| Coming soon to a board near you
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2009-11-09 |
| Over the next five years or so, the look of PCBs and the task of assembling them will change in significant ways due to the continuous quest for better performance and smaller size at a reasonable price. |
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Combine techniques to reduce ICT cost, complexity
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2008-09-08 |
| A hybrid between VTEP vectorless testing and boundary-scan results in an extremely powerful tool that combines the standardised, limited-access, digital stimulus capability of boundary-scan with the vectorless simplicity of VTEP. It draws the best from what each technology offers and enhances the overall capability of ICT systems. |
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Partitioning and laying out mixed-signal PCBs
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2001-09-16 |
| Component placement and partitioning, combined with routing discipline, are the keys to success in laying out a mixed-signal PCB?ot the isolation of the ground planes. |
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Find FPGA opportunities with unified design tools
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2008-07-16 |
| FPGAs are offering many opportunities to companies engaged in the development of new and exciting electronic products. Given a unified electronics design tool, it is possible to overcome the increasing management complexity of developing with modern FPGA devices and harness their benefits. |
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| The secret life of FR4 boards (Part 2)
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2011-05-02 |
| Find out more about the construction of FR4 printed circuit boards. |
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Execute ULC tuner reference design
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2008-08-28 |
| Achieve a ULC tuner reference design using the Infineon MOPLL tuner TUA 6039-2. |
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Speed design capture using spreadsheets for interconnects
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2008-07-01 |
| Cadence senior architect Vikas Kohli discusses how you can enhance a standard spreadsheet approach to create a powerful design entry solution that can handle designs with large pin counts. |
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Building a line-powered transceiver with basic parts
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2009-08-27 |
| A comparator, reference, small-signal MOSFET and a handful of inexpensive resistors are all that are required to modulate and demodulate the power line. |
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| Designing cost-effective 3D using SoC
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2011-08-09 |
| Learn why SoCs are touted to be a key component in the universal 3D market. |
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Keep up with smart-phone revolution
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2004-12-01 |
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FPGAs clear the serial backplane design hurdle
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2007-09-16 |
| Even as serial backplane technology goes mainstream, its evolution brings many challenges including protocols and legacy IP. This article proposes that FPGAs offer a viable solution to overcoming the interface design challenges. |
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| Use an MCU-based method to wake up a capacitive touch-sensing system
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2011-08-08 |
| Learn how to design a system that rapidly wakes up from sleep or standby mode without diminishing its performance or using up a lot of power. |
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| Address packaging issues in power electronics
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2012-01-31 |
| Know how to overcome the limits of current packaging technology: solder joints, module base plates, module layout, chip temperatures, and current densities. |
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Designing low-cost wireless game controllers
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2004-04-22 |
| Designing low-cost wireless game controllers |
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Benefits of multi-phasing buck converters (1)
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2007-11-16 |
| Mid-level design tutorial shows the advantages of the interleaved buck topology for improving response and reducing component stresses |
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| Choosing the right silicon TV tuner IC
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2011-11-16 |
| Learn about the technical issues involved in the selection of TV tuner. |
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| Sony Playstation Vita revealed
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2012-01-03 |
| Here's a teardown that reveals IBM, Toshiba, Qualcomm and Avago in the significant sockets of Sony Playstation Vita handheld game console. |
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| Increase switcher efficiency, reduce size
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2008-08-04 |
| Board layout differentiates a good switcher design from a bad one. Today's switching regulators and supplies are compact and powerful, but a major trade-off is their higher switching frequency that makes board design all the more difficult. |
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A/D conversion tutorial
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2006-12-05 |
| This article presents a concept-by-concept discussion through some common A/D parameters. |
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Simplifying LVDS Backplane Design In 3G Wireless Basestations
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2001-04-03 |
| The increasing demand for bandwidth is driving the communi- |
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The multiple challenges and solutions to flash LED drivers
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2008-03-31 |
| The article discusses some of the problems and challenges in using flash LED drivers for mobile devices. Here are some suggestions on how to overcome and solve these obstacles in using these LED drivers. |
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| Digicams get Wi-Fi-connected with SD card
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2009-10-06 |
| Eye-Fi offers Share, a Wi-Fi-enabled Secure Digital (SD) card that makes it easy and affordable to add Wi-Fi connectivity to any digital camera with an SD card slot. |
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MCU management: power, ground and noise
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2008-11-05 |
| Learn about noise sources and their paths as well as the theory behind good layout practices and their impact on noise. |
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Choosing the right data bus in industrial, automotive apps
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2004-05-03 |
| Choosing the right data bus in industrial, automotive apps |
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Boosting interconnect bandwidth through HyperTransport
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2002-09-01 |
| Boosting interconnect bandwidth through HyperTransport |
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| Optimising power electronics for HEV
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2012-02-09 |
| To achieve maximum power density, electric losses and thermal resistances must be kept to a minimum, and maximum component integration must be implemented. |
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| Sensor module enhances automotive electrical integration (Part 2)
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2012-02-06 |
| Devices must be reliable and robust, and operate with long-term stability and high precision under harsh physical, chemical, and electrical stress conditions. |
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Want to boost battery voltage in White LED apps?
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2008-01-31 |
| If you're tired of the extra cost and real estate lost when using a step-up DC/DC converter, consider instead a charge pump, also known as a switched capacitor converter, to boost battery voltage. Here are the principles involved. |
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Perform fault monitoring, manage backplane power
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2004-09-16 |
| Perform fault monitoring, manage backplane power |
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Migrating from 8-, 16- to 32bit microcontrollers
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2010-05-20 |
| The embedded world is constantly changing. Here's a look at the migration from 8- and 16-bit to 32-bit MCUs from the perspective of the ARM architecture. |
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