The Chip Companies and Core Technologies Behind WiFi Modules

The Chip Companies and Core Technologies Behind WiFi Modules

AuthorGuilin Zhong: (WeChat ID: great_baskerball) Editor of Smart Product Circle In 2015, the monthly shipment of WiFi chips used in the Internet of Things (IoT) reached 3-4 million units, and it is expected to surpass 100 million units in 2016. What are the reasons behind this surge? How has it evolved? With the continuous stimulation … Read more

Insights on Low Power Design for ZigBee

Insights on Low Power Design for ZigBee

The low power consumption of ZigBee is something everyone is very concerned about, for example, devices powered by button batteries. (Currently, I have tested that PM2 is about 1.2uA and PM3 is around 0.3uA for the core board, not counting peripherals.) Today, I will just jot down a simple memo: 1. Network Joining Power Consumption … Read more

Dynamic Power Management: How to Optimize Your Energy Efficiency

Dynamic Power Management: How to Optimize Your Energy Efficiency

Click the blue words above to follow us Dynamic Power Management (DPM) is a technology that dynamically adjusts power states based on real-time information during system operation, aimed at optimizing the balance between power consumption and performance. This technology is particularly suitable for portable, mobile, and handheld electronic devices that rely on battery power, extending … Read more

Understanding RS-485 Transceiver Challenges

Understanding RS-485 Transceiver Challenges

Don’t go away, there’s a surprise at the end! Are you troubled by issues related to RS-485 transceivers? Don’t worry! This article provides insights based on frequently asked questions from the Texas Instruments online support community E2E™, which will surely help those wanting to understand this established communication standard! When is it necessary to terminate … Read more

Which Consumes More Battery: Mobile Data or Wi-Fi?

Which Consumes More Battery: Mobile Data or Wi-Fi?

Imagine this: after a long day at university, you’re on the subway heading home, connected to public Wi-Fi to listen to your favorite podcast, but you notice your phone’s battery is low—below 15%. At this moment, you’re torn between pausing the podcast and wanting to preserve some battery before getting home, so you turn off … Read more

Expert Liu Dake from the ‘Thousand Talents Program’: Future Dedicated Processors Will Become the ‘Heart’ of High-End Embedded Systems

Expert Liu Dake from the 'Thousand Talents Program': Future Dedicated Processors Will Become the 'Heart' of High-End Embedded Systems

Introduction He is the director of the Dedicated Processor Research Institute at Beijing Institute of Technology, a lifetime chair professor at Linköping University in Sweden, and a senior member of the IEEE; he previously served as the chief engineer in the integrated circuit R&D department at Ericsson and successfully founded two dedicated processor companies in … Read more

Energy Saving Methods in Embedded Systems

Energy Saving Methods in Embedded Systems

Dynamic power consumption is proportional to clock speed and is a significant component of computer system power consumption. Reducing CPU load is one method to decrease power consumption, while another method is to lower the CPU clock speed in idle mode. Dynamic CPU Power Consumption In most computing systems, the CPU is the primary energy … Read more