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From little acorns |
08/03/2010
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| It shouldn't be underestimated just how valuable free software has become. |
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Core to the fore |
08/03/2010
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| What's so special about Intel's Core i7 processor and why is it finding a lot of industrial applications? |
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Powering change |
23/02/2010
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| The challenges of the EuP Directive and some potential solutions |
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Let there be light |
09/02/2010
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| A reference design for a power supply that supports more energy efficient lighting. |
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Keep in control |
11/01/2010
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Timing is everything |
11/01/2010
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| Choosing the right components, such as the clocking solution, can be as important as processor selection |
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Can I get a Witnesss? |
07/12/2009
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| Defining a system architecture for wireless data collection in aerospace applications. |
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Speaking of success: Mouser Electronics |
07/12/2009
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| Mouser Electronics is one of the fastest growing catalogue and web based distributors in the world, dedicated to customer focused distribution through the rapid introduction of the newest products and leading edge technologies. |
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The road to 40G |
23/11/2009
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| More bandwidth hungry applications means network providers must move quickly to 40Gbit/s systems. |
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Engineering portable power |
23/11/2009
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| Providing mobility in a product can provide additional revenue and open new markets beyond the scope of fixed applications. A good example of this is the portable ultrasound market. |
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LCDs – Monitors for the digital low-energy society |
19/11/2009
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There is virtually no other display technology that is so flexible and versatile in its application as lcd technology. Various technical designs mean that it can be optimised for a whole range of application areas.
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Supply and demand |
10/11/2009
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| Smaller, more efficient and cooler: the trends in system power. |
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Outlook 2010: Innovate for the upturn |
28/10/2009
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| Get more from your measurements
In today's tough economic climate, it's never been more difficult to justify investment in capital equipment. In fact, in many organisations, approval for investment is now going to Senior VP, CFO and, in some cases, CEO and board level. |
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Analyse this |
27/10/2009
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| Given the state of the economy and tightening budgets, purchasing the right piece of communications test equipment can become a highly strategic decision. |
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Seeing the light |
12/10/2009
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| According to the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), the global photonics market exceeds $600billion within a multitude of applications, so how can designers tap its full potential? |
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The integration imperative |
18/09/2009
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| In today's high mobility society, the car is becoming just another connected device in the web. The driver expects to access the same information in their vehicle as they do in all other areas of life. These expectations will not be met without a significant contribution from electronics. |
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Test gets real |
18/09/2009
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| System test complexity is increasing. An obvious statement, perhaps, but the fact is that, as products become more complex and time to market pressures increase, making sure the product does what it says on the label is paramount. |
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Lean, mean NPD machine |
07/09/2009
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| We've all heard of lean manufacturing, but why shouldn't the same principles apply to design? |
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The butterfly effect |
07/09/2009
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| A MEMS based display takes advantage of the phenomenon that makes a butterfly's wings shimmer. |
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Clocking is critical |
10/08/2009
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| Frequency management will play an important role if Ethernet is to be applied successfully in synchronous networks. |
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In good shape |
27/07/2009
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| UK electronics is in good shape and capitalising on the nation's 'can do' engineering heritage. |
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One step at a time |
27/07/2009
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| The work underway to boost skills is taking a step by step approach. |
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Is new standard a plus? |
13/07/2009
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| With many backplane standards already in existence, why is another being developed? |
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Digital power gets a boost |
22/06/2009
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| While the profile of digitally controlled power supplies is rising, it could remain a high end option for a while. |
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Pin fin heat sinks point the way to more efficient cooling |
08/06/2009
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| In recent years, increases in processing power mean advanced semiconductor devices now dissipate astounding levels of power. For many applications, cooling these devices has become a major challenge. Older style heat sinks are often inadequate for cooling newer, hotter running components. |
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Through a glass, brightly |
26/05/2009
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| By combining touchscreen functionality with mirrored glass, a multitude of new applications are possible |
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Testing times? |
26/05/2009
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| There is probably no market sector immune from the need to provide more and more features in a product at ever decreasing prices. And embedded test and measurement is following this trend. |
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Attractive technology |
26/05/2009
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| Josef Janisch, senior product marketing manager, austriamicrosystems looks at enhancing the resolution of robust magnetic motion sensors |
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Displaying innovation |
26/05/2009
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| One of the projects being pursued at Microsoft Research's Cambridge lab is SecondLight, a surface computing technology that can project images and detect gestures in mid air, as well as detecting interactions on the display's surface. |
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FPGAs back design call |
26/05/2009
