| A tutorial on digital signalling (Part 3)
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2011-12-19 |
| This instalment provides a comprehensive discussion on matched filters. |
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| Smart Energy Profile 2.0 revealed
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2011-11-03 |
| Smart Energy Profile 2.0 (SEP 2.0) is an emerging standard that is designed to enable informed consumer participation and implementation of demand-response programs by the utilities. |
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How to model, apply capacitor-bypass networks (4)
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2007-10-15 |
| This paper examines some surprising interactions that appear when modelling a real bypass network and presents solutions for minimising them to suit the desired application. |
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How to calculate CPU utilisation
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2004-08-02 |
| Is your chip fast enough? Is it too fast? Systems engineers might be paying for more chip than they need, or they may be dangerously close to over-taxing their current processor. Take the guesswork out of measuring processor utilisation levels. |
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| Addressing traditional radio design issues
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2011-10-10 |
| Know the considerations to make when designing an analogue-tuned, digital-display radio. |
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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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Providing security for connected real-time systems
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2003-04-16 |
| Providing security for connected real-time systems |
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Implementing Goertzel algorithm on DSPs
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2010-03-15 |
| This article briefly discusses the Goertzel algorithm flow and its fixed-point implementation on the Analog Devices Blackfin BF5xx processor family using the Blackfin's special arithmetic modes. |
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Uncovering serial protocol problems with dynamic triggering
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2008-08-06 |
| Protocol analysers can help users find and isolate problems such as long setup times as well as create precise triggering scenarios. |
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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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| Learn about root mean square
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2011-11-15 |
| Here's an article that points out that there's a lot more to choosing and using RMS measurements (and the associated filtering) than you might think. |
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PI-IPM cuts motor drive design time, risk
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2003-08-18 |
| power |
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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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| Radar fundamentals (Part 4)
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2011-09-13 |
| Read about Space Time Adaptive Processing, a class of algorithms that provides capabilities beyond that of Doppler radar processing, but has extremely high processing requirements. |
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PC technology boosting visual inspection
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2003-07-01 |
| PC technology boosting visual inspection |
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A Whole New Way To Design Backlight Inverters For Mobile Computing Applications
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2001-07-02 |
| A Whole New Way To Design Backlight Inverters For Mobile Computing Applications |
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| Build a digital FM radio
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2012-03-27 |
| Learn about a plug-and-play FM receiver that can be built using an FM receiver chip with a microcontroller or SoC. |
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An introduction to Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) (2)
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2008-10-23 |
| This second instalment on Adaptive Cruise Control looks at hardware, software and radar functionality—including handling multiple radar reflections and "ghosts." |
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Hot-swap circuits for digital comms boards
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2004-01-16 |
| POWER |
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Determining sampling rates for analog sensors
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2004-04-01 |
| Determining sampling rates for analog sensors |
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| Use power line for communication despite noisy neighbours
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2012-05-04 |
| Learn how to design applications that use the power line for communication, despite bad power supplies and the attenuation of modem signals due to transformers. |
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| Radar fundamentals (Part 5)
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2011-09-19 |
| Learn how to use FPGAs to achieve higher performance in Synthetic Aperture Radars. |
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Solving the VoIP power supply problem
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2010-01-15 |
| A power supply for VoIP phones is extremely cost-sensitive, power-loss sensitive and needs reasonable cross regulation. The C'uk converter excels in this application. |
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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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Reducing standby power consumption
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2004-03-01 |
| POWER |
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| Create sounds using analogue electronics (Part 5)
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2012-02-03 |
| The fourth instalment of this series tackles voltage-controlled amplifiers. |
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| HD DVD player pushes the performance envelope
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2007-04-01 |
| When Toshiba set out to develop a second generation of the HD-1A, it was with the intention of reducing cost of the system, not change the features. |
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Reduce power-supply effects on ADSL data rates
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2003-03-17 |
| Reduce power-supply effects on ADSL data rates |
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| A/V receiver nails cost/performance trade-off
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2007-08-13 |
| Direct Energy Amplification and Linear Temperature Compensation are two of the fundamental technological breakthroughs at the heart of the VSX1016-TXV's performance. |
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| Create sounds using analogue electronics (Part 3)
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2011-12-06 |
| The third instalment of this series provides a comprehensive discussion on envelopes. |
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