When an online order reaches your doorstep, it’s imperative that the packaging holds up during shipping. That’s why CMD Corp. implements next-level automation technologies in the design and build of ...

Some software goes right from simulating into actual embedded control without missing a beat. As we covered last month, embedded motion control is operation-specific code targeted to microprocessors, ...

Desktop computers once ruled the computing universe in the distant past that most of us refer to as the early 1990s. But by the turn of the millennium, less than 10 years into their rule, desktops had ...

This installment starts a new segment of lessons about state machines. The subject conceptually continues the event-driven theme and is one of my favorites [1,2]. Today, you’ll learn what event-driven ...

Humans had to carry out all their machining processes by hand for centuries. Even precision tools had to be maneuvered very carefully, inch by inch, by people holding the devices personally. That all ...

Noun: Application-specific software and custom-integrated circuits specifically designed and implanted to generate commands that bring forth the best possible performance from the machine to which ...