Low Power Design Techniques: Extending Battery Life with MCUs and PLCs

Low Power Design Techniques: Extending Battery Life with MCUs and PLCs

Hello everyone, I am “Da Yi Zong”. Today we are going to talk about low power design techniques, which are key to ensuring the continuous operation of embedded systems. Whether it is a microcontroller (MCU) or a PLC, properly utilizing low power modes can greatly extend the battery life of devices. What is a low … Read more

3 Often Overlooked Tips for Improving Low-Power Design

3 Often Overlooked Tips for Improving Low-Power Design

In today’s article, we will explore several low-power design techniques that are often overlooked but can make a significant difference… Designing embedded systems to extend battery life has become an important consideration for many teams. Optimizing battery life helps to reduce field maintenance costs and ensures that customers can enjoy a good product experience without … Read more

Introduction to IoT Application Technology

Introduction to IoT Application Technology

IoT Application Technology Overview The IoT Application Technology program was established in 2020, originating from the IoT application technology direction of the Electronic Information Engineering Technology program. It is one of the high-level programs under the national “Double High Plan” (A level). ✪ In 2016, this program established a provincial-level vocational education IoT training base, … Read more

Essential Knowledge for Microcontrollers (1)

Essential Knowledge for Microcontrollers (1)

1. What is a Microcontroller? A microcontroller is an integrated circuit chip that incorporates a Central Processing Unit (CPU) with data processing capabilities, Random Access Memory (RAM), Read-Only Memory (ROM), various I/O ports, an interrupt system, timers/counters, and other functions (which may also include display driver circuits, pulse width modulation circuits, analog multiplexers, A/D converters, … Read more

The Evolution and Future of PLCs

The Evolution and Future of PLCs

The following article is from the Smart Manufacturing Industry Circle , author: Intelligent Manufacturing Master The Evolution and Future of PLCs: Breaking Free from the “Pyramid” Constraints With the vigorous development of the industrial internet, PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers), as core components of industrial automation, are undergoing unprecedented transformations. The traditional PLC architecture is gradually … Read more

The Key to Edge AI Popularization Is Software

The Key to Edge AI Popularization Is Software

Everyone loves to talk about edge AI, but they rarely mention the long-standing gap between AI and the embedded world. Edge AI designers are caught in an endless cycle of ‘optimization’, having to tweak neural network models on hardware to achieve acceptable accuracy. They urgently need tools to lighten their burden. This is crucial for … Read more

Detailed Explanation of Wireless Sensor Networks

Detailed Explanation of Wireless Sensor Networks

With the development of sensor technology, embedded technology, distributed information processing technology, and wireless communication technology, wireless sensor networks (WSN), composed of a large number of micro-sensor nodes with micro-processing capabilities, have gradually become a research hotspot. Compared to traditional wireless communication networks such as Ad Hoc networks, the self-organization, dynamism, reliability, and data-centric features … Read more

Embedded Online Monitoring Technology for Avionics Systems

Embedded Online Monitoring Technology for Avionics Systems

Wang Hong, Pan Anjun, Yang Zhancai, Feng Jinqi, Chen Hongquan, Gao Qian (Aviation Industry Beijing Great Wall Aerospace Measurement and Control Technology Research Institute, Beijing 101111) doi: 10.19708/j.ckjs.2022.06.272 Citation format: Wang Hong, Pan Anjun, Yang Zhancai, et al. Embedded online monitoring technology for foreign avionics systems [J]. Measurement and Control Technology, 2023, 42(1): 1-9. Abstract … Read more

Brief Explanation of CANOpen Protocol

Brief Explanation of CANOpen Protocol

CANopen is a high-level communication protocol built on the Controller Area Network (CAN), including communication sub-protocols and device sub-protocols commonly used in embedded systems, and is a widely used fieldbus in industrial control. CANopen implements protocols above the network layer in the OSI model (including the network layer). The CANopen standard includes addressing schemes, several … Read more

Top Ten Pitfalls in CANopen Bus Design! ID Conflicts Cause Production Line Shutdown!

Top Ten Pitfalls in CANopen Bus Design! ID Conflicts Cause Production Line Shutdown!

■ Real Incident at a German Automotive Factory in 2018: At 07:23, all 32 servo nodes on the assembly line went offline. The root cause was found to be a duplicate product code field in the EDS file [0x1018], resulting in an economic loss of 12 million per day (Data source: VDMA Fault Report No.CAN-20181207) … Read more