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The Internet of Things, a Triad of Partners, and the Singularity of Change

Once upon a time a man named Tim Berners-Lee invented the World-Wide Web. Actually, what he suggested was the Hypertext Transfer Protocol. Just 22 years ago, he established the first link between a computer and a server via http. If you read the proposal, I think you’ll agree that perhaps he had only the vaguest clue what the Web would become, since “addition of graphics would be an optional extra”. Without the Web, the internet would be just a network. Without the internet, there would be no Web.

Based on his brilliant concept and the enabling technology of the Internet, the world passed through a kind of singularity. It was a technical singularity that so remade the world that it almost wiped out memory of what life was like beforehand. A colleague regales his 18-year-old twins with “When I was your age…” stories of pre-Web society and they—in all honesty—admit that they cannot conceive of day-to-day living without ubiquitous access to information at any time, and at any place. The change is that fundamental.

The times they are a changin’ – again. There’s another singularity coming. The Internet of Things will enable it.

Defining the Internet of Thing...

Design West 2012: Showcasing ARM based designs from Cortex-M0+ to Cortex-A8

I don’t think the prospect of rain will affect attendance at the annual tech event now called Design West, which used to be ESC or the Embedded Systems Show - I’m still getting to grips with the name change. But with 250+ companies attending the show, many of whom are part of the ARM® Connected Community® (CC), I’m sure there will be some great technology to see and talk about. Take a look at the show floor map with the ARM Connected Community Partners highlighted to help you plan your route around the show.

At the show this week, Freescale and ARM are demoing CortexTM-M0+ silicon at booth 1607, following up from the launch event that took place a couple of weeks ago.

I first chatted with Thomas Ensergueix, Product manager at A...

I like "PC-like" - ARM Reaches into Computer on Module

I’ve been in the embedded x86 business for many years. During this time, I came to like the openness and flexibility offered by embedded PC technology. Consequently I also like the latest ARM processors working in a more PC-like way. Not because of the PC-like functionality itself, this is nothing new. I like them because they deliver it in a very attractive ultra-low power envelope. This opens up a load of new windows for completely new applications. End customers of embedded hardware also like this new technology very much. They like the power savings and the lightweight system designs. They like endless ‘always on’ mobility. They like the long term availability of over 10 years. So they like the range of benefits that we were never able to deliver in this specific PC-like ultra-low power configuration before. Consequently we expect customers will definitely like to adopt this new technology very quickly. But how quick is quick and what is the most efficient way?

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Making Motor Control Easy with Low Cost, Fully Featured MCU Boards

Motor efficiency continues to increase in importance as governments mandate power reductions. But for many engineers, trying to navigate through the myriad of motor control options, including brushless DC (BLDC), brushless AC (BLAC), stepper, and dual-brushed DC motors can be a daunting task. Many times, microcontroller suppliers offer a dedicated motor control evaluation board that addresses only one of these motor types. This makes it difficult for a customer to compare different motor control options without having to purchase and work with different evaluation boards.

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To address this issue and to support fast time-to-market for motor-control applications, NXP offers the low-cost LPCXpresso Motor Control Kit, a universal development platform created in partnership with Embedded Artists. It is an ideal way to prototype a motor-control project or simply explore motor-control functionality. The flexibility of the board allows users to evaluate brushless DC or AC, stepper or even dual-brushed DC motors. The...

Freescale Extends Scalability with i.MX6 Family of ARM based SOCs

In today’s highly competitive business environment, companies must get the best return from their engineering investments. For many this means leveraging that engineering work over multiple projects or markets. This concept of scalability is central to ARM’s business model and has been demonstrated by our silicon partners and OEMs alike. With the availability of the Freescale i.MX6 family of SOCs, however, I believe Freescale has taken the concept of scalability one step further for both themselves as well as for their customers and done so across multiple markets.

Scalability in the ARM Business Model

For years, ARM has delivered scalability by licensing processor cores and graphics IP to numerous semiconductor companies. They in turn integrate additional IP to create System on Chips (SOCs) to address their target markets. Since the semiconductor companies can include different IP for different markets, they can easily scale across multiple segments. They can also target different performance points further enhancing the scalability.

Furthermore, ARM has created multiple processor cores based on the same instruction set but ...
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