There?s a lot of noise about how USB Type-C is going to be the universal connector. I found myself buying into the excitement. At least until I bought a new MacBook Pro.

Power Integrations unveiled the CAPZero-3, their latest X-capacitor discharge ICs, in values from 100 nF to 6 ?F. The two-terminal devices enable designers to meet IEC60335 safety approvals for major appliances, the discharge safety standard.

Industrial designs are evolving with a steady rise in compute and graphics capabilities, as well as the availability of flexible network configurations via I/O and wireless connectivity, to serve a wide array of applications.

The tools are generally keeping pace, but that doesn?t make them any easier to use. In this week?s Five Minutes With?podcast, I spoke to Lawrence Romine, a vice president of Altium, one of the leaders in PCB design. We also chatted briefly about the company?s annual conference, Altium Live, that teaches designers the ins and outs of PCB design.

Embedded Computing Design, which fosters the largest embedded engineering community across digital, print, and live event platforms, recently launched a design challenge in partnership with Digi-Key Electronics and Cypress Semiconductor. In the two-phase challenge, engineers were asked to come up with a design based on one of two Cypress development kits, the CYW20819 Bluetooth 5 Arduino Eval Board or the EZ-BT? Cypress Bluetooth Mesh Development Kit.

Self-assessment occurs by walking the customer through product strategies, value propositions, technology stacks, and how to execute on them. It also asks the question of whether you are partnering with the right people and whether your organization is mature enough to go through seven specific areas of evaluation.

Every day, millions of new devices get connected to the Internet of Things (IoT), and without a proper secure-by-design approach, these devices add unnecessary risk and liability for network operators, OEMs and end users.

Wideband 5G IC test is complex. The Engineer?s Guide to 5G Semiconductor Test is here to help. A must-read for anyone navigating the time, cost and quality trade-offs of sub-6 GHz and mmWave IC test, the guide features color diagrams, recommend test procedures and tips for avoiding common mistakes.

With accelerating technology innovation, medical devices are becoming more sophisticated and more connected. Consequently, as in most mission-critical systems, safety and security are two increasingly vital requirements in medical device design.

Embedded systems used in critical infrastructure are undergoing a dramatic evolution. The advent of ubiquitous network connectivity has accelerated innovation of embedded systems at the network edge.

Most of us are familiar with the term ?apps.? If you combine the top repositories, like the Apple App Store, Google Play, and those offered by Microsoft, Amazon, and Blackberry, you come up with well over 5 million apps.

Enable Deep Learning at the Edge with Eurotech Mobile High Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) Systems. Download this paper to learn how Eurotech HPEC systems advance Level 5 Autonomous Driving and other data, compute and network-intensive Deep Learning applications.

The internet of things (IoT) is expanding explosively with the International Data Corporation (IDC) predicting that the installed base of IoT units and systems will grow at 17.5 percent CAGR to reach 28.1 billion in 2020.

Embedded Computing Design (ECD) recently sat down with Wind River?s Chief Security Architect Arlen Baker to discuss the latest trends in security.