Address the complex task of testing automotive ECUs
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2009-10-08 |
| This article aims to provide awareness of applications and test strategies for automotive electronic control units (ECUs). |
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| Enhance UI in appliances using LED
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2011-08-15 |
| Know the tradeoffs when integrating LEDs in today's smart appliances to achieve an advanced user interface and a high-end aesthetic. |
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| Blood glucose meter teardown reveals simple electronics
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2010-03-03 |
| Here's a teardown of Roche Diagnostics Accu-Check Aviva, a blood glucose meter. |
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Prevent FPGA cloning
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2009-04-20 |
| Here's a new way of tagging designs to help to counter the fast growing trade in IP and cloned designs. |
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Understand JTAG's role in system debug
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2009-05-26 |
| Know the role of JTAG in system debug and test throughout the embedded system development lifecycle. |
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Integrating functions in a DVD+RW video recorder
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2004-03-16 |
| Integrating functions in a DVD+RW video recorder |
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| Scaling JTAG to evolving embedded needs
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2006-08-09 |
| JTAG adoption and integration requires a strategy across multiple development disciplines to ensure a standard approach that you can re-use and build on in later generations of the product. This article describes how JTAG is used in various generations of system development and design. |
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| iPod Nano clone offers some extras
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2009-03-16 |
| Unravel the maze of confusing supply-chain players found in Esolo MP4, a second-gen iPod Nano clone. |
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| Digicam illustrates integration, price erosion
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2009-03-20 |
| Read about the integration and reduction in silicon and board area that has brought a toy camera to the market at Rs.497.19. |
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Scalable power management for tomorrow's microprocessors
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2003-07-16 |
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High-voltage devices simplify design of PoE powered device
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2006-09-26 |
| This paper provides an overview of the key system-level requirements and benefits one must consider when integrating high-voltage devices into a PoE powered device interface and power management controller. |
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Reduce the risk of analogue/digital misinterpretations
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2011-06-27 |
| Here are some fascinating analogue horror stories that happened as digital designers misunderstood device operation or design requirements of analogue systems. |
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Implement capacitive proximity sensing, Part 2
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2009-02-06 |
| Here's a design of a proximity sensor that will detect an approaching hand and switch on an LED. |
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Designing highly efficient power management circuitry
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2010-02-11 |
| The focus of this article is to highlight a switch mode power supply and a typical power inductor and their performance during high temperature conditions. |
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OVP devices make your portables safer
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2008-01-16 |
| While Li-ion battery technology has decreased the total weight of portable devices, a bad charge sequence can induce Li+ temperature increase, thermal runaway and burst, and endanger people's lives. Integrating an overvoltage protection (OVP) device makes portable devices more secure from the risks involved in charging. |
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Implement capacitive proximity sensing
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2009-02-05 |
| Understand the concept as well as the hardware and firmware of this switch technology. |
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| Increase switcher efficiency, reduce size
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2008-08-05 |
| 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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ADSL CO Driver Design And Thermal Resistance
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2001-04-03 |
| International IC - China 7 Conference Proceedings 151 In the last few years, the demand for high speed Internet access, LAN, and short distance data communication have been growing exponentially and growth is expected to continue through the year 2005. |
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Choosing a microcontroller and other design decisions
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2008-04-23 |
| The author gives general guidelines on how to select microcontrollers for use in a complex embedded project. |
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| Resistors' role in the improvement of medical diagnostics
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2011-08-23 |
| Learn about the critical role of this "lowly" passive component in medical instrumentation circuitry. |
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| Wi-Fi-connected night-clock opens up to widgets
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2009-08-21 |
| A Wi-Fi-connected personal Internet appliance, the Chumby gets its information and applications through Chumbys' Website that opens up access to 'widgets.' |
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How to size capacitors in switching converters
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2008-10-03 |
| This article discusses a mathematical approach to designing capacitor arrays for switching converters. |
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| Cut EMI in digital systems with spread spectrum clock generators (Part 1)
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2011-09-01 |
| Know how this technique can manage and suppress EMI, and the trade-offs that come along with it. |
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Sensor module enhances automotive electrical integration (Part 1)
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2011-07-04 |
| Learn about sensor-based control systems that provide precise real-time monitoring, automotive engines. |
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| Radar detector packs fine RF circuitry
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2010-05-11 |
| Escort's Passport 9500ix may sit near the top of the radar detector industry's totem pole, but it is certainly "the good stuff" judging by its feature set and by professional reviews of the product. |
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Power factor regulation, dimming with LED driver
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2009-02-17 |
| Read about a power-factor-regulated circuit that can also implement dimming function. |
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White LED flash drivers brighten DSCs
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2008-09-16 |
| Choosing the right LED flash driver can seem like a daunting task if certain types of questions are not addressed early in the design cycle. By examining some issues and concerns early, many future headaches can be prevented. |
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Managing power consumption of portable applications processors
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2007-03-16 |
| This article focuses on powering a microprocessor's low voltage rail in a PDA/smartphone application using devices that combine buck converter and LDO functions. |
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Spot solder joint faults in operating FPGAs
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2009-04-16 |
| Read about a tool for direct, in-situ measurement of prognostic indicators of faults in operating solder joint networks. |
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DVD recorder systems present complex design challenges
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2004-07-16 |
| DVD recorder systems present complex design challenges |
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