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Embedded Design

Power verification is just as important as functional ... 14/05/2013

SoCs are getting smaller and faster, but smaller node geometries leak more current and higher speed circuitry consumes more power. Yet everyone wants ...

Plug and play front end deals with high and wide ranging ... 23/04/2013

Many industrial sensors have high or wide-ranging analogue output voltages and so the industrial control and automation applications they serve often ...

The days of 8bit microcontrollers are numbered as the ... 23/04/2013

When ARM launched the Cortex-M0 core in February 2009, it had a particular market sector in mind.

Power consumption is a primary consideration in smart ... 23/04/2013

Designing loop powered field instruments with a 4 to 20mA analogue output and a HART (Highway Addressable Remote Transducer) interface within the ...

Small scale programmable logic devices offer numerous ... 09/04/2013

In the world of programmable logic, the phrase 'ultra low density' stands out starkly. The reason? Over the years, the trend has to been to create ...

Embedded PMBus simplifies complex power system ... 26/03/2013

Power system designers need to apply and remove power in a predetermined and device dependent sequence.

Making sense of mosfet datasheets 26/03/2013

An engineer once told me that he never looks at the first page of mosfet datasheets since the 'practical' information doesn't begin until page 2.

Analogue market continues to grow as demand surges 26/03/2013

There are many companies supplying analogue components to designers in a wide range of industries.

Integrating a complex guidance system into a limited space 26/02/2013

Military applications present complex electronic design challenges as manufacturers look to take advantage of the latest technologies.

Analogue control remains popular 26/02/2013

Until relatively recently, the idea of trusting system power supply control to software was viewed as potentially foolhardy. When a single bug in a ...

Capacitor split technique halves mcu energy consumption in ... 12/02/2013

Despite their sophistication, microcontrollers are increasingly found in products where they are used to accomplish relatively simple tasks.

Embedded World 2013 preview 12/02/2013

At the end of February, the embedded community will collect once more in Nuremberg for the Embedded World exhibition and conference.

Analogue and mixed signal IP designers face challenges at ... 22/01/2013

Predictions that Moore's Law cannot continue beyond the next process node have been proven false for a decade now at least for the digital world.

NE's embedded software survey shows engineers are getting ... 22/01/2013

As the power of microcontrollers grows and the number of features being designed into products increases, the software development challenge grows ...

Innovations bring higher energy density to miniature ... 08/01/2013

The electronics industry's genius for miniaturisation at the transistor level is famous. But ingenuity has also been applied to other elements and ...

Stretching the dynamic range of a/d converters 27/11/2012

Whether your application is focused on wireless communications or instrumentation, the performance bottleneck is often the dynamic range of the a/d ...

Outlook 2013: The future of analogue 23/10/2012

As we approach 2013, the mixed signal and analogue markets will unquestionably play an increasingly important role in the design and operation of ...

Outlook 2013: Are you ready for the 'Internet of Things'? 23/10/2012

Everyone is familiar with the technologies used for person to person communication, such as mobile phones and PCs, but few are as well acquainted ...

Outlook 2013: Power conversion opts for reverse swing 23/10/2012

The desire to be seen to be green is seeing the trend to lower voltages go into sharp reverse. The devices beyond the point of load (PoL) continue to ...

New Electronics Roundtable: Getting to grips with the ... 23/10/2012

Designing pcbs was at one time a sequential process. But the growth in popularity of fpgas has seen that process become more of a parallel operation.

30 years of dsp: From a point solution for powering a toy ... 09/10/2012

The beginning of 2012 marked an important anniversary, not only for the electronics industry, but also for consumers around the world. The ...

How to get all the codes from your high performance SAR a/d ... 09/10/2012

You might have specified an 18bit SAR a/d converter with a signal to noise ratio (snr) of more than 101dB, but will your design give you the ...

Long term view of embedded software development will ... 25/09/2012

Many embedded applications are developed with a limited view of the need for long term reusability, yet almost all organisations can benefit by ...

Will devices such as Freescale's Kinetis L range spell the ... 11/09/2012

For a number of reasons, 8bit mcus remain popular in a range of applications – one major reason is simply cost. But while 8 and 16bit mcus still ...

Atmel SAM4 mcu family: it's about more than just the core 11/09/2012

The progression towards more powerful microcontrollers (mcus) shows no sign of abating. Indeed, while the traditional 8bit market holds steady in ...
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