Embedded PCB Design

Prototyping a Solar Solution for your Outdoor Embedded Device

Prototyping a Solar Solution for your Outdoor Embedded Device In this article Ari Mahpour proposes a semi-custom solar power source option for your outdoor embedded devices Read Article

Using the Sun to Keep Your Clunker Happy

Using the Sun to Keep Your Clunker Happy A lot of folks have transitioned to working from home either part time or completely which means they sometimes leave their automobiles in the driveway for days or weeks at a time. I, for one, am definitely in this camp. I could easily go for weeks without starting my clunker which means, very frequently, my car battery will die. We usually combat this problem by periodically turning on our cars and drive around the block a few times. At the best Read Article

How to Design a Home Automation IoT Device

IoT Device Design for Home Automation In this article Ari Mahpour walks you through how to create your own IoT connected device and control other smart home products. Read Article

Getting Started with ESP8266

Getting Started With ESP8266 A project overview on getting started with the ESP8266 device. Expert Ari Mahpour reviews the benefits of using a device such as the NodeMCU board from HiLetgo and how to get up and running with a few examples. Read Article

Getting Started with MQTT

Getting Started with MQTT and Arduino Uno Check this out. This is a new project overview demonstrating MQTT by expert Ari Mahpour. In this article, Ari answers the What and Why of MQTT, and gives guidelines to get your project started. Read Article

Low-Cost Verification for Digital and Analog Filters

Low-Cost Verification for Digital and Analog Filters In Low Cost Solutions for Automated Hardware in the Loop Testing, we reviewed the idea of using low-cost testing devices to validate our hardware designs. In this article I want to zoom in on a specific application that can have a high barrier to entry when it comes to verification: Digital Signal Processing (DSP), specifically signal filtering. Rather than belabor the topic of DSP I will define it simply as “digitizing signals that come into Read Article

Low Cost Solutions for Automated Hardware in the Loop Testing

Low Cost Solutions for Hardware in the Loop Testing Automation A project overview demonstrating low-cost solutions for automated hardware in the loop testing using the Pytest framework Read Article

Best Practices for Using PCB Reference Designs

Best Practices for Using PCB Reference Designs Reference designs can help you get started building a new system, but watch out for these pitfalls if you plan to use reference designs for your PCB. Read Article

PCB design and embedded systems firmware

Embedded Systems Firmware and Hardware in the Cloud Embedded systems firmware development is easier when your hardware designers and coders can work together in the cloud. Read Article

Design data management system

The Search for the All-in-One Electronic Design Data Management System In this article we discuss the pain points of using a single design data management system over linking many together. Read Article

Getting Through Agile Prototyping in Agile Hardware Development

Getting Through Agile Prototyping in Agile Hardware Development If you’ve worked in software development, such as in web design or enterprise software design, you know how difficult it can be to get clients to understand the look and feel of a product from a static wireframe. We’ve had the same problem in recent projects, especially when the POC was not a technical person. The client ultimately had to take it on faith that we knew what we were doing and could deliver what we promised. There’s no substitute Read Article

Hardward-in-the-Loop Testing: An Introduction

Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing: An Introduction If you do a search for “Hardware-in-the-Loop” testing, you will frequently find examples of complex, real-time systems. This article from National Instruments, for example, gives a nice explanation and background on what hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) is, and provides an example of testing electronic control units within an automobile. In this article, we will be focusing on a smaller, more bite-sized version of HIL testing concepts. What is Hardware Read Article

Altium Syncs Your Design and PCB Programming Software

Altium Syncs Your Design and PCB Programming Software Wondering how to program a PCB board? Altium Designer and Altium 365 can accept outputs from your PCB programming software and store them in the cloud. Read Article

PCB Debugging: Tips, Tools, and Tricks

PCB Debugging: Tips, Tools, and Tricks There are some basic testing and PCB debugging steps you should take when your new prototype has some functionality and signal integrity problems. Read Article

Enterprise IoT Challenges for PCB Designers in 2020

Enterprise IoT Challenges for PCB Designers in 2020 Enterprise IoT became one of the biggest tech buzzwords in 2019, with many analysts promising improvements in business efficiencies and profits simply by connecting everything in the office. As time goes on, real problems that can be solved by connecting business assets start to become clear, and practical opportunities for innovation and problem solving can be identified. I would argue we’re starting to move away from the 1990s-equivalent age of Read Article

Leading a Team for Embedded Electronics

Leading a Team for Embedded Electronics Putting together a team, and the infrastructure to support embedded electronics design, requires an understanding of how every part works and how they interact. In this article I want to talk about how to build that team and provide some insight on how to build the infrastructure necessary for your product development. Definition: What are the different parts Designing an embedded electronic product requires pieces from different facets of Read Article

Yocto vs ubuntu for embedded systems

Yocto vs. Ubuntu: Which OS is Best For Embedded AI? If you’re a programmer, then you know about Ubuntu. It’s one of the standard Linux distros for server environments, and it’s been used in a number of embedded applications. However, there are other, better choices to use for an OS for your next embedded system. Yocto has a steep learning curve, but it may be the best choice for your next embedded application. Read Article