Cap-sense or capacitive sensing is a measurement of changes in capacitance. The technology is based on capacitive coupling and can be used to detect approaching or touching the sensor by any [...]

The world of wireless devices is rapidly spreading day by day. Ever since the invention of radios, different companies and research centers have had the same goal outlined for their engineers [...]

PWM stands for pulse width modulation and can be a way of simulating analog voltage outputs. The most common usage of this type of modulation is driving motors, LEDs, heaters or anything other t [...]

The embedded world is a world of bits and bytes. To a web developer, one byte doesn't mean much, let alone one bit. It doesn't change anything drastically, and he/she doesn't raise [...]

A few things about the Buggy that you need to know.

15 years ago, a development board was not only hard to find but seriously expensive. Buying a development board and the compiler to go along with it was a extreme commitment. Kind of like buying [...]

When we donate our wares to a High School Electronics extracurricular class it serves as a perfect litmus test. It gets our boards in hands of young people who have more enthusiasm then [...]

Wireless communications is probably the most complex topic in embedded systems. When you ask a small wireless module to deal with tcp/ip, security, encryption, automatic responses, or ports you [...]