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| Sanctioning the development of an assp is a tough call for the ceo of a telecom chip company. Given the depressed marketplace, an expensive chip design project only makes sense if telecom equipment makers commit to using your planned ic |
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The missing link? |
08/05/2009
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| The benefits of regular 'standard' boundary scan testing are well known and the technique is most closely associated with structural tests. Less well known is the role which boundary scan can play in functional tests. |
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Cool solutions for enclosures |
27/04/2009
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| Sooner or later, a design has to be enclosed and what form that enclosure takes is dependent upon the application. |
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Express delivery |
14/04/2009
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| FedEx is the world’s largest express transportation company, but the range of goods which FedEx ships can expose its planes to danger - therefore designing a fire suppression system required reliable prototyping tools. |
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Improving engineering management |
14/04/2009
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| Engineering is multidisciplinary and can therefore benefit from 'consolidated thinking'. With with the advent of computer aided engineering, the development landscape has evolved into a more homogenous environment. |
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Testing times for LTE |
14/04/2009
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| It's widely acknowledged that Long Term Evolution (LTE) is the inevitable next step in radio communications and should be available commercially in 2010. That means test issues need to be addressed sooner, rather than later. |
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Chilling out |
09/03/2009
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| One common question with serial RapidIO (sRIO) boards is how to support hot swap. Generically speaking, hot swapping should be easy – simply insert or remove the hardware, with some expectation that data transmission will restart. |
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Open for business |
09/03/2009
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| Designers can now choose from a range of open source operating systems. |
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A cluster of expertise |
23/02/2009
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| The move towards the use of colour TFT LCDs in automotive applications is long established. Drivers and passengers have become comfortable with their use in the cabin and on the console, through the proliferation of products such as GPS and in car entertainment. |
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Bringing a boost |
23/02/2009
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| Automotive applications benefit from multiphase boosters. |
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Another dimension |
23/02/2009
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| 3d television comes of age as the electronics industry sets its sights on 50 year old technology. |
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Power for change |
23/02/2009
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| The benefits of digital dc/dc conversion in MicroTCA power modules. |
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Powering efficiency |
09/02/2009
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| Power is becoming an increasingly important design consideration, no matter where you sit in the electronics industry. |
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Hands off technology? |
27/01/2009
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| Will life begin at 40 for the computer mouse, or are we already looking at its demise? |
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Faster delivery |
27/01/2009
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| How intelligent display platforms can speed delivery of enhanced user interfaces. |
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Clear opportunities |
13/01/2009
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| How transparent electronics may boost the displays and solar energy markets. |
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Medical marvel |
05/12/2008
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| Could the latest technologies provide more accurate breast cancer screening? |
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Maximising memory |
28/10/2008
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| When is an oscilloscope not an oscilloscope? When it becomes a combination of a vector signal analyser, spectrum analyser and digital oscilloscope. |
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Boosting bandwidth |
24/10/2008
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| Optical integration set to drive communications to the next level. |
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On your marks |
24/10/2008
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| ORing systems keep redundant power supplies ready to spring into action. |
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Making a display |
22/09/2008
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| Single chip designs for optimal in car display systems. |
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Testing times |
22/09/2008
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| What are the benefits and challenges of outsourcing the test function? |
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Beyond the boundary |
22/09/2008
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| SJTAG is not yet a standard, but there’s a compelling case for it to become one. |
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Improve your image! |
08/09/2008
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| Hardware based algorithms ensure optimum brightness and colour reproduction |
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Born and bred |
08/09/2008
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| Will ‘new kid on the block’ MicroTCA be mature enough to eventually outgrow its older ATCA sibling? |
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Take up takes off |
08/09/2008
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| New markets demanding high availability systems with minimum downtime are a ‘steal’ for the ATCA and MicroTCA sector. |
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Another dimension |
08/08/2008
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| Feeling the squeeze? Flexible printed circuits can offer a new dimension to designers looking to make savings in space and weight. By Keith Netting. |
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Plans on the table |
08/08/2008
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| Every project needs some means of charting its progress. By Graham Cooke. |
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Sum of the parts |
21/07/2008
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| Don’t get a complex; software is set to make system design and test much easier. By Mike Richardson. |
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Ride that wave! |
18/07/2008
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| Surf’s up for the communications industry – the next technological wave is about to break. By Mike Richardson. |
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Redesign or retrofit? |
03/07/2008
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| Looking backwards to go forward. The trend towards retrofit backplane connectors. By Adrian Hyner. |
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Finders of the lost RF |
03/07/2008
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| Demanding communications test environments are holding out for hero to unearth the hidden problems created by digital rf. By Mike Richardson. |
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FPGA opens the way |
20/06/2008
