Embedded Coding

The Are You an AVR Hero? Contest kicked off at Maker Faire  a few weeks ago.   Maker Faire is over, but you can still enter you design unt...

Commercial products using 32-bit RX and 16-bit RL78 MCUs can qualify for a free Micruim RTOS license until March 31, 2013.  This can be u...

A former client, Tau Cygnus , sent me a note that a prototype I helped develop is ready for production.  The Cyborg dock  makes use of an iP...

The ADK 2012 platform is packed with innovation and usable code for Android accessory development. They advertise that all of the code i...

If you want to see what is happening at CES , there is an official youtube channel for the 2012 CES conference where you can see booth inte...

The TI C5535 eZdsp dev kit is now available for just $55 through Oct. 24  Dec. 31, 2011 (extended).  Normally priced at $99, the kit demons...

If you visit Google today you will see a doodle commemorating Thomas Edison's 164th Birthday.  I found this short bio of Edison and his...

"Technologies and Applications for Connected Consumers" is the theme for the 34th IEEE Sarnoff Symposium  being held May 2011 in P...

The Open Screen Project was created by Adobe  to increase design-in of the Adobe Flash Player on consumer devices like cell phones.  Many ...

The Texas Instruments wiki for the MSP430 LaunchPad (MSP-EXP430G2)  reports unprecedented demand for the LaunchPad development tool.  TI...

Press Release: Microsoft Licenses ARM Architecture - ARM Microsoft supports ARM in a wide range of products . There is wide speculation ...

Leapfrog is promoting the Leapster Explorer as an all in one platform for gaming, e-books, videos and educational content.  It can also fun...

Orange Amps' new OPC, a combined PC and Amplifier is designed for Guitar, Keyboard, microphones and more. It includes WIFI and Guita...

As part of the Camera 2.0 project , researchers at Stanford have developed the Frankencamera shown here, "an open-source camera platfo...

The Lattice ispMACH 4000ZE Pico Dev Kit is on sale today for $36 at the Lattice store . Some example applications for the CPLD include ...

The NPX LPC1100 Design Challenge just started and offers contestents a free NXP LPCXpresso development platform ($29 value), if your desig...

Amazing new platform for development, eZ430-Chronos Wireless Watch Development Tool . Introductory video here and assembly/disassembly vid...

Barnes and Noble has released details and some specifications of its new electronic reader, Nook.

Gizmondo and the Wall Street Journal are reporting that Barnes and Noble will release the Nook, an electronic reader to compete with Amazo...

Attending the TI Tech Days Toronto 2009 , I was impressed with the capabilities of the BeagleBoard , an OMAP3530 single board computer that...