Category Archives: Electronic Design

iWave’s FPGA IP core: Giving new life to your obsolete x86 solutions

14/07/2020, hardwarebee

The Intel 80186/88 processor family and its equivalents from manufacturers like AMD and NEC, were among the most popular platforms for product designers for over two decades. But technology is a shifting goalpost and OEMs and design houses are having to move legacy applications to newer processors in the x86

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iWave Systems launches Corazon-AI, an EdgeAI Platform for Smart City and Camera Intelligence Applications, Powered by Xilinx Zynq UltraScale MPSoC Devices

16/06/2020, hardwarebee

With a growing requirement for taking decisions on the edge and data privacy concerns, there is a requirement for intelligent devices capable of taking real time decisions. Edge AI devices are expected to run complex neural networks and deep learning algorithms whilst maintaining latency, power efficiency and accuracy. These devices

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Medical Device Design Case Study – DNA Concentrator System

10/06/2020, hardwarebee

Genomic analysis involves examining the sequence of DNA nucleotides contained in the cells of a living organism. One of the first steps in genomic analysis is to obtain a pure and concentrated DNA sample from the cells or tissue sample under study. The cells must be broken apart and the

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The Ultimate Guide to Electronic Product Design

13/05/2020, hardwarebee

Electronic product design is a mature and stable process that consists of several steps that will securely help you take a product idea into mass production. This article is the ultimate guide to electronic product design and is targeted to engineers and manager that are interesting in understand flow from

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How to Choose a Digital to Analog Converter

11/04/2020, hardwarebee

Digital to analog converters or DACs are very commonly and frequently implemented components in electronic gadgets and devices. As suggested by the name, a digital to analog converter allows you to change a digital signal into an analog one. Typically, the stuff that you store on your computer or any

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How to Choose an Analog to Digital Converter

10/04/2020, hardwarebee

Analog to Digital Converter Basics

When it comes to the world of modern technology, digital rules. There are several reasons why digital devices and processing is significantly preferred over analog, including the fact that it is much more accurate and compatible with computer-based processing. In certain applications, however, it may be necessary to add an

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Top 10 Guidelines and Tips for Electronics Schematics Design

09/04/2020, hardwarebee

As an engineer, circuits and schematics must be neat and properly drawn for a given purpose preferably with an Electronic Computer-aided design (ECAD) also known as Electronic Design Automation tool (EDA). Here are our top 10 tips and guidelines for electronic design and circuit schematics.
 
Use block diagrams and

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Introduction to Digital Logic Design

08/04/2020, hardwarebee

What is Digital Logic Design?
 
At some point in our education or even our daily lives, we have all heard the terms “analog devices” and “digital devices”. Where analog devices use analog signals, digital devices use digital logic design to enter, interpret, and display data. In a digital system,

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Low-Latency Networks for Control System Applications

28/02/2020, hardwarebee

In control system applications the efficient transfer of data from sensors to the processing system and from the processing system to the actuators and motors is often essential for optimal system functionality and performance. Low-latency networks enable the efficient transfer of data between system components, which makes them the backbones

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Introduction to SPI Interface and Protocol

29/12/2019, hardwarebee

SPI stands for Serial Peripheral Interface. Developed by Motorola in the 1980s, SPI protocol is now a specification standard for short distance communication especially in embedded systems.
 
How Does SPI Protocol Work?
 
The SPI architecture is a typical master slave structure having a single master and communicating with

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