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| Distributors turn to fpgas for industrial reference designs. By Graham Pitcher. |
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Within REACH |
06/06/2008
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| Don’t panic! The latest regulation to reach our industry is designed to protect our health. By Mike Richardson. |
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Testing times |
06/06/2008
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| Test system development isn’t as easy as your boss may think. By Bob Dean and Calvin Erickson. |
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Cool running |
06/06/2008
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| How thermal simulation can reduce ic cost by comparing flip chip/wire bond thermal performance. By Mark Patterson. |
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Wider angle, wider choice |
23/05/2008
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| New techniques in lcd panels can help system designers avoid the wrangles of narrow viewing angles. By Mike Richardson. |
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Guiding lights |
09/05/2008
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| Solution providers shed light on the growth opportunities available for LED lighting. By Mike Richardson. |
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The code enforcer |
08/05/2008
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| Want to prevent software bugs from entering your system? Then ask the question: Do you feel lucky, bug? Well, do you? By Mike Richardson. |
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Design freedom |
08/05/2008
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| The designer’s imagination really can run wild with thin leds and printed lightguides. By Iain Kyle. |
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The big squeeze |
18/04/2008
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| How the latest high power interconnect solutions can help designers out of a tight spot. By Mike Richardson. |
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Keeping them apart! |
18/04/2008
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| How hypervisors help to handle multiple operating systems. By Graham Pitcher. |
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Boxing clever |
18/04/2008
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| Set top box maker TVonics discusses its evolving strategy for system test. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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In safe hands |
09/04/2008
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| Migrating products from design to manufacture in a high mix environment. By Steve Davies. |
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Get real! |
20/03/2008
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| Faced with a blank piece of paper, how can the systems engineer help customers to meet their design goals? By Mike Richardson. |
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Aerial views |
20/03/2008
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| There’s more to MIMO device testing than meets the eye. By Jonathan Borrill. |
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Focusing on flaws |
20/03/2008
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| Advanced static analysis for testing embedded software. By Paul Anderson. |
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Ahead of the game |
20/03/2008
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| How wireless solutions are helping gaming machine manufacturers to come up trumps! By Mike Richardson. |
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Blade runner |
07/03/2008
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| Why blade servers can give you the edge in the thrust for increased processing power from smaller rack sizes. By Mike Richardson. |
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Healing light |
07/03/2008
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| Groundbreaking led based therapies are poised to bring some light relief to those suffering from a variety of medical complaints. By Mike Richardson. |
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Vision on |
08/02/2008
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| Telepresence, the latest generation of videoconferencing, is gaining credibility amongst business users. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Proof of concept |
08/02/2008
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| How the latest reference designs can help you to avoid reinventing the wheel. By Mike Richardson. |
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Hard and soft |
08/02/2008
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| How a real time extension helps harden up the Windows operating platform. By Graham Pitcher. |
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A different view |
18/01/2008
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| How P-OLEDs are enabling the next generation of video display devices. By Professor Ian Underwood. |
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Getting up to speed |
18/01/2008
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| It’s more than just a race against time when it comes to getting new product introductions to market quickly. By Mike Richardson. |
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Sniffing out the bugs |
04/01/2008
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| The benefits of trace – can a modern trace debug tool replace an emulator? By Thomas Wagner. |
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Man and machine |
04/01/2008
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| Technology trends suggest the relationship between man and machine is not lost, yet. By Vanessa Knivett |
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Screening out problems |
04/01/2008
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| Phase noise testing of phased array antenna modules. By Guillaume De Giovanni. |
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Improving your image |
07/12/2007
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| How standards based systems are enabling affordable video processing. By Michael Reunert. |
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In the pipeline |
07/12/2007
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| Meeting the challenges of monitoring a gas pipeline 850m below the North Sea. By Mike Richardson. |
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A system of systems |
23/11/2007
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| How the best laid plans within an organisation can be kept 'plane' and simple! By Mike Richardson. |
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Into the mix |
23/11/2007
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| The advantages of using an MSO to debug mcu and/or dsp based mixed signal designs. |
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Your move! |
23/11/2007
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| How board support packages help to avoid the stalemate of hardware versus software compatibility. By Mike Richardson. |
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All for one |
09/11/2007
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| How the latest Jtag interfaces can be a useful ally in the fight to cut development time. By Mike Richardson. |
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Feed me! |
19/10/2007
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| Power hungry technology continues to make the job of reducing global energy consumption harder than ever. By Mike Richardson. |
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Let battle commence |
24/09/2007
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| The digital signage market has become a battleground between plasma and lcd technologies. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Age of information |
07/09/2007
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| How the latest display controller interfaces are enabling users to drive multiple displays from a single pc. By Mike Richardson. |
