Design Guides
Collection of articles to help you design better embedded systems.
Designing A Cost-Effective and Versatile Home Area Network Device
The sky-rocketing cost of energy production has necessitated a more efficientenergy consumption process. This has brought revolution in electrical equipment manufacturing and energy metering...
Ensuring LEDs’ Long Life
Long before Fukushima, energy saving was a watchword. Efficient use of energy reduces the number of power stations. The conventional filamentlamps are problematic because...
How Haptics Can Help Your Project
Fundamentally, haptics is any form of non-verbal communication involving touch. Shaking hands when you greet someone is a haptic custom originated from western countries....
Designing Cutting-Edge Wearable Medical Devices
FEBRUARY 2012: As healthcare moves out of hospitals and becomes more integrated with peoples’ lives, medical devices are evolving from portable equipment to wearable...
How SoMs Take The Effort Out of Designing
“System-on-module is an extension of the concept of system-on-chip which lies between a full-up computer and a microcontroller in nature” ——Texas Instruments
“We wanted to...
All About Transferring Power Wirelessly
One of the biggest challenges before consumer electronics makers today is to increase the battery life of their devices on a single charge. As...
Challenges In Designing with International Certifications in Mind
Radiative immunity test. The Raspberry Pi is at the front right corner of the table. The video camera at the left is for monitoring...
Guide on how to select pressure regulators for fuel systems
A pressure regulator is a valve that automatically cuts off the flow of a liquid or gas at a certain pressure. Regulators are used...
Power Measurement and Control Using Programmable Logic
In a complex system design, power consumption of hardware components is a very important performance metric because of the resulting thermal and reliability concerns....
How to Design Medical Devices for Rural India
Medical devices intended for use in rural India have certain differences compared to those used almost everywhere else. In this article, we consider the...
Your Guide To Soldering
Attaining ‘zero defect’ production requires a thorough knowledge of soldering technology. Here is a lowdown on the different kinds of techniques, material and equipment...