| Sensor architecture enables real-time auto emissions monitoring (Part 1)
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2012-04-23 |
| Sensors, MCUs and memory come together in an updated approach to real-time exhaust monitoring for better pollution control. |
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| Toyota Prius strip-down reveals its secrets
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2007-04-09 |
| Toyota Prius stole the spotlight at the Embedded Systems Conference, with the culmination of a multistage project that exposed the electronics and design techniques used to create one of the most advanced alternative-energy vehicles to date. |
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Using MAP and BAP sensors to improve automotive safety
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2006-12-26 |
| Sensor installation location, prevailing temperatures, pressures and environmental media determine which pressure sensor elements and package technologies should be selected. |
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Implementing discontinuous PWM in TinyDIP/SMD SPM
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2010-05-13 |
| This article investigates the use of Fairchild Semiconductor TinyDIP/SMD Motion-SPMTM (Smart Power Module) without heat sinking. |
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| Techniques for implementing haptics
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2011-08-01 |
| Find out how to ensure full and rich user experience through various haptics implementations. |
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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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Determining sampling rates for analog sensors
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2004-04-01 |
| Determining sampling rates for analog sensors |
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| Desktop scanner embraces 3D technology
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2010-11-01 |
| Here's a look inside NextEngine's low-cost, desktop 3D Scanner that creates mesh files of 3D objects for industrial design, reverse engineering, CGI and content creation vs. more expensive scanners. |
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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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Characterise power control devices
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2009-01-29 |
| Know how to accurately characterise power ICs and amps by the type of load they will be handling. |
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Managing the transition from parallel to serial storage interfaces
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2003-09-16 |
| Managing the transition from parallel to serial storage interfaces |
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Digital power management enable variable speeds in appliances
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2006-12-13 |
| This article presents a digital power management solution that enables variable speed control in consumer appliance motors. |
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| ICU acts as ringmaster of electrical conversion in Prius
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2007-05-14 |
| The inverter/converter unit (ICU) is the ringmaster of all of the electrical conversion in the Prius. |
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Field-oriented control for industrial motors
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2006-09-25 |
| Management of industrial motors' flux interrelationships using FOC and DSP can reduce its cost, size and power consumption. |
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Cut power, improve performance with brushless DC motors
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2009-08-25 |
| Here's how you can improve efficiency and cut down cost with brushless DC motors and PMSM technologies. |
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Distributed processing blocks boost processor efficiency
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2009-12-02 |
| Multiple instantiations of the same processor now share the processing burden of the applications running on the PC. Here's how you can boost processor efficiency. |
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| Implement safety features in industrial system designs
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2012-02-01 |
| Know how prequalified FPGAs save substantial time in achieving product certification as worldwide safety standard requirements become increasingly complex. |
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| Improving user/device interaction in touchscreens
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2011-08-01 |
| Here's a look at the recent developments in touchscreen technology. |
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Understand automated testing, simulation
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2009-04-28 |
| Read about the different approaches for automated testing and how they can work together synergistically. |
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Promoting safe use of C/C++
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2009-11-26 |
| C and C++ have most of the features a software development team could wish for and, in the right hands, can be used to write well laid out, structured and expressive code. In the wrong hands, this flexibility can lead to perverse and extremely hard to understand code. |
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| Controllers keep dual motors humming
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2007-05-14 |
| Toyota's Prius can be considered to have two engine controllers: one for the traditional, 1.5-liter gasoline engine and another for the electric motors used to power the car alternatively. |
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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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MCUs zoom into power steering apps
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2009-07-23 |
| Here's an overview of the latest generation of Power Architecture-based MCUs and describes how they are used in power steering applications. |
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Simulation reveals embedded-algorithm behavior
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2001-06-01 |
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Improve accuracy in current measurements
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2004-12-16 |
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The power of Unified Modeling Language class diagrams
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2003-11-17 |
| The power of Unified Modeling Language class diagrams |
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| Sensor architecture enables real-time auto emissions monitoring (Part 2)
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2012-04-30 |
| Learn about the communications between the emissions monitoring system, the driver and the sensor array. |
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Make a PI controller on an 8-bit micro
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2006-01-02 |
| Normally the domain of more expensive 16- and 32-bit chips, PI controllers are useful in all sorts of industrial applications. Here's a practical way to implement a PI controller on a low-cost 8-bit chip. |
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| Simplify automotive power steering design
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2012-02-15 |
| Read about the design of a control system featuring a microcontroller plus ASIC or microcontroller plus programmable logic SoC for an automotive electric power steering system. |
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SMD package for power MOSFETs
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2009-04-09 |
| Know the advantages of surface-mounted device packages over through hole ones for power MOSFETs. |
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