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Wireless communication is driving Industry 4.0 and 5G is at the forefront, with billions of machines, devices, and sensors just waiting to be connected. 5G plays such an important role that it is being designed with the industry’s needs specifically in mind. The thing with Industry 4.0, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), the connected industry – whatever you want to call it, one thing is undeniable: it is growing, and fast...

Multi-national corporations and startups alike have begun to tackle the emerging sector of commercial spacecraft. Known as 'new space,' it is the sector where companies are introducing new designs that propel them to the forefront of technological advancement, in areas such as 5G networking and imaging.  Guest blog written by Wind River Intern Ranjan Sikand.

Steve Rogerson looks at some of the news that may have missed the front page. In this column in the April issue, I had a dig at Taiwanese company Innodisk for sending me a press release three weeks after embedded world about what it was planning at the show. Well that time gap has been thrashed by Chinese company Dusun Electron, which sent me a press release on 5th June this year about what it would be launching at the Consumer Electronics S...

Linux container technology was introduced more than a decade ago and has recently jumped in adoption in IT environments. The OT (Operational Technology) environments, typically made up of heterogenous embedded systems, have however lagged in the adoption of container technologies due to both the unique technology requirements, and the business models that relied on proprietary systems. By Pavan Singh, Senior Director, Cloud-scale products at Win...

The first US Weather Satellite weighed 270lbs. That made most people associate the word “satellite” with either a moon, a sputnik, or a modern rig with rocket motors, solar panels, and antennae. Is that still the case? Guest blog written by Andreea Volusincu, Wind River.

When developing an industry standard, a mutually agreed solution is crucial. Often this is a slow, inefficient and frustrating process. It is therefore surprising that, recently and in rapid succession, a number of advances have been made by the WiFi Alliance and the IEEE Standards Association regarding the 802-standard for Wireless Local Area Networks, better known as WiFi.

Linux is the primary environment for a majority of software developers and is the solution of choice for embedded systems. Linux is ideal for embedded systems because it comes in so many flavours and varieties. However, this is also one of its biggest challenges. You want to make sure that you are using the right type of Linux to fit your particular use case. Guest blog written by Pavan Singh, Wind River.

Offering small size, low power consumption and affordability, MEMS microphones are chosen by designers for a wide variety of applications including tablets, desktop computers, headsets and teleconferencing terminals, as well as specialist equipment such as environmental noise monitors and equipment for surveillance and law enforcement. By Bruce Rose, Principal Applications Engineer at CUI Devices

An LFD is typically a display product that has been built specifically for professional environments to deliver content to a wide audience, such as digital signage. This is distinguished from small format displays such as desktop monitors that are used for personal interaction. By Drew Rogers, Senior Product Manager for LFD and LED, Samsung Electronics UK

To enable the large increase in wireless data transfer needed for the new 5G wireless standard, spectrum in the millimeter wave range will be needed. There is simply not enough available spectrum in the sub 6GHz range. The millimeter wave range is largely unregulated with wide chunks of available bandwidth making it ideal for data transfer applications. By Paul Dixon, Staff Scientist, Laird Technologies.