Exploring the RISC-V Chip Architecture

Exploring the RISC-V Chip Architecture

RISC-V (pronounced “risk-five”) is an open-source instruction set architecture (ISA) based on the principles of Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC), which can be simply explained as a type of “open-source hardware” corresponding to the open-source software movement. The project began in 2010 at the University of California, Berkeley, but many contributors are volunteers and industry … Read more

Case Study of Embedded Systems and Architecture Diagrams

Case Study of Embedded Systems and Architecture Diagrams

Hello everyone, I am Xuanyuan. In this article, we will review embedded systems and architecture diagrams.. An Embedded System is a computer system specifically designed for a particular application, and its architecture has developed alongside the gradual application of embedded systems. The design of embedded software architecture is closely related to the architecture of embedded … Read more

Xiaomi + IKEA = The First Smart Home for Young People?

Xiaomi + IKEA = The First Smart Home for Young People?

Dear friends, do you know about IoT? IoT stands for Internet of Things. If this is your first time hearing it, you might feel a bit awkward, similar to when you first learned that VIP stands for Very Important Person… However, its Chinese name is very meaningful, called 物联网 (Wùliàngwǎng). Actually, I think this is … Read more

Understanding BLE from Scratch: Principles of Low Energy Bluetooth and Practical Applications with nRF52

Understanding BLE from Scratch: Principles of Low Energy Bluetooth and Practical Applications with nRF52

Hello everyone, welcome to <span>Lixin Embedded</span>. The term “Internet of Things” has probably become quite familiar to you. In simple terms, the Internet of Things connects various devices to the network, allowing them to communicate with each other. Wireless technology is a star player in the Internet of Things, especially Low Energy Bluetooth (BLE), which … Read more

Comment: National Will Boosts the Continued Rise of NB-IoT

Comment: National Will Boosts the Continued Rise of NB-IoT

At the ITU-R WP5D#32 meeting held this week in Búzios, Brazil, our country completed the full submission of the IMT-2020 (5G) candidate technology proposal and received the official confirmation letter from the ITU regarding the 5G candidate technology proposal. It is noteworthy that the 5G technology proposal submitted by our country clearly states that China’s … Read more

Unexpected Development! Dual-Mode LoRaWAN and Sigfox Module Released

Unexpected Development! Dual-Mode LoRaWAN and Sigfox Module Released

Contact WeChat: x274529 Murata Manufacturing recently announced the coexistence of the Sigfox protocol stack and the LoRa protocol stack on its Type ABZ LoRaWAN module. With this feature, Murata has expanded its Type ABZ module to provide global capabilities for both LoRa and Sigfox on a single hardware platform. This module allows users to freely … Read more

Understanding MQTT Clients and Brokers

Understanding MQTT Clients and Brokers

In the previous issue, we introduced the publish and subscribe framework of MQTT: MQTT Publish and Subscribe Architecture The two most important roles are MQTT clients and MQTT brokers (intermediaries). Let’s quickly review these two core components: The publish/subscribe model decouples the client responsible for sending messages (the publisher) from the client responsible for receiving … Read more

Smart Home Solutions: Four Major Companies Provide Answers!

Smart Home Solutions: Four Major Companies Provide Answers!

Source: 2cm, Zhihu, China Electric Network, etc. Reprinted from: Global Internet of Things Observation Published by: Internet of Things Think Tank Please indicate the source and origin when reprinting – —— 【Introduction】 —— By 2020, each household will have up to 50 devices connected to the internet, and the standards for connectivity will not be … Read more

How to Write Your Own .NET IoT Device Driver from Scratch

How to Write Your Own .NET IoT Device Driver from Scratch

This article will detail how to write a .NET IoT device driver from scratch using the NV3030B LCD device driver as an example. We will use the Raspberry Pi as the hardware platform and refer to the official .NET IoT Ili934x TFT LCD driver library. 1. Background In the previous article “Getting Started with .NET … Read more

In-Depth Analysis of OpenWrt: The ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of Embedded Linux and Its Competitive Edge Over Buildroot/Yocto in Enterprise Applications

In-Depth Analysis of OpenWrt: The 'Swiss Army Knife' of Embedded Linux and Its Competitive Edge Over Buildroot/Yocto in Enterprise Applications

Introduction: The Fragmentation Dilemma of Embedded Systems In fields such as the Internet of Things, smart homes, and industrial control, embedded devices are experiencing exponential growth. However, developers often face two major challenges: 1. Hardware Fragmentation: The coexistence of ARM, MIPS, x86, and other architectures leads to high adaptation costs. 2. Function Customization: From network … Read more