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Debugging demystified? |
03/09/2007
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| A move to link designers with the shop floor is set to ease the debug process. |
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Breaking down barriers |
03/09/2007
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| There are moves to bring Jtag emulation and boundary scan closer together. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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On the same page |
14/08/2007
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| How engineering management software tools help to keep everyone singing from the same song sheet. By Mike Richardson. |
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Meet your maker |
14/08/2007
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| How collaboration with the contract manufacturer early in the design process can be a relationship made in heaven. By Mike Richardson. |
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Screen test |
14/08/2007
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| Can handheld video quality meet the expectations of discerning users? By Dr Thomas Wirschem. |
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The cutting edge |
13/08/2007
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| Competition in the open standards based blade market is heating up with the move to 10Gbit/s. By Roy Rubenstein. |
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Get the message |
20/07/2007
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| As mobile communications technology converges, designers need to be increasingly adept at adaptation. By Mike Richardson. |
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An innovation hotbed |
20/07/2007
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| Is it hot in here or is it me? How innovation helps system designers radiate less heat and boost efficiency. By Mike Richardson. |
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REDI for VPX? |
09/07/2007
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| Military and aerospace are early adopters of VPX, but will the technology find broader application? By Graham Pitcher. |
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Hot predictions |
09/07/2007
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| Why today’s system designers prefer software for thermal management predictions instead of a crystal ball! By Mike Richardson. |
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New flavour, cool taste |
09/07/2007
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| How designers are staying cool by developing a taste for metal substrates that remove heat from pcb mounted leds. By Mike Richardson. |
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Built to last |
09/07/2007
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| New telecoms and networking architectures are evolving fast. But are the ATCA and MicroTCA standards built to last? By Mike Richardson. |
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Thinking out the box |
09/07/2007
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| Whatever the application and technology, communications test and measurement providers are boxing clever. By Mike Richardson. |
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Until the pips squeak |
22/06/2007
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| Have power supply manufacturers wrung the last drop of efficiency from their designs? By Mike Richardson. |
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On balance … |
22/06/2007
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| … test and measurement is tipping towards a software based approach. By Graham Pitcher. |
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Alive and kicking |
18/05/2007
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| Despite appearances to the contrary, the mono lcd is still the best solution in many applications. By Jim Hemsley. |
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Right here, right now |
04/05/2007
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| Today’s customers want it all – right now. But increased innovation escalates the complexity of the development process. By Mike Richardson. |
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Many OS hats... |
20/04/2007
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| ... but only one processor core on which to hang them. By Philip Ling. |
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Simulate the missing link |
20/04/2007
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| Test companies are stimulating innovative design by simulating real world operating conditions. By Mike Richardson. |
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Life in the fast lane |
05/04/2007
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| PCIexpress is fast emerging as one of the frontrunners in providing new possibilities to design products. Mike Richardson reports. |
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Mine, all mine! |
05/04/2007
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| IP is a valuable asset in today’s knowledge economy. So how can you protect it? By Vanessa Knivett. |
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The chain gang |
23/03/2007
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| Boundary scan test is a must for designers using fpgas and cplds. By Dominic Plunkett. |
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The big picture |
23/03/2007
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| SysML tools are helping system architects to sketch out the big picture. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Photonics the future |
12/03/2007
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| Silicon photonics set to enable ‘terascale’ communications. By Graham Pitcher. |
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Bringing better visibility |
12/03/2007
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| Advanced test is moving into the hands of mainstream embedded designers. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Bandwidth booster |
09/03/2007
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| Critical embedded systems demand performance and bandwidth. By Graham Pitcher. |
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Getting on board |
09/03/2007
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| Although designed primarily for comms applications, MicroTCA may prove attractive in other markets. By Graham Pitcher. |
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The future now |
26/02/2007
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| The relentless demand for smaller, higher efficiency power supplies continues unabated. By Mike Richardson |
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Automate to innovate |
26/02/2007
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| Industrial Ethernet can provide a communications backbone for your organisation – from the shop floor to the top floor. By Mike Richardson. |
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Unleashing USB |
09/02/2007
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| Reference design portfolio aims to speed Certified Wireless USB product development. By Graham Pitcher. |
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Backlight the future? |
22/01/2007
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| LED backlights are poised to make the transition to large format displays. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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What’s up Doc? |
19/01/2007
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| How to ease the board level diagnosis problem. |
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The ATCA effect |
12/12/2006
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| ATCA is bringing changes in end user markets and suppliers alike. |
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Resolving trade offs |
24/10/2006
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| Developments in switch mode technology are resolving the long standing trade off between efficiency and emc. By Andy Skinner. |
