September 20, 2018
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By: Christine Young Blogger, Maxim Integrated |
In industrial environments such as automated factories, high voltages are part of the landscape. Programmable logic controllers (PLCs), motor drives, certain power supplies, and even medical equipment and electric vehicles (EVs) all have circuits that must be protected from these voltages. Even more critically, people working in these environments must be guarded from electric shock. Digital isolation provides the means to do both, providing signal isolation and level-shifting to help ensure correct circuit operation and insulate users from electric shock. Read More ›
September 18, 2018
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By: Jim Harrison Guest Blogger, Lincoln Technology Communications |
I don't get it! After we have a power failure at home I have to go to both the stove and the microwave and reset the clocks. Why on earth don’t they have a simple battery-backed, real-time clock (RTC) in them? There are great ones available, they don’t cost much, and they are pretty easy to design in. Read More ›
September 13, 2018
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By: Bonnie Baker Blogger, Maxim Integrated |
Wireless local area networks (WLAN) or Wi-Fi networks are systems in the home that manage information and data transfer, both locally and to the internet. We are now at the point where we expect our home security system, refrigerator, oven, HVAC, laptop, cell phone, and other household electronic equipment to not only talk to each other but converse with us. The trend today is to create smaller and lower power WLAN devices to handle all these entities. The WLANs are expanding by leaps and bounds in the household with a great deal of attention on tackling the distributed WLAN system’s footprint and thermal problems. So, what does a WLAN thermal problem look like? Read More ›
September 11, 2018
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By: Christine Young Blogger, Maxim Integrated |
McCartney and Lennon. Tesla and Edison. nanoMan and DARWIN. The world has certainly been graced with many prominent pairs. Wait, nanoMan and DARWIN, you ask? Well, where have you been? nanoMan and DARWIN are only two of the sharpest minds to emerge in the world of low-power technology. Read More ›
August 23, 2018
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By: Christine Young Blogger, Maxim Integrated |
Virtual reality (VR) can take you to faraway places from the comfort of your living room, while augmented reality (AR) can make gaming more interactive (Did you get caught up in the Pokemon GO craze?). One of the tradeoffs for these rich, immersive experiences, however, is limited battery life for the devices. Popular headsets on the market promise a couple of hours of runtime between charges. That’s barely enough time to get through a movie. And if the headset is shared with the rest of the household, well, hopefully the next user has patience to wait a few hours while the device is recharged. Read More ›
August 21, 2018
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By: Scott Jones, Managing Director and Nathan Sharp, Senior Business Manager, Embedded Security; Maxim Integrated |
When you’re undergoing a medical procedure, the last thing you want to have to worry about is whether the medical instrument being used has been compromised. As with any smart, connected device, however, medical tools can also be vulnerable to attack, from cloning and counterfeiting to unauthorized reuse. Read More ›
August 16, 2018
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By: Christine Young Blogger, Maxim Integrated |
Summertime and the living’s easy…And productive, especially for Maxim’s interns. From validating new ICs and reference designs to performing operating system upgrades and doing market analysis, students got a glimpse of life after college through the company’s internship program. The interns worked alongside the company’s employees on projects that complemented what they’ve been learning about in lecture halls and labs. Last week, about 40 of them showcased their work at Maxim’s San Jose headquarters. Read More ›
August 14, 2018
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By: Dany Nativel Sr. Business Manager, Embedded Security, Maxim Integrated |
It sounded like a scene from a movie: hackers gained access to a database filled with personal information about a casino’s high-roller patrons…from the casino’s lobby aquarium. The cybercriminals found their way in via the aquarium’s smart thermometer. Read More ›
August 9, 2018
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By: Jim Harrison Guest Blogger, Lincoln Technology Communications |
Determining temperature is one of the most common things an engineer needs to design for. And maybe we don’t do that as much as we should. In an embedded design, we have (almost always) a microcontroller that can easily gather temperature data. Read More ›
August 7, 2018
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By: Bonnie Baker Blogger, Maxim Integrated |
Most portable fitness devices, tablets, and medical equipment require a microcontroller to run through their various functions during operation. Usually you can accomplish this with your favorite controller, but as equipment computing power requirements are getting more intense, is it time to revisit your controller toolbox? Read More ›
July 26, 2018
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By: Nassim Corteggiani Associate Member of the Technical Staff; Micros, Security & Software Business Unit, Maxim Integrated |
Connected embedded systems are becoming more prevalent in our everyday lives—and more vulnerable to attack. Existing techniques for security testing of embedded software depend on source code or on binaries. Testing binary code, however, is a difficult way to detect vulnerabilities because source code semantics are lost. This makes it difficult to identify memory safety violations and corruptions. In embedded systems, high-level source code tends to be mixed with handwritten assembly code, which can’t be directly handled by current source-based tools. Read More ›
July 31, 2018
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By: Warren Tsai, Jangho Jeon, Chintan Parikh, and George Chen; Automotive Business Unit, Maxim Integrated |
Cameras, sensors, sophisticated algorithms, and microprocessors are teaming up to be a second pair of eyes for drivers, alerting them to roadway obstructions and blind spots, braking for them when necessary, and even helping them park their vehicles. These components are essential in enabling advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to help make our roadways safer. In order for ADAS applications to operate properly, they need power supplies that meet certain voltage accuracy, load transient, and fault protection requirements. Read More ›
July 26, 2018
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By: Christine Young Blogger, Maxim Integrated |
What if you could turn your internet of things (IoT) idea into a working product in just days? That’s the vision of zGlue, a Mountain View, California-based startup that has developed a 2.5D stacked chip integrating the processing, sensing, memory, and communication components required by smart, connected devices. The company’s mission is to democratize innovation, enabling anyone—even if you don’t have an engineering degree—to be able to quickly and easily build a personalized hardware product. Read More ›
July 24, 2018
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By: Kristopher Ardis Executive Director, Micros & Security Business Unit, Maxim Integrated |
For the internet of things (IoT) to really begin to thrive, we need to design devices that we trust enough to manufacture and that people feel comfortable enough to buy, install, and use. Read More ›
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