One of my class assignments this week is to use the BBC Micro:bit to interface with a Scratch program we’ve written. I thought that this was the perfect opportunity to use my ThreadBoard to create an embedded system! My inspiration for the scratch program comes from vintage handheld electronic games that my mother would get for me […]
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(PRWEB) April 25, 2011 San Jose, CA Two of the metrics Executive Management uses to measure the effectiveness of IT Leaders are: 1. How significantly has he/she cut costs. 2. Does he/she drive value for the business in such a way as to impact our bottom line? E-discovery and Archiving solutions are two applications Corporate
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(PRWEB) September 8, 2005 The DEMAND project wanted to develop a reliable and cost-effective design process for smart power integrated circuits. This type of microchip can integrate a wide variety of functions into one piece of silicon. The advantage is lower-cost and increased reliability. It developed a design process specifically intended to improve the
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Dublin (PRWEB) October 17, 2005 Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c25862) has announced the addition of Flexible and Flex-Rigid Printed Circuits 2005 – A Global Market and Technology Review 2004-2010 to their offering This study provides a totally integrated assessment of the global flexible and flex-rigid substrate supply chain. Issues relating to technology, markets and strategic
SAN JOSE, Calif. (PRWEB) June 30, 2008 LinkSwitch-II features Power Integrations’ advanced primary-side regulation (PSR) technology, which utilizes a transformer winding to sense the output current rather than relying on lossy, expensive secondary-side components to provide feedback and regulate the output. This cuts system component count by up to 30 percent, resulting in simpler, more
New Berlin, WI (PRWEB) January 27, 2012 Tomahawk Systems (http://www.idome.net) announced that the USPTO has issued patent no. 8103292 for their methods of preventing texting while driving. Tomahawk Vice President, John Looby says, “In February, 2009, Tomahawk Systems filed for patents on a unique way to prevent texting while driving. Our product, now iDome, was
Medford, MA (PRWEB) November 9, 2010 Piezos need to be driven by an amplifier to be effectively used in a myriad of ways. They can be used in laser mirror alignment, or to reduce vibrations in a structure. They can be used to acoustically cancel noise, or to replace solenoid valves in controlling the flow
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NORWOOD, Mass. (PRWEB) October 27, 2008 The new Blackfin processors are the BF512, BF514, BF516 and BF518. All are single-core convergent processors that surpass outdated, heterogenous MCU+DSP approaches in reducing part-count, system cost, board space, and power consumption. Like traditional DSPs, the BF51x processors feature high clock rates and low power dissipation per unit of
