The appeal of embedded systems is clear. A high degree of configurability, readily available commercial intellectual property (IP), and the use of well-understood and accepted protocols and bus ...

There's really no getting around it. The complexity of today's chip designs will eventually force you to adopt hardware-assisted verification in some form. Software simulation alone is too slow.

JTAG debuggers tend to be large, fast, and expensive, or cheap and slow. The new crop of USB-based JTAG debuggers is cutting the cost while keeping the performance high. I recently had a chance to ...

The AMC (advanced-mezzanine card) load board suits testing the cooling and power of MicroTCA systems. The load board configures to 0, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70W wattages. Six LEDs on the front panel ...