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AI & Machine Learning

Embedded AI Isn’t Enterprise AI, and That’s a Good Thing

Rich Nass

April 13, 2026

If you listen to the mainstream AI conversation, you might assume that every meaningful deployment requires racks of GPUs, enormous training datasets, and a Cloud energy budget that could power a small city. That perception comes largely from the enterprise AI world. Large language models, enterprise analytics platforms, and recommendation engines dominate the headlines.

Edge AI

Why In-Domain ASR Is the Missing Link for Real Edge AI Deployment

Casey NG

April 10, 2026

Over the past two years, artificial intelligence (AI) has been defined by the rise of large language models (LLMs). Systems like ChatGPT have reshaped expectations around conversational interfaces and reasoning. Yet when we move beyond demos and examine what is shipping in consumer and industrial products, the presence of AI at the edge remains surprisingly limited.

Debug & Test

Mouser Product of the Week: Analog Devices’ ADPA1112-EVALZ Evaluation Board

Tiera Oliver

April 6, 2026

Test and evaluation are critical and repetitive processes for engineers working with a wide variety of applications, especially those that are safety-critical. Development and test platforms are designed to support engineers developing these systems, providing ready-to-use and fully equipped solutions that measure and support the reuse or adaptation of designs to fit existing systems.

Analog & Power

Timing Is Now a Platform Decision: Why the Clock Must Come First

Piyush Sevalia

April 3, 2026

According to SiTime’s new State of Time 2025 report, half of all engineers responding to the survey stated that they consider timing component options at the beginning of the system design process. This is a major shift in system design practices, and it’s happening across multiple industries, from AI and edge compute to aerospace and industrial automation.

Healthcare

Mobile HMI and Healthcare: How Embedded is Enhancing Medical Facility Operations

Chad Cox

April 3, 2026

While there are many facets of human machine interfaces (HMI), a growing trend is how Mobile HMI can be used to improve medical environments. HMIs are no longer fixed panels on a wall. Walk through any medical facility, and one will witness multiple users rolling mobile carts or holding hand-held devices. Mobile HMIs range from tablets and smart panel PCs to smartphones.

Industrial

Sapphire Technology at embedded world 2026

Chad Cox

April 1, 2026

Paul Smith, Senior Director at Sapphire Technologies, walks Embedded Computing Design's Rich Nass through a series of the company's products.

Automotive

ISO 8800 Is Coming to Your Next Platform Program — Are You Ready?

Sandeep Kumar Bomthapalli

March 30, 2026

For the past decade, ISO 26262 has been the governing framework for functional safety in road vehicles. It established how automotive engineers think about hazard analysis, safety goals, ASIL decomposition, and the lifecycle of safety-critical systems. It is now deeply embedded in how semiconductor IP vendors, Tier 1 suppliers, and OEMs design and certify their products.

IoT

Debug Your Wireless IoT/Embedded Systems Remotely

Rich Nass

March 27, 2026

SSV Software Systems recently introduced its Wireless Remote Development services, designed to help developers maintain and update wireless IoT and embedded systems over long service lifetimes while addressing emerging European regulatory requirements such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and the Radio Equipment Directive Delegated Act.

Processing

Ultra-Low-Power Wireless SoC Integrates an NPU

Rich Nass

March 26, 2026

The Nordic Semiconductor nRF54LM20B is a wireless SoC in the company’s nRF54L series that combines an MCU, low-power wireless connectivity, and on-chip AI acceleration. The device integrates up to 2 Mbytes of nonvolatile memory and 512 kbytes of RAM, the largest memory configuration in the series.

IoT

Software Offers Seamless Cloud integration, Wireless Mesh-Network Management

Rich Nass

March 25, 2026

NeoCortec has introduced an updated version of its gateway software, called NeoCortec NeoGW, along with a new web-based network management application designed to simplify the integration and administration of wireless mesh networks based on the company’s NeoCortec NeoMesh protocol stack.

Industrial

Flexible Conductive Film Boasts High Transparency, Low Resistance

Rich Nass

March 24, 2026

Panasonic Industry recently introduced a transparent conductive film called FineX FineCross) designed for EMI shielding in applications where optical clarity must be maintained. The film targets systems such as displays, industrial equipment interfaces, and wireless communication environments where both visibility and electromagnetic control are required.

IoT

Product of the Week: Innodisk Corporation’s Intel Core Ultra Series 3 Reference Kit

Tiera Oliver

March 23, 2026

Pre-built hardware development solutions, like a reference kit, are often designed to accelerate the deployment of edge AI applications. These solutions provide support for AI building blocks, coupled with reliable, high-performance capabilities, and the seamless integration of robust, high-speed storage for edge AI workloads.

AI & Machine Learning

2026 embedded world: “Build Once, Scale Anywhere” Keynote by Microchip COO, Rich Simoncic

Tiera Oliver

March 19, 2026

There were many themes and trends discussed at the 2026 embedded world exhibition and conference in Nuremberg, Germany this year. Those being energy-efficiency and sustainability, security regulations like the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), and, of course, one that will likely continue to be a topic for years to come and for many embedded computing companies, artificial intelligence (AI).

IoT

From COM Express to COM-HPC: Why High-Performance Embedded Systems Must Evolve

ARBOR Technology

April 14, 2026

For over a decade, COM Express has defined modular embedded computing.

Software & OS

Aptiv Highlights VxWorks Role in Artemis II Safe Astronaut Return

Chad Cox

April 13, 2026

Upon the safe return of four astronauts, Aptiv commended NASA on its successful Artemis II lunar mission. Aptiv was involved in the mission with its VxWorks delivering the software platform that enabled deterministic performance for critical functions on the Space Launch System’s (SLS) first stage of launch and within the Orion crew vehicle.