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- Henry Davis looks to add Wi-Fi wireless radio links to an off-grid electric system.
- Readers weigh in on whether the smart grid and smart metering is "the next big thing" in semiconductors.
- A reader wonders "What is the overall blueprint for sensor networks?"
- Henry Davis looks at the basic debugging capabilities needed to successfully complete a software debugging activity on an Intel processor using the debugging tool recommendation from the Nexus Forum.
- A reader asks "Should we use pointers for passing strings and arrays in embedded C?"
- Enter a design contest to win up to $6000 with your network-enabled design using an embedded networking module running Linux.
- The latest comments on "Embedded systems programmers worldwide earn failing grades in C" include a reference to the "Lassie Effect" and a reminder of Perl creator Larry Wall's "virtues of a programmer."
- The latest comment on Six Rules for Writing Clean Code argues that "clean style" is subjective and asks what's wrong with "if (!variable){};"?
- Felix McNulty adds Lauterbach to his four-part blog roundup of JTAG debug tools for Intel Architecture processors.
- A user at the Intel Embedded Community site has a question about using Intel Embedded Graphics Drivers with Linux 10.1 and the Mobile Intel i945GSE Express Chipset.
- A video offers a look at a fanless Patient Infotainment Terminal designed for the bedside entertainment market in both hospitals and home healthcare.
- Henry Davis looks into developing an embedded system for controlling an off-grid residential system comprising multiple energy sources.
- Chris Ciufo asks "Can an RTOS help drive Atom design wins in MIDs and smartphones?"
- Henry Davis blogs about securing untethered, IP-enabled devices.
- Maury Wright considers a hardware/software acceleration scheme integrated in an Intel-architecture-based SoC that has proven capable in packet-oriented security applications.
- Steve Leibson has blogged about how multicore processors are helping enable deep-packet inspection (DPI) in ATCA systems.
- Don Dingee has posted notes from a recent E-cast discussing trends in low-power medical systems and the processors powering them.
Computing and communications powerhouses Intel and Nokia are merging their Moblin and Maemo software platforms into an open software platform called MeeGo.
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- Analog Devices offers WSN transceiver
- Rabbit launches first wireless comm and control on chip for industrial automation
- Blue Wonder launches LTE modem core, software
- Wi-Fi tester encapsulates "keep it simple" principle
- EMBEDDED WORLD - Fujitsu SoCs lower cost for powerline meter apps
- Dual-interface EEPROM enables remote access to electronic device parameters
- SiLabs debuts wireless microcontrollers
- CoWare SPW boosts signal processing prototyping for advanced wireless systems
Part 1 of an excerpt from the book "TCP/IP Embedded Internet Applications" begins with a look at the Internet Protocol, including the IP header, the IP checksum and fragmentation.
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