Davis, Calif. – Designed for demanding, real-time control and data acquisition applications, the modular, expandable Smart Star embedded-control system from Z-World can be programmed and debugged over ...

This installment starts a new segment of lessons about state machines. The subject conceptually continues the event-driven theme and is one of my favorites [1,2]. Today, you’ll learn what event-driven ...

What is a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS), and what does “real-time” mean anyway? What are the various kinds of state machines, and how to code them efficiently in C? What is object-oriented ...

Shadin's new embedded controls can be used for a wide variety of rotorcraft applications. Threats ranging from ballistic missiles to drones proliferate in the Gulf theater, requiring increased numbers ...

NATICK, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MathWorks today announced that SAIC Motor Corporation developed the hybrid control unit (HCU) for the Roewe 750 hybrid sedan by using Model-Based Design with Simulink, ...

At the start of the year, I highlighted key trends in 5 Embedded Software Trends to Watch in 2024, predicting the forces shaping the industry. As the year unfolded, many of these trends indeed drove ...

Embedded control systems are increasingly connected to complex local area networks, such as controller area networks (CAN) with up to 100 nodes, ZigBee wireless control networks with thousands of ...

What we really need is a new approach to designing the systems we want to protect, an approach that can make those systems inherently tamper-resistant and capable of surviving assaults. Otherwise, ...