Racing Electronics

by Dick Selwood

One of the perks of writing about electronics is that you get to see some really cool stuff. And while motor racing is not at the top of my list of enthusiasms, an invitation by Freescale to visit the McLaren Technology Centre was just too good to pass up. Besides which, it turned my fellow hacks on EE Journal green with envy: there are some real petrol heads, including a race driver and a Formula 1 Fanatic.

The reason for the invitation is that Freescale’s processors are the intelligence in the engine control units (ECU) that McLaren supplies, on an exclusive basis, to the IndyCar, NASCAR and Formula 1 (F1) racing series.  Read More


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Posted on 05/18/12 at 4:19 PM by jyeh

I would like to use the MachXO2 pico to teach the robotics team that I'm coaching, www.landroids.org, about FPGA. They are well versed in Arduino, the MachXO2 Pico will provide the next step in their training.

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Embedded design is the theme of this week's Fish Fry. What do you think about this collaboration between Toyota and Nintendo? A good idea or a really bad one?

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Posted on 05/17/12 at 11:25 AM by Parag

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I want to use TI MSP-EXP430FR5739 Experimenter Board to design extension project prototype of the current project that I am working on temperature humidity controller for warehouse.

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Posted on 05/16/12 at 1:22 PM by Jim Turley

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Nice article, Dick. Count me among the envious.

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