Electronics Engineering News from the EE Compendium
Embedded Digital Filtering
Introducing a powerful digital filtering engine into embedded applications extends the value developers can deliver to their customers, and it reduces system cost, complexity, and time-to-market.
Posted on 09-07-2010, Filed Under: hardware, microcontrollersCompilers For 8051 Microcontrollers
This is an overview of some of the compilers available for 8051 microcontrollers, especially C and Pascal compilers.
Posted on 08-30-2010, Filed Under: microcontrollers, 8051Letting Out The Magic Smoke
Exploding capacitors, glowing and smoking resistors, melting semiconductors, and flying sparks ... fun times!
Posted on 08-23-2010, Filed Under: videoGet Rich Doing What Others Don't
The quickest way to wealth that I've found to be true; Is to stick out your chest give your best and do what others don't like to do!
Posted on 08-17-2010, Filed Under: businessListen To Me Lad Says Jack
Listen To Me Lad Says Jack - As an apprentice engineer I learned some very sage advice: Remember that you get paid just as much to rub out as you do to draw in the first place, so don't you be frightened to make a few mistakes.
Posted on 08-04-2010, Filed Under: businessThe Top Five Technical Documentation Mistakes
Weak technical documentation is very common, yet a company's entire future can depend on the amount of attention they pay to this very important issue.
Posted on 07-28-2010, Filed Under: businessNew Microchip 'Microstick' Development Board
Microchip Technology has a new, low-cost solution for designing with Microchip's 16-bit PIC24H microcontrollers and dsPIC33F Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs), called the "Microstick".
Posted on 07-21-2010, Filed Under: pic, microcontrollersCash Flow Management
Cash. Most people want more. When running a small business it's particularly important to monitor how cash is coming in and how much cash is going out.
Posted on 07-12-2010, Filed Under: businessTI's Amazing $4.30 LaunchPad
Texas Instruments has released a very interesting new development tool for its MSP430 Value Line of microcontrollers, a complete development kit -- a development board, 2 programmable MSP430 microcontrollers, a mini-USB cable, and an IDE for software development -- all for only $4.30!
Posted on 06-24-2010, Filed Under: ti, msp430, microcontrollersOpen Source Software for Embedded Systems
How viable is open source software for embedded systems? There are actually a lot of things to consider, lots of things to think about and weigh before making this decision...
Posted on 06-21-2010, Filed Under: embedded-systems, open-source
