One of our principles is that the same engineers should design the hardware and the software. We believe this has big advantages over the more traditional approach where hardware engineers design the hardware, and software engineers design the software. The hardware can be designed to be “software friendly”, and the software can really make best use of the hardware. For example we do a lot of inferred sensing, where software can...

Are ‘geek’ and ‘nerd’ now positive terms? We like to think so! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20325517

Thought you might like this photo of the view from our office – a reminder of what a beautiful autumn we’ve just had! As winter sets in, I might come back and look at this photo from time to time, just to remind myself…

A great article from New Electronics, ’nuff said… http://www.newelectronics.co.uk/electronics-technology/outlook-2013-the-future-beckons/45670/

We’ve been using ARM Cortex M3 processors for quite a while now, and are big fans. Recently we have started using the M0 variants, and boy do they offer great value for money! For as little as 50 pence you get a fully-fledged 32bit processor with plenty of Flash and RAM, and all the normal I/O, ADCs and timers you want in an embedded microcontroller, in a tiny low-power package. They make the Atmel ATMEGA8 (our old favourite) look...

We have noticed a real increase in design activity during the current recession. It is a great way for companies to gain advantage over their competitors, and capture a larger share of a smaller market. We were rather please to see that the BBC agrees http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19423195