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Part I: Use HTML-based Email, Become Famous

On March 30, 2017 in All by Arden Henderson

Exploiting Doesn’t Have to be Complicated

Tagged With: e-mail, malware, security, spoofing

The Embedded Mood

On March 29, 2017 in All by Marcel Consée

This year’s embedded world show broke its own record again. The organizers report 30,017 visitors (38% from outside Germany) and 1017 exhibitors from 40 countries.

Tagged With: Embedded World

Smart Grids Overcome Renewable Energy Variability and Uncertainty

On March 27, 2017 in All, Power by Steven Keeping

Building smart grids takes time, but the good news is that this can be done without interrupting current Renewable Energy initiatives.

Batteries: Capacity, Cell Impedance, and Power Fading

On March 7, 2017 in Power by Lynnette Reese

There’s a general expectation these days that a car, even an electric vehicle should operate for 10 to 30 years. Rechargeable batteries are critical for electric vehicles; therefore, it is ideal if the battery can experience numerous and repetitive charge and discharge cycles over years. However, long-term storage capacity is a challenging issue.

Tagged With: cell impedance, Electric Vehicles, EV, Fluke 500, HEV, power fading, rechargeable batteries

Industrial Automation

On February 28, 2017 in Automation, IoT by Marcel Consée

While the term „Internet of Things“ first turned up in 1985 (when the Internet as we know it today was not even a prospect yet), the need for an „industrial“ subset has been recognized only in the early 2000s. Today, Industrial IoT is being implemented far more rapid than a more generic IoT, and – believe it or not – the key drivers for that came out of Europe.

Tagged With: IIoT, Industrial Automation, IoT

Never Forget Again: The Rise of Portable Data Storage

On February 22, 2017 in Memory by Lynnette Reese

Depending on how you define it, portable data storage dates back to the dawn of time.

Tagged With: cloud, Portable data, SD Card, storage, USB Flash

Intel’s Drone Dancers Wow Millions During Halftime Show

On February 6, 2017 in All by Colin Carter

We all know that drones — also known as quadcopters or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) — have seen explosive popularity in the past five years or so. But I’m willing to bet that last night’s Super Bowl halftime performance by Lady Gaga boosted that popularity even further.

Tagged With: Drones, Intel, Shooting Star, Super Bowl

Exactly What the Doctor Ordered: Cars that Monitor Their Health and Yours

On February 6, 2017 in Dev Tools, Sensors by Paul Golata

One of the trends in cars is AI, enabling autonomous driving, such that vehicles can stop in emergency situations before colliding and also to arrive at their destinations with less risk and peril for all. To enable this reality, each system must be equipped with control, monitoring and sensing.

Tagged With: AI, Driverless, Maxim, Murata, Sensing

Embedded Espresso

On February 2, 2017 in IoT by Marcel Consée

IoT—the “Internet of things” —is the buzzword for one of the main global industry trends encompassing more than networking. Security is one of the main technology challenges in both, communications between systems as well as between individual modules.

Tagged With: IoT, Security

The Mystery and Magic of Motor Genealogy

On January 27, 2017 in All by Bill Schweber

For most electronic engineers, nearly all software engineers, and even many mechanical engineers, the world of electric motors and their many variations is a blend of mystery, magic, and fear. There's no minimizing the fact that there are so many sub-types and sub-sub-types, and each one has its own idiosyncrasies, attributes, virtues, and weaknesses.

Tagged With: motor

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