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Up to the challenge? |
24/10/2006
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| With the shift from 2G to 3G and plans moving ahead for 4G, wireless technology is providing new challenges for test vendors. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Maps not needed |
09/10/2006
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| You won’t get lost finding your way around this reference design. By Haakon Skar. |
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A dream of a display? |
06/10/2006
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| With the evolution from silicon on glass to the system lcd, is the concept of a computer on screen yet achievable? By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Scanning solution |
22/09/2006
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| Boundary scan meets Ethernet developer’s design and manufacturing needs. |
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Taking a closer look |
12/09/2006
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| Enhancing visibility in fpga prototypes and emulation systems for easier debug. |
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Viva electronics! |
08/08/2006
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| Celebrating the many achievements made by electronics engineers could be key to making electronics seem a more attractive career path to students. By Elaine Essery. |
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Juggling WIP |
08/08/2006
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| Keeping the balls in the air with engineering information management systems. By Dave Wiens. |
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Putting out a contract |
08/08/2006
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| More companies are doing it, but what’s involved in outsourcing manufacture? By Graham Pitcher. |
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Reverse engineered? |
21/07/2006
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| System level considerations often provide the starting point for the design cycle. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Lucky seven? |
11/07/2006
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| The seven layer model provides a great basis for network test. By Luis Hernandez. |
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Take a card |
11/07/2006
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| Mezzanine cards add mileage to modularity. By Herbert Erd. |
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Lucky seven? |
07/07/2006
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| The seven layer model provides a great basis for network test. By Luis Hernandez. |
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The innovation game |
23/06/2006
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| How Scientific Generics creates the conditions for successful innovation. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Got it covered … |
23/06/2006
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| Digital power monitors for blade systems are an indicator of a wider demand for power monitoring. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Going the distance |
23/06/2006
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| As scopes get more capable, do logic analysers still have ‘the legs’? By Graham Pitcher. |
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My best friend! |
13/06/2006
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| Are we bringing new meaning to man to machine communications? By David Boothroyd. |
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Got it covered … |
08/06/2006
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| Reference designs spur the first stages of Wimax roll out. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Putting on the squeeze |
18/05/2006
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| How to get the most from batteries in portable products. By Jürgen Neuhäusler. |
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Take it outside |
18/05/2006
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| Photonic technology to boost outdoor image quality. By Rhett Evans. |
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A mobile bookshelf |
09/05/2006
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| There’s more to electronic books than meets the eye. Nevertheless, the technology is about to hit the mainstream. By Graham Pitcher. |
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Finding fault |
08/05/2006
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| Boundary scan tools have shaved days, if not weeks, off the development phase of a wireless platform. By Jonathan Healy and Dominic Plunkett. |
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Perfect performance |
21/04/2006
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| Cooperation between design and manufacturing is the key to making products ‘right first time’. By Jose Ramon Novoa. |
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Power for change |
10/04/2006
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| Power management developers have work to be done. By Paul Dempsey. |
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Managing complexity |
10/04/2006
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| PLM is finding wider application as complexity grows. By Graham Pitcher. |
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Fancy a ride? |
28/03/2006
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| The days of two buses coming along at once could be over, at least in London. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Don’t box me in |
24/03/2006
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| Is it time to say ‘no’ to open systems? By Philip Ling. |
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Express delivery |
09/03/2006
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| What does CompactPCI Express bring to the backplane and board mix? By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Seeing the light |
09/03/2006
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| How the need for smaller, higher performance light sensors has driven the development of specialised packaging. By Oleg Steciw. |
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Up to the job? |
09/03/2006
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| Are ’scopes up to the challenge being set by high speed complex designs? By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Taking the system view |
23/02/2006
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| The factors involved in effective system level power management. By Mark Davidson and Werner Berns. |
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A tailored approach |
14/02/2006
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| It’s time to take control as a new era for lighting beckons. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Cultivating clusters |
24/01/2006
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| Southern Poland is fast developing a reputation for electronics engineering and design skills. By Louise Joselyn. |
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Fingering a problem |
19/01/2006
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| Capacitive touchscreens could become the dominant technology for finger based input on portable devices. By Hal Philipp. |
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Into the valley |
09/01/2006
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| Exploring quasi resonant – or valley – switching in flyback power supply design. By Carl Walding. |
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Will i2010 flag? |
08/12/2005
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| The EU will be the world’s most dynamic and competitive economy by 2010 – if the i2010 programme delivers. By Graham Pitcher. |
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Fancy an extension? |
08/12/2005
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| The constant drive to smaller, faster, cheaper has brought about an explosion in mezzanine standards. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Open all hours? |
