EMAC Blog Posts
Replacing a Microcontroller So, your 8-bit or 16-bit Embedded Microcontroller (MCU) running C, Forth or, even x86 assembly is no longer available. This Bare-Metal Microcontroller board, which has been operating flawlessly and reliably for the last 15 to 20 years, can no longer be produced. What do you do [...]
Embedded x86 or ARM processors are both processor architectures. Think of it as a Train vs a Truck, they both transfer cargo from one place to another, but they do it in different ways and each has advantages and disadvantages over the other. x86 is a Complex Instruction Set Computer (CISC) [...]
In my last few blogs I have touted EMAC’s manufacturing capabilities and while I mentioned our Engineering services, I have not gotten into any detail. As I mentioned, EMAC is unique in that we offer both Engineering and Manufacturing services. But what make EMAC even more unique is that we have [...]
EMAC's contract manufacturer custom manufacturing services differ from your typical Electronic Assembly Contract Manufacturer. First of all, we are primarily an Engineering Design Firm that offers Contract manufacture/custom manufacturing services. We take our Engineering Mindset and apply it to our custom manufacturing services process. The first thing that we do with [...]
In my last Blog I mentioned custom software tools that EMAC created in order to allow us to efficiently adapt, react and manage manufacturing in this chaotic component climate. In this blog, I would like to describe some of these tools, how they work and the benefits that they provide. EMAC [...]
As most can attest to, the last couple of years have really been a struggle getting components. EMAC has orders from early 2021 for Intel FPGAs that we are not scheduled to receive until late 2023. Furthermore, we had parts stolen out from under us and POs pushed out [...]
