I am looking for some input into getting a good integrated development environment set up for AVR programming under Linux (Assembly and C). My studies gave me some limited practic …

I'm asking this in response to this question, which pointed me to a wireless develompent kit for the MSP430 in a watch form factor. I had no idea that such a thing existed. and, …

I do a lot of firmware work at my job, but I'm looking for more advanced books on the topic. Things not like the basics of "what is an interrupt". I'm reading the O'Reilly book o …

I have experience with assembly and C programming for microcontrollers, but I'm not familiar with the various MCU and DSP families offered by today's companies. (eg: Texas Instrume …

My New term is going to start a couple of weeks from now. And as it goes in colleges here the first few months of the semester are easy. I have lots and lots of spare time to learn …

I know of findchips.com, oemstrade.com, octopart.com, and the like. But even the lowest prices on these sites are still higher than the prices on BOMs I get from China. How do you …

I'm reposting this from stackoverflow, as the question is better suited here. I'm a first year Computer Science student looking to get started with development for micro-controlle …

Hello All, i want to start a home automation project, so finally i choose zigbee as the communication system between the devices. I need something easy to start, so, what do you r …

I need to do digital signal processing on 8 analog lines at 10 kHz. This is quite a demanding task, and I was thinking that an FPGA might be the right approach. I am currently loo …

I am looking for a cheap but powerful dev board for an ARM9 processor. It needs to be able to run linux. I am unsure about the exact specifications for RAM and such(thats partly wh …

Do you know of any freeware or low cost circuit / PCB design software? I know a few which I have listed below but I was wondering if there were more of its kind. Please mention th …

I'm thinking about selling a small batch of a simple gadget that would have some electronics inside. If I want to use an online shop and sell it worldwide, what are the certificat …