Embedded and Microcontrollers blog

ARM’s Fixed Virtual Platforms have become a key vehicle to enable software development for the most recent ARM processors and ARM System IP. ARM’s Fast Models for the processors have proven to fulfill…

I received my STM32F411RE Nucleo board last weekend. The only drawback was missing USB OTG connector for STM32F411RE. The platform is Mbed enabled and the ST Link debugger provides Mbed interface.

System design used to be an exercise in optimizing speed. That has since changed. Nowadays, embedded systems pack plenty of performance to handle a number of task, leading the challenge for designers to…

As we look in depth at the rapid increase of ARM based Embedded Computing Boards (ECBs) coming to market we are talking to industry experts, analysts, silicon partners and board vendors to help us understand…

PHYTEC is a German company which has been producing system on module boards (SOMs) for over 25 years so I connected with Yves Astein, a product manager at PHYTEC to get his take on the rise of ARM based…

As part of the preparation for the launch of the ARM Embedded Computing Board (ECB) resource guide I spoke to Thomas Aubin of Microchip about their approach to the market.  Thomas is a product marketing…

I recently spoke to Jerry Gipper the Executive Director of VITA to learn about how ARM embedded computing boards and modules are beginning to appear in this standards driven market.  My timing was…

As part of the preparation for the launch of the ARM Embedded Computing Board (ECB) resource guide, I spoke to Chris Rommel who is Vice President for IoT & Embedded Technology at Boston-based VDC Research…

As we started to research ARM based Embedded Computing Board (ECB) manufacturers for our Embedded Computing Board (ECB) Resource Guide Dave Tokic of Xilinx told us that there are now 25 companies making…

Anyone taking a serious look at the embedded market really has to speak to Freescale because the whole market came about because Motorola (Freescale’s former parent) was so successful with the 68000 architecture…

This article covers how to use the ARM Linux PMU driver to gather performance information.

PubNub's Ian Jennings demonstrates how to connect your Arduino to a mobile cellular network with a GSM/GPRS shield.There's a ton of tutorials out there on hooking your Arduino up to the LAN, whether it…

At the recent Embedded World show in Nuremberg running from 24th to 26th Feb 2015 we saw the first MCU offerings from ARM’s silicon partners based on the high performance Cortex-M7, which is the latest…

The ARM team have just come back from another successful Embedded World. For those who aren’t familiar, Embedded World is the biggest embedded trade show, attracting exhibitors and visitors from across…

Although the theme of EW was Internet of Things, there was so much to see at Embedded World (EW).  I was impressed with the breadth of embedded computing technologies.   If you are interested in my morning…

Most of you who’ve lived through the late ‘80s and ‘90s can’t distinctly recollect those Life Alert commercials with Mrs. Fletcher yelling, “Help! I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up!” Lo and behold, the ca…

I'm posting this blog on behalf of Matt Benes of The specified item was not found. who looks at the trade offs to consider for wireless connectivity:Integrating ZigBee into your wireless designsIn my last…

Hi all,my presentation is related to Cortex-M exception handling. I have found the method to extract exception information form an exception stack frame.  Usually it can be done by getting the stack top…

We recently had an event here at the San Jose office where we hosted a dozen Graduate students from San Jose State University for them to present their Autonomous RC cars. This was part of a one semester…

When it comes to saving files nowadays, we have several options ranging from good ol’ flash drives and discs to cloud storage. However, let’s face it. How many pocket-sized USB devices have you lost in…

In 2014, TAO Wellness wowed the CES crowd with its smartphone-sized WellShell exercise device. This year, the team debuted its consumer-ready version along with a brand new prototype for their TAO Chair…