With increasing demand for high-power fast charging in electronic devices, the USB Power Delivery (USB PD) protocol has become the most widely employed charging protocol for modern smart devices.

The code is a listing that goes with Richard Wall's article “How to Increase Interrupts in an MCU Design” published in January 2000 issue of Embedded Systems Programming magazine. The article ...

The rapid development of artificial intelligence and edge computing has led to new ways to create intelligent applications that process data directly on ...

In this article, we will discuss the fundamental principles when using a UART, with a focus on packet transmission, standard frame protocol, and customized frame protocols that are value added ...

Latest embedded survey (2023) shows burgeoning workloads and how engineers deal with it, plus most used design tools, OS’es and processors.

The Standard Model: quantum fields at the heart of matter The Standard Model of particle physics is our best description of the universe at the smallest scales, grouping all known elementary particles ...

One of the most important aspects to consider in hardware testing that involves radio frequency (RF) is choosing a configurable, calibrated, and reliable signal source. This article provides a ...

As described in the first part of this two-part series, USB Type-C is the newly introduced and powerful interconnect standard for USB. When paired with ...

With the rise of AI, once “simple” devices are becoming increasingly intelligent, leading to more computing devices than ever before.

Millimeter wave (mmWave) radars transmit electromagnetic waves and any objects in the path reflect the signals back. By capturing and processing the reflected signals, a radar system can determine the ...

Is Moore’s law dead or alive? For sure, what one could call “C.C. Wei’s law” is in good shape, since the foundry Dr. Wei is leading, TSMC, continues to ...

In this article, based on a paper presented at the China Semiconductor Technology International Conference (CSTIC) in 2022 1, a comparison is made between the parasitic capacitance of a 4F2 ...