The Controller Area Network (commonly called “CAN”) bus is a fault-tolerant, two-wire serial bus used extensively in automotive and telematics applications today. Since Meadow hardware provides an excellent platform for applications in the harsh environments of fielded vehicle monitoring and control systems, we have…
The BeagleBone Black has long been a favorite among developers due to its affordability, versatility, and ease of use. With an ARM Cortex-A8 processor, extensive I/O capabilities, and a full open-source stack including the bootloader, it has been the go-to choice for a wide…
Google and Microsoft have publicly stated that they’ve found more than two-thirds of all security vulnerabilities in applications are due to memory issues. Recognizing the potentially catastrophic impact of such vulnerabilities, the U.S. CISA, NSA, FBI, and International Cybersecurity Authorities (from the Five Eyes) posted strong guidance a few years ago urging developers to move away from these legacy platforms in favor of memory-safe runtimes like .NET for IoT.
For over 50 years, an architecture known as SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) has been used to monitor, manage, automate, and control large-scale industrial processes. Today, SCADA has become indispensable across industries like manufacturing, energy, water and waste management, transportation, and more. The…
Did you know that since Meadow.OS v1.6, you can use the Direct Memory Access (DMA) feature on the F7 to do Analog to Digital Conversions (ADC) at an incredibly high sampling rate? While the AnalogInputPort provides a powerful way to do analog port reads…