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Interfacing LINUX with microcontrollers
Introduction I am increasingly asked to work on small spare time projects where a user needs to control some device over the INTERNET. Recently, a friend needed to control heater relays and measure t...
posted by fabien le mentec on May 7 2013 under Software Development | Linux Comments (2) |
C Programming Techniques: Function Call Inlining
Introduction Abstraction is a key to manage software systems as they increase in size and complexity. As shown in a previous post, abstraction requires a developper to clearly define a software inter...
posted by fabien le mentec on Apr 29 2013 under Software Development | Tutorials Comments (5) |
Isolated Sigma-Delta Modulators, Rah Rah Rah!
I recently faced a little "asterisk" problem, which looks like it can be solved with some interesting ICs. I needed to plan out some test instrumentation to capture voltage and current informat... 
posted by Jason Sachs on Apr 25 2013 under Products | ADC | analog circuits Comments (0) |
Success Story
A blog post has just broken the all-time record for the number of pageviews in 24 hours on the related sites. The blog post in question is titled Data Hiding in C and was written by Stephen Friederich... 
posted by Stephane Boucher on Apr 24 2013 under EmbeddedRelated.com Comments (2) |
Data Hiding in C
Strictly speaking, C is not an object-oriented language. Although it provides some features that fit into the object-oriented paradigm it has never had the full object-oriented focus that its successo...
posted by Stephen Friederichs on Apr 20 2013 under Software Development Comments (12) |
Code Snippets Winners Announced
Wow, thanks a lot for all the code snippets - I am pleasantly surprised by the quality of the code that has been shared and I am very grateful. Now, as you know, to give momentum to the sectio...
posted by Stephane Boucher on Apr 12 2013 under EmbeddedRelated.com Comments (2) |
Debugging with Heartbeat LEDs
In this article I’ll discuss one of the most basic debugging tools in an embedded system: the heartbeat LED. Picture this: you’re developing your first program for a new microcontrol...
posted by Stephen Friederichs on Apr 1 2013 under Tutorials | debugging Comments (2) |
Oscilloscope review: Hameg HMO2024
Last year I wrote about some of the key characteristics of oscilloscopes that are important to me for working with embedded microcontrollers. In that blog entry I rated the Agilent MSOX3024A...
posted by Jason Sachs on Mar 28 2013 under test equipment Comments (1) |
A Working Real Time Clock (RTC) Implementation
In one of my projects, data captured from various sensors had to be time stamped in the YearYear/DayDay/MonthMonth, HoursHours:MinutesMinutes:SecondsSeconds format. My initial thought was because ther... 
posted by Dr Cagri Tanriover on Mar 25 2013 under real-time clock | product design | measurement Comments (2) |
Now on Twitter + More Code Snippets Incentives
Now on Twitter! Better late than never, the three related sites (DSPRelated, FPGARelated and EmbeddedRelated) now have their Twitter accounts. If you are already on Twitter, please consider fol...
posted by Stephane Boucher on Feb 28 2013 under EmbeddedRelated.com Comments (4) |
New Code Snippet Section
More incentives announced Following the success of the code snippet section on DSPRelated.com, I am happy today to announce the launch of the code snippet section on EmbeddedRelated.com. If y...
posted by Stephane Boucher on Jan 15 2013 under EmbeddedRelated.com Comments (3) |
Layout recomendations and tips for best performance against EMC
When making the layout of the circuit diagram, it is interesting to perform a preliminary analysis of several issues in order to minimize problems arising from electromagnetic compatibility.The analys... 
posted by Maykel Alonso on Jan 4 2013 under Hardware Development | Tutorials | circuit design Comments (0) |
How to Estimate Encoder Velocity Without Making Stupid Mistakes: Part I
Here's a common problem: you have a quadrature encoder to measure the angular position of a motor, and you want to know both the position and the velocity. How do you do it? Some people do it poorly -...
posted by Jason Sachs on Dec 27 2012 under Tutorials | sensors | measurement | signal processing Comments (17) |
Two jobs
For those of you following closely embeddedrelated and the other related sites, you might have noticed that I have been less active for the last couple of months, and I will use this blog post to expl...
posted by Stephane Boucher on Dec 5 2012 under EmbeddedRelated.com Comments (23) |
LCD Control with an MCU
Controlling a liquid crystal display (LCD) to indicate a few ASCII characters should not be a big challenge as a project. That’s exactly what I thought when I decided to include a 2 line b...
posted by Dr Cagri Tanriover on Nov 17 2012 under Tutorials | user interface | I/O Comments (9) |
October winner announced
If you are a regular visitor of EmbeddedRelated, you are most likely aware that I have been running monthly draws lately for users of the site who are helping me to clean up the archives by rating thr...
posted by Stephane Boucher on Nov 15 2012 under EmbeddedRelated.com Comments (1) |
Massive Open Online Courses ( Transforming education )
Emerging trends in online education have opened up unforeseen learning opportunities for aspiring students. Eminent instructors from the best names in the industry such as Stanford, MIT and Harvard pr... 
posted by Jayaraman Kiruthi Vasan on Oct 10 2012 under Technology | Miscellaneous | Education Comments (4) |
Rating Winners Announced for September + New Prizes for October
As you might recall, Dr. Cagri Tanriover won a iPad in August as part of the "Cleaning the Archives" effort. For September, I tried a different incentive. Instead of one big prize, I said I wou...
posted by Stephane Boucher on Oct 5 2012 under EmbeddedRelated.com Comments (2) |
Chebyshev Approximation and How It Can Help You Save Money, Win Friends, and Influence People
Well... maybe that's a stretch. I don't think I can recommend anything to help you win friends. Not my forte. But I am going to try to convince you why you should know about Chebyshev approximation, ...
posted by Jason Sachs on Sep 30 2012 under Software Development | applied math Comments (2) |
Behold, the New Comments System!
I have just finished implementing a new system for commenting the blogs. It uses Ajax extensively, so the page won't reload if you post a comment. And it is a 'threaded' system, which mean...
posted by Stephane Boucher on Sep 18 2012 under EmbeddedRelated.com Comments (29) |