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Embedded Design

Mixed signal asics meet cost and performance targets 24/01/2012

Custom analogue/mixed signal asics are economical at comparatively low volumes, with affordable non recoverable engineering (NRE) costs, meaning a ...

Advanced technology ics cut all current paths to achieve ... 24/01/2012

With standby power consumption representing a significant proportion of electricity consumed around the world, standards for no load performance are ...

In-target test automation set to boost embedded software ... 10/01/2012

Releasing a product with bugs is potentially very expensive, especially when the cost of field upgrades, recalls and repairs are considered. Less ...

Start up takes power switching technology out of university ... 13/12/2011

There is an amazing amount of fundamental technology research undertaken in UK universities. But getting that work into the hands of entrepreneurs ...

Gallium nitride based devices set to bring substantial ... 13/12/2011

Gallium nitride has long been known to have useful properties when it comes to electronic components. Even so, its application has largely been ...

EV battery management essential for desired lifetime and ... 22/11/2011

For hybrid (HEV) and full electric vehicles (EVs), Li-Ion batteries offer the best trade off of power, energy density, efficiency and environmental ...

Using good power supply design to help save the climate 08/11/2011

Economic and environmental factors are playing an ever increasing role in the drive to reduce the power consumption of electronic equipment.

Programmable mixed signal device looks to mop up utility ... 11/10/2011

In the mid 1990s, there was a flurry of activity as companies attempted to emulate the success of the fpga in the analogue world. These programmable ...

GPUs set to enter the mainstream 13/09/2011

Until recently, demand for more processor performance has been met by faster clocking, more bit width and ever smaller fabrication nodes. The ...

Facebook's new data centre is home to numerous innovations 09/08/2011

It is reasonable to assume that anyone reading this article has dealings, in some way, with a data centre. Whether it's through the use of social ...

The perils involved when pushing direct conversion to the ... 09/08/2011

Direct conversion, or zero IF, receivers are popular in applications where the need to reduce power consumption, reduce costs and extend battery life ...

Analogue electronics: Focusing on the interface 26/07/2011

Moore's Law tells us that silicon manufacturing improvements give us twice the number of transistors every two years for the same cost. Another way ...

Increasing operating frequencies provide new opportunities ... 26/07/2011

People like wireless data communications: if you walk into a typical high street coffee house, you're likely to see customers updating their Facebook ...

The evolution of the microprocessor - from single cpus to ... 26/07/2011

Since the days of the mainframe and the desktop pc, processor technology has changed continually to address users' needs. Now, with mobile computing ...

Designers take a fresh look at power management system ... 12/07/2011

As programmable logic technology migrates into the power subsystem portion of a design, new capabilities are becoming available to engineers. The ...

The best route to avoiding counterfeit electronics 11/07/2011

It's been discussed and analysed for years, yet there does not seem to be an end in sight for the trade in counterfeit electronics.

Digital technology helps guitarists achieve pure analogue ... 29/06/2011

Producing a pure, organic and natural sound from an electric guitar has long been considered the Holy Grail for musicians. Traditionally, guitarists ...

Manufacturers continue to develop the analogue ‘building ... 29/06/2011

During New Electronics' Analogue Roundtable last month, the discussions focused on a number of areas. One was the increasing complexity of analogue ...

New Electronics Roundtable: More support needed as analogue ... 14/06/2011

There is a perception that analogue design is getting harder; alongside the usual time to market issues, the devices with which designers work are ...

Will AMD's Fusion architecture meet the needs of ETX and ... 14/06/2011

The discontinuation last year by Intel of the Pentium M and Celeron M processors and the 855/852 chipsets raised doubts about the future of the ETX ...

Wireless data to be followed by wireless power? 24/05/2011

We may have seen a wireless revolution in the last decade, but it has been all about wireless data. But when it comes to transmitting power, cables ...
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Tools developers respond to growing popularity of Cortex-M ... 10/05/2011

ARM's Cortex-M range of microcontroller cores has changed the market landscape. Not only has it provided a number of companies with a platform on ...
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FRAM set to save energy in write intensive mcu applications 06/05/2011

Texas Instruments has launched the first of a series of 16bit microcontrollers that use ferroelectric memory (fram) instead of flash, claiming that ...

Data converters set to help meet comms systems challenges 26/04/2011

As the number of mobile phone subscribers continues to climb, pressure is growing on the communications infrastructure to support the amount of data ...

How the dynamics of microcontroller selection are changing 26/04/2011

Outside of the apparent ability of an mcu manufacturer to deliver the right product at the right price, with the right development tools, technical ...
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