16/11/2005
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| High availability shouldn’t mean unavailability. By Philip Ling. |
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A matter of scale |
07/10/2005
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| Adaptive voltage scaling helps to solve power consumption problems. By Olivier Wilms. |
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Look, no wires! |
07/10/2005
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| Making wires history for stereo headphones. By Luke D’Arcy. |
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No snooping allowed! |
23/09/2005
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| Switchable lcds allow users to shield the screen or share the view. By Sven Stegemann. |
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The ‘in’ thing |
13/09/2005
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| Has on chip instrumentation come of age? By Vanessa Knivett. |
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A breed apart |
04/08/2005
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| Difficult to fathom and unwieldy to use, will logic analysers ever become redundant? By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Testing times |
04/08/2005
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| There’s more to setting up a VoIP network than you might think. By Kevin Redmond. |
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Building in a virtual world |
04/08/2005
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| Are virtual systems prototypes the answer to truly reusable design platforms? By Linda Prowse Fosler. |
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Jumping through hoops |
25/07/2005
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| Systems engineers are jumping through ever smaller hoops to meet demands for high speed and high density data in tighter timescales. By Vanessa Knivett |
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Jumping through hoops |
25/07/2005
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| Systems engineers are jumping through ever smaller hoops to meet demands for high speed and high density data in tighter timescales. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Power tussle? |
11/07/2005
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| Electromechanical versus solid state. Is the relay debate a done deal? By Vanessa Knivett. |
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The right fabric |
11/07/2005
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| Which communications method is best for AdvancedTCA? By Dave Halliday and Shreekant Raivadera. |
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Powerful intelligence |
23/06/2005
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| The release of the first version of PMBus signals a new generation of intelligent power sources. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Lost and now found? |
23/06/2005
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| Whilst software developers rush to provide more organised and efficient approaches to verification, design engineers seem to be rediscovering ‘lost’ languages. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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How low can you go? |
10/06/2005
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| The latest power management techniques are lowering portable device power consumption for those in the know. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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The game’s up |
10/06/2005
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| Wireless telemetry gets a boost. By Philip Ling. |
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Passive potential |
20/05/2005
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| HP is taking a different approach to most when it comes to creating low cost, high quality displays. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Bridging the divide |
05/05/2005
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| An alternative silicon debug methodology promises to bridge the gap between system validation engineers and silicon designers. By Yu-Chin Hsu and Robert Ruiz. |
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From cradle to grave |
07/04/2005
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| From WEEE to knowledge management; there’s a range of reasons why you should be looking at product life cycle management. By Graham Pitcher. |
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Power struggles |
17/03/2005
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| Once the vision of the future, 42V electrics are being pushed aside by developments in hybrid engine technology. By Graham Pitcher. |
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What’s in the box? |
17/03/2005
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| Filling in the boxes on a clean sheet of paper requires disciplined systems. By Graham Pitcher. |
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Breaking out ... |
17/03/2005
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| There’s a new instrument standard in development. Could it change the basis on which test equipment is bought? By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Avoiding avalanches |
04/03/2005
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| How to determine if a power mosfet can stand the heat. By Sungmo Young. |
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Integrity matters |
04/03/2005
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| Backplane design is evolving in response to the challenges of high data rate fabric requirements, placing high demand on signal integrity. By Martin Blake. |
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Signed, sealed, delivered |
14/02/2005
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| The concept of a ‘one stop shop’ is being extended through the reference design. By Philip Ling. |
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A green partnership |
11/02/2005
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| Are environmental design practices gradually taking effect? By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Displays heat up |
03/02/2005
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| There’s a variety of emerging displays hot on the heels of tfts, but are they ‘hot to trot’? By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Is there a bug in your box? |
10/01/2005
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| The digital broadcast market is undergoing dramatic change. But can designers keep up at the debug stage? By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Sacking the plug |
16/11/2004
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| Power over Ethernet is fast gaining the reputation that it’s the only way of bringing power and data over one cable to networked devices. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Bridging the divide |
16/11/2004
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| How bridges and switches can link tomorrow with yesterday. By Graham Pitcher. |
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Designed to please |
05/11/2004
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| Can user centred design make a difference? By Vanessa Knivett. |
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It is rocket science |
05/11/2004
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| Multi gigabit transceivers exploit distortion for their own gains. By Philip Ling. |
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Rent or buy? |
22/10/2004
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| Making the decision between buying or renting high value test equipment can be a balancing act. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Reading the meter |
22/10/2004
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| Measuring power consumption of low power devices and systems. By Peter Lancaster. |
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Keeping watch |
08/10/2004
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| Supervisors in multi voltage systems. By Greg Sutterlin. |
