System awareness enhances SoC power management
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2011-04-11 |
| Learn how power management tactics within a SOC interact with the bigger system-level functions. |
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Measuring a PC's energy efficiency and performance
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2007-08-20 |
| Here's a starting point for developing relevant, universal metrics to help consumers make energy-conscious buying decisions. |
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Powering portables with supercapacitors
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2009-02-01 |
| Know the challenges of using supercapacitors for energy storage and the solutions to them. |
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The real score in portable power specs
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2009-06-16 |
| Learn why yesterday's "talk time" and "standby time" specs are inadequate for today's multimedia world. |
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Design portables with louder audio
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2009-01-14 |
| Here are some techniques that portable audio designers can use to achieve louder sound. |
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Self-powered systems eliminate the need for batteries
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2005-12-16 |
| "Energy-harvesting" technologies are emerging to limit or obviate the need for batteries. |
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Secure portable electronics from over-voltage conditions
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2008-01-16 |
| This articles discusses how you can protect against over-voltage conditions to prevent dangerous thermal runaway and burst due to bad Li-ion charge sequences. |
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Comparing proprietary and standards-based radio solutions
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2006-10-24 |
| This article describes the design challenges in a generic way and shows the benefitrs of an integrated proproetary RF chip. |
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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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The art of low power physical design
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2009-10-05 |
| This article discusses some of the advanced low power design techniques and outlines the required solutions. |
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Denser, smaller, better 8bit devices emerge
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2005-03-16 |
| Denser, smaller, better 8bit devices emerge |
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Embedded x86: Protected mode
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1998-04-04 |
| The x86 architecture is spilling over into embedded systems environments. This article begins a series designed to help you on you way toward implementing an embedded x86-based system. |
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Use current, voltage sensor for hybrids
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2009-06-02 |
| Read about a current and voltage measuring module for applications in alternative drive concepts. |
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| Understanding 6LoWPAN: The wireless embedded Internet (Part 1)
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2011-08-22 |
| Here's a detailed discussion on the "Internet of Things". It also answers why there is a need to adopt 6LoWPAN. |
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Advanced multi-Vdd methods to reduce power
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2006-09-30 |
| Address key power considerations using an advanced, virtually flat multi-Vdd methodology. |
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Wireless sensors streamline data
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2004-04-16 |
| Wireless sensors streamline data |
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| Knowing Android's strengths and weaknesses
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2011-10-14 |
| Here's a look at the techniques for exploiting Android's strengths and managing its limitations, especially in hard real-time, mission-critical systems. |
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Comparing switched-capacitor, coil DC/DC converters
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2009-11-12 |
| The designer has to choose from two fundamentally different types of switched converter: inductive (coil) converters and switched-capacitor (SC) converters. This article shows why SC converters are still regarded as exotic and found in few designs. |
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| Blackberry wins handset data-rate
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2007-11-06 |
| In the past, users carried several separate devices in order to meet all their communications and media needs. Today, a single product can perform all these functions. |
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How to implement small LCD backlighting--LED driver considerations
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2007-10-04 |
| Here are several do's and don'ts, requirements and considerations, all surrounding LCD backlighting for handsets. |
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| Retro transmission: Hoffman RT-159A radio
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2008-12-18 |
| The RT-159A is a crude tool by today's standards, but in the past it provided a simple but critical function. |
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Voltage protect portable devices
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2008-02-04 |
| Here's how to design voltage protection to avoid the over voltage that is causing rising temperatures, thermal runaway and burst. |
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Power management provides design simplicity for handhelds
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2004-07-01 |
| POWER |
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Keep up with smart-phone revolution
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2004-12-01 |
| POWER |
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| High-end mouse goes where no mouse has gone
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2006-12-01 |
| A new set of innovations that were designed globally make this Logitech's MX Revolution mouse more useful than competitive products. |
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Employing fastboot for ultra small Atom processor designs
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2009-10-15 |
| How can developers achieve a fast, BIOS-less boot on open x86 processors rather than on dedicated controllers? |
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| Designing improved DC/DC regulator using FPGA
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2011-11-18 |
| The availability of affordable low-powered FPGAs coupled with analogue-to-digital converters allows the FPGA to replace the traditional analogue approach. |
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| Grasping the significance of solar inverters
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2011-09-01 |
| Learn about the role of inverters in the current solar market and the development of future energy-harvesting systems. |
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Precision floating-gate voltage reference
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2004-04-22 |
| IIC-China/ESC-China 2004 7 Conference Proceedings 95 |
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| Apple iPhone 3G exposed
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2008-07-15 |
| Instead of trying to reinvent the device, Apple focused on enhancing the user experience and expanding its fan base. |
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