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Two current probes to win for tracking signals directly on your PCB
Two current probes to win for tracking signals directly on your PCB
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This month, AimTTi gives away two of its I-prober 520 positional current probes worth 599 Euros each, complete with a…
Raising coding standards
Raising coding standards
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A recent study carried out by a leading Static Analysis tool provider, PRQA, showed that, perhaps not surprisingly, engineers aren’t…
Medium voltage capacitor discharge resistors in power factor correction
Medium voltage capacitor discharge resistors in power factor correction
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Power factor correction is a very popular and well established technique for reducing the overall energy consumption of electrical systems…
Record and replay in global navigation satellite system testing
Record and replay in global navigation satellite system testing
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Customers at vehicle manufacturers and proving grounds need tests such as brake distance measurement to be accurate to 2cm. Before…

Achieving Gen2 Serial RapidIO throughput with low cost, low power FPGAs
Achieving Gen2 Serial RapidIO throughput with low cost, low power FPGAs
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As bandwidth requirements for applications such as wireless, wireline and medical/imaging processing continue to expand, designers depend on tool sets that provide them with the real-time signal processing capabilities that…
Embedded server solutions challenge the ‘one size fits all’ approach
Embedded server solutions challenge the ‘one size fits all’ approach
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In commercial circles, embedded technologies are naturally thought of in regard to client-side hardware. What usually comes to mind are embedded devices like retail POS systems, medical equipment, diskless terminals…
Are you using live customer data outside of your production database?
Are you using live customer data outside of your production database?
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Say that you want to develop a new payment gateway for your online store. A team of developers are hired, the improvements you want are designed, and the new system…
3D modelling integrates flexible PCB design
3D modelling integrates flexible PCB design
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Over the last decade, electronic products have become increasingly complex and dense as they support more functions into dramatically reduced footprints. The need for flexible circuits has grown exponentially, since…
Power integrity engineering for interconnects
Power integrity engineering for interconnects
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The need for high-current interconnect solutions in increasingly smaller spaces continues to rise rapidly. As demand grows for more power in smaller packages, solving the power equation on new architectures…
GPON system on chips with integrated optical control circuitry
GPON system on chips with integrated optical control circuitry
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Gigabit passive optical network (GPON) technology is the key emerging access technology in FTTB and FTTH applications, as it provides a scalable and cost-effective architecture to satisfy the growing bandwidth…
Protecting automotive power components from thermal runaway
Protecting automotive power components from thermal runaway
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The growing demand for electronics that can operate in harsh environments such as under-hood automotive systems and rugged industrial applications is fueling a trend toward new materials and more efficient…
Leveraging decoupling capacitance of regular power grids
Leveraging decoupling capacitance of regular power grids
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With each passing year and each lower technology node, design speeds are increasing tremendously. High frequency designs take a toll on the power integrity of ICs and induce more noise…
Moving to higher-voltage LEDs to improve light bulb efficiency
Moving to higher-voltage LEDs to improve light bulb efficiency
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There is much interest in replacing incandescent screw-in light bulbs with bulbs that use LEDs as the light source. Typically, a small number of LEDs, between five and nine, are…
Optimizing fast switching frequency power supplies
Optimizing fast switching frequency power supplies
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From a power-stage's point of view, going high frequency is very desirable for a number of reasons: it decreases the size of magnetic components, reducing the amount of capacitance required…
Integration of Analog DC/DC Controller with Digital Power Management
Integration of Analog DC/DC Controller with Digital Power Management
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Modern electronics systems require high performance point of load power supplies with advanced and intelligent power management. Linear Technology's LTC®3880 combines a best in class analog switching regulator controller with…
Paper photovoltaic cells ready to take-off
Paper photovoltaic cells ready to take-off
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Among the many facets of foil-based flexible electronics, thin-film organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells are drawing a lot of attention from researchers. Even at about half the efficiency of rigid silicon…
The expanding appeal of SSDs
The expanding appeal of SSDs
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Increasing densities of flash memory devices as well as a long term trend of falling prices are making Solid State Drives (SSDs) a realistic option in a growing range of…
Energy savings sneak up on home automation
Energy savings sneak up on home automation
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A few weeks ago, the EnOcean Alliance celebrated with fanfare its 200th member company, NanoSense, designer of air quality control sensors. NanoSense's products use EnOcean and KNX technologies to regulate…
Win a thin film memory toy development kit
Win a thin film memory toy development kit
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This month, Thin Film Electronics is giving away one toy development kit, worth 3,000 Euros, complete with the tools needed to efficiently design interactive toys and games. The Thinfilm Toy…
Novel harmonic analysis method for smart metering
Novel harmonic analysis method for smart metering
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With wider deployments of smart metering, smart grids and distributed generation, power quality monitoring has become of great importance. Harmonic analysis of current and voltage signals allows several key power…
Bringing the invisible to the engineers’ eye with near-field scanning
Bringing the invisible to the engineers’ eye with near-field scanning
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The adage “A picture paints a thousand words” results from the fact that we experience a major part of our perceptions with our eyes. Electromagnetic radiation is always surrounding us.
SAR ADCs control the world
SAR ADCs control the world
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Design goals for today’s industrial control systems demand that systems are faster, more accurate and smaller, while consuming less power and providing greater reliability. Designers of these systems must choose…
Cloud-based development moves one step closer
Cloud-based development moves one step closer
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The concept of cloud-based development is beginning to entice EDA companies; it not only offers a simpler distribution mechanism for what can be very large installation packages, but could present…
Gaming moves to efficient context awareness with more sensors
Gaming moves to efficient context awareness with more sensors
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Gaming, supported by electronic devices, has expanded from a niche market to encompass age categories from toddlers to seniors. One enabler of the explosion of gaming adoption is an intuitive…
Cloud-based verification could prove to be disruptive
Cloud-based verification could prove to be disruptive
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Today we live in a world of constant change. This is the essence of the free market and while this trend assures that consumers have something new to buy, it…
Enabling a third dimension in user control of electronic devices
Enabling a third dimension in user control of electronic devices
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Touchpads were introduced as notebook user interfaces in the early 1990’s. Today touchpads have largely replaced trackball and isometric joysticks. Their technology has been upgraded to capacitive sensing, and their…
Mouse sensor technology, still evolving and here to stay
Mouse sensor technology, still evolving and here to stay
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It would be difficult to go through the day without seeing evidence that the touch interface has become the most popular way of interacting with many of today's smart phones…
Latest emulation innovations accelerate productivity
Latest emulation innovations accelerate productivity
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As the industry moves from designing devices with relatively limited functionality to complex, multi-functional and networked devices, traditional techniques such as simulation are coming up short for full-chip verification. This…


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