Archive for September, 2007

How to describe embedded software design using diagrams and pseudo-code

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

When designing embedded hardware you probably want to visually express what embedded software will be performing and how different functions depend on each other. How to make software documentation simple clear and informative. If you are developer, you may want to explain your ideas understandably without loads of code text. So depending on what level [...]

Microwire compared to SPI and I2C

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Microwire is a three-wire serial interface used by National Semiconductor in its COPS processor family. The three signals are SI (serial input), SO (serial output), and SK (serial clock). SI and SO are input to and output from the processor, respectively. The processor clocks data to the peripheral on SO and receives data on SI. [...]

Measurement of electrical energy consumption today

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Electromechanical energy counters were popular for more than 50 years, but today you can find them only in older houses or in low budget appliances because today electronic energy counters taking their place. And there are meny reasons to do so. For instance measurement accuracy, flexibility, multi-rate support, memory, statistics, remote reading and control, [...]