Through-hole assembly means bending leads on components and putting the leads through holes in the circuit board, then soldering them in place, and trimming the wires. That took up too much space and ...

The complexity and density of electronics design has increased, partly due to the rise of the mobile industry, introducing new challenges for printed-circuit board (PCB) designers. Embedding ...

RS Components has introduced a range of ARM-based development boards supporting the processor firm’s mbed modular design platform at the Embedded World exhibition in Germany today. The first three ...

Modular systems present a good approach as the computing power can easily be adapted by replacing components or using different assembly variants. These systems must be optimally adjusted; they should ...

At the Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley 2007, the Santa Clara, Calif., chip giant announced the availability of the Quad Core Xeon E5335 and E5345 processors, based on the Xeon 5300 Series, ...

The rapid growth of programmable handheld and wireless computers has created a market for processor boards and single-board computers specifically targeted to the unique needs of these devices.

Defining device drivers Discussing the difference between architecture-specific and board-specific drivers Providing several examples of different types of device drivers Most embedded hardware ...

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