XyphroLabs's UsbGpib is an open-source hardware, inexpensive, and portable USB to GPIB adapter aiming to provide "access to ...

Operating systems are designed to work on $200 laptops and $5,000 workstations and everything that comes in between, so you ...

Utter the word "" to the average PC user, and you'll likely elicit a blank stare in return. But the concept isn't really that hard to understand, and once you have this knowledge, you can quickly ...

Firmware development started out as a fairly simple process – a device-specific assembler (the more sophisticated ones came with a linker) and the editor of your choice. (In my early days as an ...

Designing the hardware-software interface. Dealing with "bytes enables" in RTL verification. Automating the HSI design process across the entire dev team. The hardware-software interface (HSI) holds ...

After three months of reviewing more than 13,000 hours of hacking exploits conducted by more than 580 cybersecurity researchers, DARPA has announced that its Finding Exploits to Thwart Tampering (FETT ...

Engineering teams must coordinate across hardware and software domains as system-on-chip (SoC) designs scale in complexity. Designers must verify that register definitions remain accurate and ...

Editor's Note: Designing a robust hardware/firmware interface is not a simple process. It's no accident that engineers charged with this task are generally the more senior and experienced engineers on ...

Jim Xiao is the founder and CEO of Mason, innovator of the fastest way to take smart devices from idea to end user. Building secure and private environments for dedicated smart devices is crucial to ...