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The big squeeze |
27/09/2004
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| The pressure is on to find more efficient, smaller and more environmentally friendly ways of powering portable devices. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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A question of bandwidth |
10/09/2004
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| A new project beckons requiring more bandwidth than your old oscilloscope can provide. But just how much bandwidth do you really need? By Art Porter. |
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Hard to put a finger on ... |
06/08/2004
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| Simulating buttons and switches by combining vibration, pressure and sound is making automotive multimedia easier to handle. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Keeping your cool |
06/08/2004
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| Nanotechnology, air jets and water droplets are all possible cooling technologies for the future. By Graham Pitcher. |
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A work of art? |
09/07/2004
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| Validating the first VME renaissance ‘masterpiece’. By Sally Wolfe. |
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Putting on the squeeze |
21/06/2004
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| It’s not only mobile ’phones that require super efficient power sources. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Weaving a new fabric |
04/06/2004
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| New backplane architectures speed data transmission. By Dave Bowring. |
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Conservation area |
04/06/2004
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| By extending your ability to save power in your current implementation, would you delay moving to the next silicon generation if you could? By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Flexing muscles |
07/05/2004
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| Test equipment manufacturers are strengthening their links with general purpose users, bringing them an array of benefits. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Is ‘air’ typing the future? |
26/04/2004
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| Will virtual keyboards be the answer to the well known bottleneck of mobile computing devices, text entry? By Vanessa Knivett. |
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A smoother ride |
26/04/2004
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| Simple methods reduce input ripple for all charge pumps. By Andy Fewster. |
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A cut above the rest |
18/03/2004
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| VITA46 may at first glance be something just for the eyes of avionics systems builders, but it points to wider industry trends. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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All done by mirrors |
18/03/2004
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| One of the latest attempts to create a 3d display uses a collection of mirrors. By Graham Pitcher. |
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Freshly made |
18/03/2004
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| Battery packs deserve more respect, as they move further up the priority list. By Philip Ling. |
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Avoiding total recall |
23/02/2004
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| Product recall is an unwanted and costly exercise, underlining the importance of seeking compliance advice from the initial design stage. By Andrew Was. |
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Power to your elbow |
30/01/2004
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| Simplifying power module selection. By Andrea Gorgerino and Alberto Guerra. |
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Automotive double take |
22/01/2004
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| The automotive industry is taking a renewed interest in the head up display. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Forming an opinion |
12/01/2004
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| The PrPMC form factor is changing the way in which test and measurement applications are designed. By Lewis Zook. |
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Bright light |
07/11/2003
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| An efficient approach to driving white leds in lcd backlight applications. By Gareth Henson. |
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Feel the force |
07/11/2003
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| Force feedback technologies are finding broader market appeal. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Spreading it around |
10/10/2003
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| Are power requirements constricting design parameters? By Philip Ling. |
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Seeing is believing |
10/10/2003
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| Miniature display technology holds huge potential for tomorrow’s electronic devices. By Graham Pitcher. |
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Time waits for no man |
05/09/2003
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| With engineers now having to cope with multiple signals at very fast signal rates, how is test hardware meeting their needs? By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Test at the edge |
05/09/2003
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| Boundary scan test capabilities come of age. By Mark Holdaway. |
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Right by design? |
11/08/2003
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| The ubiquity of Ethernet masks the complexity beneath it, as network traffic reaches data rates of 10Gb. By Philip Ling. |
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It's all GUI |
11/08/2003
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| With visual interfaces becoming more popular, more capable gui development tools are needed. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Keeping in charge |
19/06/2003
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| A low cost, but widely applicable, circuit for lithium ion battery charging. By Ross Bannatyne. |
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A graphical approach |
19/06/2003
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| What does UML 2.0 bring to the graphical modelling landscape? By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Probing for a solution |
23/05/2003
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| How is probe development keeping pace with the demands placed by today’s high frequency designs. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Preaching to the converted |
09/05/2003
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| DC/DC converter technology is developing to address the electronics mainstream. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Powering down |
04/04/2003
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| Minimising power consumption has become a hot discussion topic. By Brent Rowe, Jeff Corbin and Ken Murphy. |
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Strike a light |
04/04/2003
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| Display backlighting solutions abound, but which suits your application? By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Design for all |
07/02/2003
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| By following inclusive design principles, the user experience can be improved for disabled and able bodied users alike. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Taking a lead |
29/01/2003
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| How are T&M companies meeting demand for more bandwidth for less bucks? By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Shifting down a gear |
14/01/2003
