Entries for the 'Low-Power Embedded Design' Category

Tim Jager

12/13/2023

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Online MOSFET Power Loss/Dissipation Calculator and Guide for Engineers In the dynamic world of power electronics, understanding and minimizing power losses in Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors (MOSFETs) is crucial for optimizing ...

Jesse Jacobson

05/06/2021

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At the end of 2019, the ESP32 became Bluetooth LE 5.0-certified. This certification demonstrates Espressif’s commitment to staying compatible with the latest devices on the market. Luckily for us, this makes it easy for new and existing product...

Jesse Jacobson

01/02/2020

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The nRF9160 is one of the latest product releases from Nordic. I have been having a lot of fun creating user applications with this chip, and wanted to share my experience with this new tool. A Chip That Packs a Punch The nRF9160 is a syst...

Tim Jager

10/31/2019

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The major cellular network providers (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile) have launched or are in the process of launching upgrades to their LTE networks that will enable the deployment of millions of new, previously impractical IoT solutions...

Jesse Jacobson

07/17/2019

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Espressif makes two of the most common modules used for Wi-Fi integration in embedded systems, the ESP8266 and ESP32. The ESP8266 was huge for IoT development. It contains a high-performance CPU with an antenna etched into the PCB to allow Wi-Fi conn...

Matt Goedke

04/30/2019

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Being an embedded systems developer is always an exciting challenge. One of the downsides though is that in general, programming and development tools are somewhat limited. Developers are almost always restricted to C/C++ and often can't rely on ...

Ryan Taylor

10/17/2016

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Have you ever opened an Altium project only to discover that a Footprint or Schematic Library file is missing? Maybe your coworker forgot to commit the files to version control, or forgot to include them in the .zip file before leaving for vacation. ...

Alex Krejcie

04/24/2013

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In Part 1, I talked about how battery capacity is rated and how certain conditions can affect relative battery capacity. This case study will specifically focus on a solution DMC provided for a low power embedded application designed around user inte...

Alex Krejcie

04/24/2013

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As portable devices become more capable, powerful and smaller, people expect them to have more features, perform better, and replace the functionality of multiple devices. However, while embedded performance has skyrocketed, battery performance has s...