Install Android 4.4 with Play Store on Wandboard in 7 Steps

Install Android 4.4 with Play Store on Wandboard in 7 Steps Happy New Year! The Wandboard is a really great imx6 development system that allows easy comparison of the performance of three of the processor variants. Here is a guide on how to get it up and running with Android KitKat. For this (apart from […]
ByteSnap Embedded Electronics Designers at EDS 2014

EDS 2014 Kicks Off To A Great Start for ByteSnap Embedded Electronic Designers Embedded Electronics Designers ByteSnap enjoyed an extremely brisk first day at the Electronic Design Show in Coventry – with the consultancy seeing an even busier kick off to the event compared with last year. “It’s been a great opening day at EDS,” said Director Dunstan […]
Microcontroller Design: Optimising Power Consumption in 12 Easy Steps

Microcontroller Design: Optimising Power Consumption in 12 Easy Steps Long battery lifetime is a frequent requirement in embedded product design – particularly in microcontroller design. For instance, we designed an animal tracking product that could run for four years using a 1/3 of an AA cell. Microcontrollers are getting ever more meagre in their power […]
ByteSnap Design named 2013 ‘Consultancy of the Year’

Birmingham-based consultancy takes the title home from this year’s British Engineering Excellence Awards ByteSnap Design Ltd, a specialist in embedded systems design and development, has been named ‘Consultancy of the Year’ at this year’s British Engineering Excellence Awards. Having been shortlisted within the ‘Consultancy of the Year’ category for two years in a row, it […]