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| Embedded processors learn to ease off in order to conserve power. By Philip Ling. |
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Shaken, but not stirred |
06/12/2002
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| What options are available to those designing systems for extreme environments? By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Powering efficient solutions |
08/11/2002
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| Tighter digital design rules mean tougher challenges for power supply designers. By Mathew Jacob and John Fairbanks. |
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Plastic, fantastic! |
04/10/2002
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| Developing the displays for tomorrow’s consumer products. By Graham Pitcher. |
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What’s in the box |
04/10/2002
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| Lowering the cost of powering terrestrial digital tv. By Dr. Iain Mosely. |
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Migrating test |
06/09/2002
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| To what extent are instrumentation companies making it easier for the electronics design engineer to migrate test-in-design procedures through to test-in-manufacture? By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Large scale verification |
09/08/2002
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| Test tools help short circuit the ramp up to production, for complex systems on chip. By Paul Rowbottom. |
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A touch of class |
09/08/2002
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| Touchscreens are beginning to enter the data entry mainstream. By Graham Pitcher. |
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Are you being served |
21/06/2002
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| Has online support improved the life of the electronic designer? By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Brick by brick |
21/06/2002
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| Power density and efficiency are two measurements of success for many dc/dc converters, but often mutually exclusive. But a breakthrough in transformer technology could change all that. By Philip Ling. |
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Proof of concept |
10/06/2002
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| Proving a system specification through verification component development. By Darren Galpin. |
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Going inside |
24/05/2002
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| Interactive tv is creating testing times for those databroadcasters choosing to follow the DVB iTV format. By Richard Hall. |
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Potted power poser |
10/05/2002
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| Open frame or potted power module? By Frank Liang, Karl Wolf, Joseph Thottuvelil and George Alameel. |
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Taking out a contract |
05/04/2002
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| Contract manufacturers are turning into strategic partners. By Eric Russell. |
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A touching image |
05/04/2002
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| Make sure your display doesn’t limit your imagination. By Steve Mitchell. |
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Keeping your enemies closer |
22/03/2002
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| Without strategic partnerships between competitors, technology would develop a lot slower. By Philip Ling. |
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A sense of purpose |
22/03/2002
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| A strategic partnership has brought a sensor device to volume production more quickly than the developer could have done it alone. By Graham Pitcher. |
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Making a display |
12/03/2002
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| How to avoid problems when designing in lcds. By Manfred Wittmeir. |
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Bolt on beats bugs |
25/02/2002
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| Overcoming the adverse effects of abstraction. By Peter Davy. |
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All for one, one for all |
25/02/2002
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| Taking a product from concept to reality poses engineering management challenges, particularly for start ups. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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When things hot up |
07/02/2002
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| Thermal management in CompactPCI systems. By Ken DuBois and David Bowring. |
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Keep it down! |
07/02/2002
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| The technology behind one of the most critical but neglected power chain devices. By Mick Burgoyne. |
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The power to control |
04/01/2002
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| The latest discrete igbts are bringing performance boosts in 1200V applications. By Hans-Jürgen Widler. |
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Three horse race |
04/01/2002
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| Will wireless front ends demand cmos amplifiers for cost efficiency over GaAs, or will SiGe take first place? By Philip Ling |
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Designing for others |
25/09/2001
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| Managing your own design project is hard enough, but what issues must you consider when managing others? By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Cool design |
12/09/2001
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| When it comes to cooling, every application has its own requirement. So how do you specify a fan to cool a power supply? By Andy Bryars and Ian Macleod. |
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Necessity is the mother of adoption |
12/09/2001
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| Efficiency is no longer the primary issue for dc/dc converters, it is thermal management that makes the difference. By Philip Ling. |
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New for old |
14/08/2001
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| How to overcome the physical challenges of adding adsl to pots. By Philip Ling. |
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What's the point? |
09/07/2001
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| Innovative input devices for portable products. By Vanessa Knivett. |
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Skipping a beat |
11/06/2001
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| Could you satisfy all your frequency needs with a single device? By Graham Pitcher. |
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Good designs don't feel the heat |
18/05/2001
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| Thermal analysis tools continue to develop while materials improve a little, but the laws of physics remain the same. By Tom Shelley. |
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Testing for high speed communications |
16/05/2001
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| Mobile ’phones, the internet and e-commerce continue to drive the demand for more and more bandwidth and higher and higher data rates. The bandwidth demand has also created a market for test equipment for the new high speed technology. By Andy Dawes. |
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Site for sore eyes |
13/02/2001
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| The displays industry deserves its own portal, claims web trader. By Graham Pitcher. |
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Give me a break |
22/01/2001
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| Technology brings higher functionality to optical time domain reflectometers. By Graham Pitcher. |
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