Building out the Smart Grid (PART 3)

Energy Harvesting Makes for a More Intelligent ‘Smart Grid’

by Sol Jacobs, Tadiran Batteries

December 2015

High voltage electrical power transmission lines form the backbone of America’s power grid: a vital asset that demands intelligent management and oversight to protect againstRead More...

Building out the Smart Grid

Help Wanted: Wind, Solar, and On-Grid Battery Storage [Part TWO of a Series]

by Brett Burger, National Instruments

November 2015

The benefits of a design platform extend beyond the first development cycle.  Looking back at a smart phone, upgrading software is a fairly common and simple task.  About once a year,Read More...

Security for the Internet of Things.

Security for the Internet of Things—Let’s Begin the Conversation.

by Tom Williams, Editor-in-Chief

September 2015

Computer security has been a never-ending struggle over many years. The importance and urgency of security increases with the spread of technology and our dependence on it, with itsRead More...

Security for the Internet of Things.

How PRPL is Addressing Security Requirements

by Kathy Giori, Qualcomm

September 2015

When it comes to digital security, the world takes the matter seriously, and who wouldn’t? In today’s always connected world, data from our pocket phones reaches out and back to theRead More...

Security for the Internet of Things.

Embedded Hardware & Software Partnerships Provide Critical Path to Closing IoT Security Loopholes

by Jeff Sharpe, ADLINK Technology

September 2015

It is estimated that there could be between 25-50 billion connected devices by 2020, with more than six connected devices per person. The technologies that make up the Internet ofRead More...

Security for the Internet of Things.

IoT Security – A Holistic Approach

by Robert Andres, Eurotech

September 2015

I suspect many Internet of Things solution providers have a goal similar to ours – to maintain customer trust and confidence by ensuring the integrity, availability and confidentialityRead More...

Security for the Internet of Things.

OT and IT Coexist in a Secure IIoT World

September 2015

By 2020, Gartner predicts that there will be 26 billion connected devices. IBM estimates over 100 billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the next 20 years. With the rise inRead More...

Security for the Internet of Things.

In IoT Security, We Trust

By Gregory Rudy, Green Hills Software

September 2015

As we come to the end of another summer news cycle, cybersecurity once again saturates the headlines. The summer of 2015 saw cybersecurity vulnerabilities result in the recall of 1.4Read More...

Security for the Internet of Things.

Basic Security Techniques Really Work

by Alan Grau, Icon Labs

September 2015

With the building wave of IoT products, services and media coverage, it’s no surprise that IoT security continues to make headlines. Some of the headlines are positive – companiesRead More...

Security for the Internet of Things.

How to Secure IoT Through the Home Gateway

Andy Weitzner, Ikanos Communications

September 2015

Just like a freight train barreling down the tracks, the Internet of Things can’t be stopped. Technologies that show promise to protect us and remove burdens from our lives areRead More...

Security for the Internet of Things.

Securing SoCs in the IoT Era

by Kevin McDermott, Imagination Technologies

September 2015

I was recently at a luncheon where the topic of conversation was around the possibilities and promise of the IoT. Can a connected world ensure better health and wellness for theRead More...

Security for the Internet of Things.

prpl is Pragmatic for Security

by Simon Davidmann, Imperas Software

September 2015

Most of the public discussion about security presents various aspects of the problems, or a high level view of risks/solutions, or an individual company’s solution to their slice ofRead More...

Security for the Internet of Things.

Solving IoT Security Problems with New Generation of FPGAs

by Tim Morin, director of marketing, Microsemi

September 2015

It can be extremely challenging to combat design cloning, reverse engineering or tampering in today’s IoT. FPGAs help by including security-focused features that add defense at theRead More...

Processors vs. FPGAs

Intel Architecture versus the FPGA: The Battle of Time, Complexity and Cost

by Matt Stevenson, WIN Enterprises

April 2015

“Clay is fashioned into vessels; but it is on their empty hollowness that their use depends.” -- Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu FPGAs have no intended function when you buy them; but they gainRead More...

Chracterizing Solid State Drives

The Effects of Industrial Temperature on Embedded Storage

by Scott Phillips, Virtium Technology

March 2015

The ability to support ever-increasing amounts of data and higher functionality are definitely ongoing embedded system demands.  Exploding capacity requirements of tens or hundreds ofRead More...

Small Board Prototyping

Creating an Application-Specific Operating System to Power an Arduino Robot

by Igor Serikov and Jacob Harel, Zeidman Technologies

February 2015

At Zeidman Technologies, we wanted to create a project using our SynthOS software tool, which automatically generates an optimized real-time operating system at the push of a button. Read More...