 2.5” SSD/HDD Tray. It also provides 2 front-access M.2 Key M SSD Trays for data storage. For industrial deployments, it features operating temperature range from -25°C to 45°C, and flexible power input options ranging from DC 16V to 50 and AC 90V to 220V.

The RCX-3000 PEG delivers workstation-grade computing capability, making it ideal for High-Speed AOI, 3D Mapping, Rolling Stock, and any Edge AI applications.

Industrial

Neousys Leverages Intel to Integrate AI Capable Industrial Expansion Cards

Chad Cox

August 29, 2024

Taipei, Taiwan. Neousys Technology launched its Nuvo-2822, a compact expansion box PC powered by the Intel Alder Lake N processor and featuring four PCIe/PCI slots, making it ideal for integrating various industrial expansion cards, including frame grabber cards with AI computing capabilities.