Home is one of the most precious places for every person in the world, and we expect it to be cozy and comfortable. Lately, our homes have become smarter thanks to modern technologies that allow for building smart home systems. A smart home system is a network of devices and…

The term “industrial electronics” refers to any electrical equipment or system used for manufacturing goods or participating in this process indirectly. Such electronics include but are not limited to measurement, monitoring, and control systems, battery management systems, industrial automation equipment, motor drives, etc. Industrial hardware development follows the same basic…

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a variety of devices equipped with sensors, computing capabilities, and other technologies that communicate with other gadgets and equipment. The number of IoT solutions worldwide promises to triple in the ten years from 2020 to 2030 and exceed 29 million units. IoT devices are…

After a brief downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the logistics industry has returned to robust growth. By 2027, the global logistics market is expected to exceed 13.7 billion euros. The main competitive advantage in logistics is the speed of delivery. To some degree or another, all innovations and improvements…

Cross-platform toolkits allow developers to create applications for multiple platforms. Programmers use software frameworks for quick application design. Toolkits may have compilers, code libraries, and APIs to create software. In this article, we look at solutions for embedded systems running on Linux/Unix, Windows, and Android. The Qt framework

Industrial software is used to plan and manage production, logistics, finance, and customer relations. The process of creating software applications has its own characteristics, and the apps themselves may have a particular set of functions. Tasks that industrial applications help solve Software applications collect and process data, provide statistics, and control production processes in the mining…

Radio-frequency identification and near field communication are two similar technologies used in many industries. Their fields of application include inventory tracking, location tracking, access control, contactless payments, logistics, manufacturing, marketing, retail, and more. In this article, we are going to talk about these systems from an electronics design perspective. …

Firmware is an integral part of any embedded system. A device is more than a combination of components. Without instructions, the microcontrollers do not “know” how to manage the peripherals. But embedded firmware development is not an easy task. It involves not only coding but a lot of testing and…

What makes BLE so popular? Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE, Bluetooth LE, also known as Bluetooth Smart) is a form of wireless PAN technology that can be used to transfer data between devices using radio waves. The explosive growth in connected consumer electronics and the release of LE Audio will see an increase in annual shipments…