In our final class, we will look at the "Things" of the IoT - our nodes and devices - and how we can effectively commission, monitor, and detect problems in them throughout their lifecycle. We will look at methods for adding device management capabilities in our devices from the design stage as well...

In our second class, we will begin at the heart of the Internet of Things - the sending and receiving of data. Whether it is collecting a simple room temperature reading or capturing a video frame for analysis, the IoT enables us to collect huge amounts of data for analysis then send out data in the...

Developing a new cloud based solution for managing, analyzing and taking action on data from an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) deployment is not an easy task if you're new to it. While there are a lot of available resources to coach you through the steps, working from a proven model is the bes...

In this lead-off class, we will briefly review the principles of the IoT and some of the basic configurations that we may encounter (star with gateway, tree, and mesh). We will look at the major issues we face as these networks become more complex, including data issues, communication issues, device...

Autonomous aircraft -- from hand-thrown unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to high-flying jet-powered platforms are close to being certified to fly in multiple sections of the national airspace. The main hurdles remaining are safety related such as properly certifying their hardware and software for fl...

IoT known for its unique architecture involving sensors, embedded devices and gateways, and data center/cloud applications. Once the architecture is understood, defining platforms that implement the architecture is the next logical step toward effective deployment of a variety of IoT applications. O...

IoT encompasses a wide range of embedded, network, and cloud systems where the value is unlocked by the data gathered from sensor and edge devices that can be used by gateways, cloud applications, and analytics to drive significant value. However, communications is not as simple as one protocol, one...

Military radar and electronic warfare (EW) system designers are leveraging Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology more and more for their RF solutions as the price for GaN devices drops and as the industry learns more about GaN's performance benefits. GaN enables power density and higher efficiencies not...

There are many frustrations with DOORS users today. DOORS Next Generation, based on Rational Jazz technology, was released in 2012 - a long time ago in technology time. Now that the product is being overhauled, there are conflicting reports about which features IBM is revising or migrating to the ne...

There are so many wireless technologies one could use to connect sensor networks to the cloud. It becomes much more difficult to connect these networks to the cloud when you need longer range than just a few 10s of meters or in the use case where networks contain 100s of sensors.

In the Internet of Things, there's no such thing as a mobile device that operates in isolation. And yet, mobile devices and apps are often marketed, sold, and bought as if they're independent products. Manufacturers and consumers alike need to think less in terms of "discrete product" and more of "i...

Safety critical systems, whether in avionics, automotive, and medical applications are built on requirements. Today the complexity of these systems in each market is expanding at an exponential rate. Combine that with compressed product development schedules and the need for a strong requirements fo...

As connected devices become more prevalent, industrial systems are growing and advancing at an unprecedented rate, exposing networks that have otherwise been isolated from attacks. This has created an enormous risk for businesses operating industrial processes and placed an emphasis on the need for...

Embedded systems and medical devices continue to go down the same path - choosing the most appropriate processor; finding a secure operating system; building a simple user interface; and so on. In this E-cast we will touch on all of these facets, one by one. First, the list of questions that surroun...

Putting together the various pieces of an IoT system is like assembling a jigsaw puzzle. But it's a finite task that most engineers can get through. When it comes to the operating system, other runtime software and the development tools available, here are seemingly endless possibilities. Hence, on...

The Software Foundation for Developing Next-Generation Autonomous Systems. In order for autonomous cars to become mainstream, these vehicles must intelligently connect and communicate not only within their own complex vehicle systems but with the external world as well. We'll examine the intricacies...

While we can't build your complete system, we can take you through some of the key stages that'll put you well on the way toward finishing your design. In Day 2 of this three-day class, we'll look at the common subsystems with an IoT edge device and what you need to know to connect to the Fog and th...

All processors are the same, right? Well, not exactly. In fact, they vary greatly in terms of price, performance, power consumption, and a host of other features that can make or break your design. In Day 1 of this three-part class, we will go over different design requirements and where the Intel A...

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, cellular, LPWAN, and a growing number of other wireless technologies are all crowding into the IoT space looking to connect their share of billions of edge devices. But you can't wait for the protocol "standards wars" to be decided - you need to get to market quickly with d...

Look under the hood of many IoT solution providers and you'll find incomplete solutions. Shortcomings are commonly related to device manageability, security, analytics, integration with business applications, and centralized management of enterprise applications --particularly for industrial compani...

ISO 26262 is the de facto safety standard for road vehicle electronic systems development and production. This comprehensive ten-part standard applies to all elements of vehicle design including functional safety, system development, hardware, software, supporting processes and more. Although it ca...

Software plays a pivotal role in the operation of life-critical medical devices, so much so that software can be thought of as the lifeblood of a medical device. Make the right choice and your real-time operating system (RTOS), HMI and custom hardware will work in perfect unison. A poor choice of s...

Military signal intelligence (SIGINT) and image processing applications require the processing of very large data sets to predict and evaluate future courses of action. Government researchers such as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Synthetic Environment for Analysis and Simulations (SEAS)...

Today's design engineers are inundated with IoT products but most of these products only deliver part of the solution. Their features sets can differ greatly and often you don't know what you have (or don't have) until it's too late.

Powerful computer hardware with multiple cores and multiple graphic displays are making an impact in every embedded industry, especially automotive. Virtualization of operating systems and services seems like a natural progression to run on this hardware. But how do you do this properly? Safely? S...