Many devices we’ve used for years are getting smarter, and luminaires are no different. The LED transition has afforded an opportunity to upgrade traditional lighting needs with technology that ...

Noun: Application-specific software and custom-integrated circuits specifically designed and implanted to generate commands that bring forth the best possible performance from the machine to which ...

Not just reserved for consumer gadgets, embedded systems make use of advances in computing performance to extend the power of industrial controls. It's been 50 years since Gordon Moore first ...

Having struggled to make headway in the mainstream computer market dominated by Intel Corp., microprocessor maker Transmeta Corp. today will announce its entry into embedded controls. While not ...

As we covered last month, embedded motion control is operation-specific code targeted to microprocessors, FPGAs, and PLCs. As hardware becomes increasingly powerful, these controls do the same.

While PLCs (programmable logic controllers) are an industry norm, demands for data, memory, and processing power are intensifying. Soon enough, the PLCs may no longer be the go-to industrial computer.

Developments in embedded intelligence are providing manufacturers with improved networking, monitoring, and real-time control over plant operations. When RAE Systems Inc. builds its wireless sensors, ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday granted Apple a patent for a touchscreen-based telematics system that incorporates embedded controls, such as knobs, sliders, and switches, with a ...

Embedded-control system designers feel more pressure than ever to provide better performance and more features, all while meeting tight deadlines and keeping costs down. As these demands intensify, ...

System designers are turning to the use of programmable logic devices such as FPGAs to implement advanced LCD graphics solutions in their designs in order to support multiple display and processor ...

Apple is continuing to investigate ways of making fabric touch sensitive so that it could embed controls or detect gestures on products far beyond Apple Watch bands or iPhone cases. Previously, Apple ...

The user-friendly GARDiS Web Embedded Access Control Unit from TDSi allows the management of up to 5,000 credentials via an IP address within a Web Embedded platform ...