Monthly Archives: February 2015

IP Systems Blog Review – Tuesday February 24, 2015

Buffer, and ADC design considerations; all about timing specifications; portable stimulus; Star Trek and the IoT; the Wilson Group's functional verification study; RTOS performance; the Silicon Valley age gap; temperature and humidity sensors; requirements management; and the oft-dreaded question "What do you do for a living?"

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WHO OWNS THE IP?

Deciding who owns the hardware and software intellectual property (IP) for the Internet-of-Things (IoT) is a difficult hurdle to clear.

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Which IP Interfaces are Designers Using?

Several recent surveys reveal growth in DDRn, USB 3.0, PCIe, HDMI, SATA, and MIPI interfaces. Also, ethernet and ARM buses remain popular in specific areas. By John Blyler, Editorial Director, IP Systems Recently, I came upon a very brief chip design and functional verification survey conducted by Arrow Devices (see Figure 1). Although the survey size was fairly small – 56 …

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IP Systems Blog Review – Monday February 16, 2015

Arduinos; software defined networks… and radios!; ARM/AMBA; TLS engines; embedded industrial automation; system-level power modelling; and collaborating more effectively by Hamilton Carter – Senior Editor If you like to play at your engineering, you should know a new version of the Arduino IDE has been released! Interested in software defined networking—SDN? Check out this Xilinx enabled kickstarter. ARM contributes to …

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