Computer engineering encompasses a wide range of topics surrounding this interaction between hardware and software. Computer engineers of the future will be versatile full-stack developers, ...

Any electronic system that uses a computer chip but is not a general-purpose desktop or laptop computer, tablet or smartphone. Embedded systems use microcontrollers (MCUs), microprocessors (MPUs) or ...

Computer-maker Thales has announced the PENTXM line of VMEbus single-board computers (SBCs), which utilize 1.6GHz-and-faster Pentium M processors and offer a low-power-consumption design. The PENTXM ...

This fifth lesson on RTOS finally addresses the real-time aspect of the “Real-Time Operating System” name. Specifically, in the video lesson 26, you add a preemptive, priority-based scheduler to the ...

This installment starts a new segment of lessons about state machines. The subject conceptually continues the event-driven theme and is one of my favorites [1,2]. Today, you’ll learn what event-driven ...

In this course, students will design and build a microprocessor-based embedded system project managing real-time constraints while analyzing the system in-order to meet them. Students are expected to ...

New generations of defense imaging systems, using sophisticated sensor technologies, generate invaluable information for modern warfare. On large platforms, such as ships, planes, or ground vehicles, ...

When you think of an embedded systems class, what do you expect the students to learn? Should they know about single board computers, like the Raspberry Pi or the Beaglebone? Should they know about ...

Dave] over at Usagi Electric has a mystery on his hands in the form of a computer. He picked up a Motorola 68000 based ...

AIS Rugged HMI Displays Reduce Development Risks, Costs and Time to Market for Military Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, and Interoperability (C 4 I 2) Applications IRVINE, ...

Portwell has chosen Intel Core 3 Processor N355 to be the CPU behind a series of 120 x 120mm Nano-ITX embedded computer boards for edge computing, automation and signage. Sharing the same NANO-6065 ...

Today’s PCs are locked up with Trusted Platform Module (TPM) devices so much so that modern Windows versions insist on having ...