Articles & News on Embedded Control

Mobile Companies vie for £1 Million Business Support Package in UK

  • August 19, 2013
  • News

The £1 million pound competition for any start-up from around the world to come to London and set up its headquarters has attracted hundreds of companies, mostly mobile applications, computer networking and Internet software.

Beckhoff Growth Continues with New NA Headquarters

  • June 21, 2013
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Editor On May 30, 2013, I attended the grand opening of Beckhoff Automation’s new $8 million North American headquarters. The facility features a training center, an ESD-protected PC repair center, and a building automation system based on Beckhoff‘s own hardware and software.

ITTIA database feeds cows

  • June 11, 2013
  • Case Study

DB SQL was embedded in Cow Master, a robotics system that feeds cows and manages animal healthcare, including automatic matching of cow feeding patterns and continuous management of feed concentration to stimulate the appetite of cows.

Microchip Delivers 12 Billionth PICR Microcontroller

  • May 17, 2013
  • News

Microchip delivered the 12 billionth MCU approximately 10 months after delivering its 11 billionth.

Express Logic ThreadX RTOS safety Certified

  • April 23, 2013
  • News

ThreadX RTOS has been certified by SGS-T√úV Saar to IEC 61508 and 62304 for use in safety-critical systems.

EEMBC to use CodeSonar for processor benchmarks

  • April 8, 2013
  • News

The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC) adopted GrammaTech’s static analysis tool, CodeSonar, to analyze, review and test the robustness of code-based benchmark suites.

Advantech Announces Support for Microsoft Windows 8

  • January 18, 2013
  • News

Support includes Natural User Interface (NUI), cloud connectivity, Windows-to-Go, and Secure Boot functions of Windows 8.

Jon DeSouza promoted to President of HARTING Canada

  • January 16, 2013
  • News

DeSouza retains his existing responsibilities as Executive Vice-President of Sales for HARTING North America.

Seeking Fast, Durable Data Management

  • January 7, 2013
  • News

By McObject
McObject's white paper, "Seeking Fast, Durable Data Management: A Database System and Persistent Storage Benchmark", explores solutions for database durability and recoverability, using McObject's original test results to shine light on the best approach when performance is critical and data loss is not an option.

Icon Labs supplies Floodgate embedded security to ZiLog

  • January 4, 2013
  • News

Zilog us using Floodgate to add a critical layer of security for network devices built with their ZGATE architecture.