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Make hay while the sun of recession shines.(comment)
Jun 01, 2009; ... When recession has caused an all-round despondency, it was heartening to hear plenary speakers at the opening session of the recent SPIE Advanced Lithography conference touting the current downturn as a time for new design innovations for new markets. What are the implications ...
IP camera and DVR reference designs provide H.264 high profile.(INNOVATIONS AND INNOVATORS)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) has launched two comprehensive and cost-effective reference designs for Internet Protocol (IP) cameras and digital video recorders (DVR). Powered by the TMS320DM365 digital media processor based on DaVinci technology, the ...
Olympus-SoC place-and-route platform addresses multi-voltage design challenges.(INNOVATIONS AND INNOVATORS)
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mentor Graphics Corp. has launched the Olympus-SoC platform, its latest place-and-route solution that enables low power IC implementation and is targeted for advanced technology processes. Featuring production-proven design-for-variability architecture ...
LED chip sets help pico projectors bring big displays to small devices.(pulse)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Pico projectors, LED-based devices small enough to fit into an MP3 player or even a slightly oversized cell phone, were prominently on display at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas both this year and last. The obvious use for this type of projector is to show impromptu ...
QuickLogic chips support Qualcomm mobile processors.(pulse)
Jun 01, 2009; ... QuickLogic Corp. has developed new platforms to interface with Qualcomm Inc.'s latest Mobile Station Modem (MSM) MSM7xxx-series and MSMSxxx-series mobile processors. Featuring QuickLogic's Visual Enhancement Engine (VEE) technology, the latest devices in the ArcticLink II VX4 family ...
Scope-based audio-bus, power-analysis tools target embedded-system designers.(pulse)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Tektronix has announced a triggering-and-analysis module for serial-digital-audio buses and a new power-analysis module. The modules plug into the company's DPO (digital phosphor oscilloscope) 3000 and MSO (mixed-signal-oscilloscope)/ DPO4000 Series and enable the use of analysis ...
National Semiconductor's audio subsystems simplify portable product design.(pulse)
Jun 01, 2009; ... National Semiconductor Corp.'s latest models of low-power Boomer Class D audio subsystems--the LM49352 mixed-signal audio subsystem and LM49151 analog subsystem--are targeted at smart phones, full-featured phones, portable gaming devices and portable GPS devices, and simplify portable ...
Point cooling advances for hot ICs.(pulse)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Engineers have for years been suggesting using thermoelectric films to cool hot ICs because the films develop a temperature difference between their surfaces when you apply a voltage across them. The problems of getting the film next to the IC, establishing a good thermal connection, and ...
Bourns hot-dips trimmers to eliminate tin whiskers.(pulse)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Tin whiskers--electrically conductive, crystalline structures that grow from surfaces on which tin is the final finish--have been the bane of electronic products since 2007. During that year, a European ROHS (restriction-of-hazardous-substances) directive essentially banned the use of lead ...
ADCs targeted at medical ultrasound, multiple antenna radio systems.(pulse)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Analog chip company Arctic Silicon Devices (ASD) has announced its latest series of octal 12-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), the GLACIER family, which is targeted at power reduction in medical ultrasound and multiple antenna radio systems. Based on the Snowflake family of standard ...
Tri-axis accelerometer features 12 tap-enabled commands.(pulse)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Silicon-micromachined inertial sensors provider Kionix Inc. has developed a new tri-axis accelerometer that creates up to 12 unique, tap-enabled commands for customer-specified functions. Targeted at mobile consumer electronics applications, the KXTF9 with Directional Tap/Double-Tap ...
One sensor does the work of many.(prying eyes)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Digital cameras, still relatively inexpensive devices, have exponentially increased the number of pixels they can capture. Because silicon, a primary material in CCD (charge-coupled devices) and CMOS imagers, is sensitive to the same wavelengths as the human eye, digital cameras have been ...
FPGAS reshape embedded design: although its use requires a significant change in design methodology, FPGA technology has become a valuable weapon in the embedded-system developer's arsenal.(Cover story)
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As the economic slowdown takes its toll on development budgets, embedded-system designers are turning to FPGA (field-programmable-gate-array) technology to shorten design cycles, combat obsolescence, and simplify product updates. By taking advantage of a ...
Driving the convergence between fixed and mobile communications into the mainstream: sustainable consumer demand for converged Wi-Fi-plus-cellular applications and services will depend on carrier-grade FMC services that deliver a good end-user experience. Before you can achieve these benefits, however, FMC products need to deliver the same quality as today's cellular-only services.(design feature)
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The universal demand for constant access to voice and data communication, along with the increasingly rich availability of Wi-Fi (wireless-fidelity) and cellular connectivity, is driving a widespread demand for converged Wi-Fi/cellular applications and ...
Tamper-resistant smart power meters rely on isolated sensors.(design feature)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Most residences and commercial buildings in the United States currently use an old-style electromechanical utility power meter to track electricity use. The meters are reliable and cheap but hopelessly inadequate for use by a power-distribution system that requires accurate, repeatable ...
Developing SATA/SAS solutions using 40nm FPGAs.(design feature)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Serial ATA (SATA) and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) are computer bus standards that have the primary function of transferring data (directly of otherwise) between a motherboard and mass storage devices (such as hard disk drives, optical drives, and solid-state disks) inside and outside the ...
Test & Measurement World announces award winners.(special report)
Jun 01, 2009 ... HERE, we present the winners of our annual Best in Test awards, which recognize important and innovative new products and services in the electronics test and measurement industry. We announced the finalists for the Best in Test awards in the December/January issue of Test & Measurement ...
Isolated clock source acts as test generator: Daniele Danieli, Eurocom-Pro, Venice, Italy.(design ideas)(Technical report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Circuits such as PLL synthesizers, high-dynamic-range ADCs, and timing-sensitive digital networks require stable and spurious-free clocks. Testing these circuits is a difficult task when you use a master oscillator, even if the signal theoretically matches the application's phase noise and ...
Power circuit simplifies USB battery charger design.(SEMICONDUCTORS)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Texas Instruments Inc.'s (TI) BQ25040 is said to be the industry's smallest 1.1A Li-ion linear battery charger with integrated 50mA low-dropout regulator to support mobile phones and other handheld electronics. The device comes in a 2x3mm package and can ...
FPGAs offer up to 48 transceivers Operating at 8.5Gbps.
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Altera Corp.'s EP4SGX530, the second member of the Altera Stratix IV GX FPGA family to ship, is 60 percent larger than the largest transceiver FPGA on the market, offering 530K logic elements (LEs), up to 48 transceivers operating at up to 8.5Gbps, 20.3Mb ...