Fact 1: Easy-to-use, full-featured SBCs are popping up everywhere. Fact 2: Open-source software is becoming more commonplace each day. (Even Microsoft Corp. has begun taking open source seriously.) Conclusion: It’s an opportune time to be an electronics innovator. In Circuit … Continue reading →

Last week Elektor staffers put in a long workweek of, well, a little bit of everything: lab work, news reporting, and book launching. Let’s start with the lab. Elektor’s Project Generator Edition The Elektor Lab’s workers were finishing up their … Continue reading →

The 8 bit debate continues. Last week at Design West in San Jose, CA, the topic came up more than once, and I reported on Microchip Technology’s expanded 8-bit PIC16F(LF)178X midrange core MCU family. Over the years, Circuit Cellar has … Continue reading →

Choosing a programming language is an essential part of any serious embedded design project. But the task can be daunting. When should you use a processor-specific language? Why not just use C? In the March issue of Circuit Cellar, Steve Ciarcia … Continue reading →

In the February issue of Circuit Cellar, Steve Ciarcia contemplates the topic of business in the cloud in his Priority Interrupt editorial. It’s a topic you must address at some point, whether you’re a professional electrical engineer, programmer, tech team leader, … Continue reading →