The CEVA-TeakLite-III turns in strong performance in a small, low-power package. Its 32-bit capabilities are also notable.

This article shows how a CPLD can replace a digital-to-analog converter, allowing it to drive an audio speaker or control things like LED intensity, motor speed, and servo position.

SPiDCOM Technologies, a fabless chip group focusing on ICs and Linux-based software bundles for broadband access and home networks, is set to unveil its next generation HomePlug AV SoC at CeBIT, in Hannover, which kicks off March 3rd.

A preview of what embedded developers can expect to see in the newest generation of the PCI Express interconnect protocol, doubling bandwidth and increasing end-system performance.

How Actel's flash based FPGAs can be used to replace ASICs and SRAM-based FPGAs in many portable devices

This article focuses on the trend of less filtering and more linearity in radio design, both as a differentiating factor for receivers and as a differentiating factor for analog/RF circuit designers.

When we say defective product, it's not the product that is defective but the methodology for creating the product.

Obama signs a big stimulus bill. How are prospects in the embedded space?

My experience with one of the latest network audio players only further confirms the impending demise of the CD.

Two technology trends are challenging the interconnect status quo and are set to make optical and electrical cabling perfectly interchangeable at data rates up to10G and beyond.

Here are the secrets to selecting the right RapidIO switch--and to picking a vendor that help you with the design process.

Smart switches, with protection "in silicon," improve reliability and safety while cutting harness cost.

See what's inside Openmoko's open-source cell phone at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose.

The SmartGlobe is the first Internet-updatable model of the earth. Check out its innards at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose.

Check out the teardown of a 3rd SpaceVest from TN Games at ESC in Silicon Valley--your child will envy you.

Polymeric Positive Temperature Coefficient resettable circuit-protection devices can help protect power supplies, transformers, industrial controllers and electric motors from damage caused by overcurrent and overtemperature conditions

How to use the VSC43406 VScope transceiver in a 3-Gbit crosspoint router module to implement equalization for signal cleanup and diagnosis of 1080i and 1080p video, at supported data rates up to 6 Gbits/sec.