Watches are no longer just for telling time. Smart watches have turned our wrists into smart phone holsters by enabling text messaging, phone calls, and health monitoring. A wearable is a wireless device ?almost always? worn by the user.

Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) is a combination of hardware, software and service components, which are used for the real-time monitoring, tracking and management of equipment, patients and staff personnel.

The only abundance seen lately in the electronic components market is the quantity of calendar pages marking how long the supply shortage has lasted.

STMicroelectronics has joined forces with Biricha Digital Power to develop a workshop for power-supply engineers on how to quickly move to a digital implementation and why it?s imperative for the continuing development of low-cost, high-performance microcontrollers (MCUs) and new design possibilities.

Internet of Things (IoT) developers have a choice of approaches for creating connectivity to IoT clouds, each with different advantages and trade-offs. How can you tell which option is the best one?

Machine learning at the node is starting to become a reality, thanks to the availability of adequate processing capability. Moving this technology from the cloud to the edge, a term that?s sometimes used synonymously with the node, provides a big leap in being able to process elements in near-real-time. This idea was the basis of the discussion I had with Brian Faith, President and CEO of Quicklogic in this week?s Five Minutes with?discussion.

SiFive added Hex Five Security?s MultiZone Security to its growing SiFive Software Ecosystem. SiFive will incorporate MultiZone Security into its Freedom SDK through the partnership for easy implementation by SiFive customers seeking a Trusted Execution Environment.

The Internet of Things is providing exciting opportunities to enhance products for consumer, industrial, medical and others. This paper discusses these unlicensed wireless connections and the special testing required to meet government regulations for IoT devices.

Engineers and scientists are seeking processes and technologies to enhance the traffic flow and safety through sophisticated traffic management. Technological progress in the automotive industry towards automated driving and development of advanced driver-assistance systems are propelling a fully digital transportation system.