The very first step in starting an embedded Linux system does not involve Linux at all. Instead, the processor is reset and starts executing code from a given location. This location contains a ...

Embedded computer systems must be fast and efficient. Researchers have created a new modeling framework that lets designers strike the best balance between static, reconfigurable and analogue hardware ...

A typical embedded system contains a number of software components that provide the basic functionality. These can generally be abstracted as the operating system, middleware, and custom application(s ...

Virtualization has been a major factor in the enterprise space for years; several virtualization providers have become billion-dollar companies. More recently, virtualization has started to become a ...

Embedded systems, critical and non-critical, have increasingly become part of people’s lives being present in day-by-day life issues, like health-care electronics, automotive industry and ...

Embedded systems are increasingly prevalent in nearly every aspect of human life. Innovations made possible by embedded systems are making our lives healthier, safer, cleaner, and more stimulating.

It is no secret that Linux has won the race in the embedded device marketplace. Tremendous advantages in Linux have broken almost every barrier to entry for using Linux on embedded systems across a ...

As embedded systems hardware is becoming more powerful, the demand for high quality, sophisticated and compelling applications is increasing. In addition to that, due to fierce competition in the ...

Having already provided developers with virtual machines (VM) and containers, enterprise computing has now rolled out serverless programming (Fig. 1). This migration takes advantage of the growth in ...

With the explosive growth in the use of microcontrollers, engineers who design products in fields ranging from computers to industrial electronics need to test and debug circuits that include ...

A degree doesn't make you an embedded systems engineer. Here are some tips to get you started; if you're already there, they'll help you improve. I'm writing this from my sailboat, at anchor in ...