21/04/2020
Integrated passives have a lot going for them. They take up less space on a PCB, they simplify design and they can, with the right processes shrink circuit tolerances thanks to closer component matching. The downside is that, as with semiconductors, volume is everything.
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14/04/2020
Could the days of the hard computer chip be numbered? Covered in transistors and other semi-conducting elements, these rigid devices likewise render the devices in which they are found similarly inflexible.
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25/03/2020
Small is the desirable form factor, whether it is consumer devices or industrial equipment. As space becomes more limited on circuit boards or in automotive systems, it pays to be small.
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05/03/2020
The method of printing PCBs has not changed for decades. In the early days of imaging circuit boards a substrate (copper laminate) was screen printed with a liquid etch resist; this was then oven cured.
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07/02/2020
How can you manage humidity and performance in precision analogue systems?
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31/01/2020
Cadence Design Systems’ Steven Lewis discusses why analogue design will persist, and why the analogue world often finds itself grappling with the same problems.
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14/11/2019
Why discretes tend to win out over ICs when it comes to designing ‘folded cascode’ charge amplifiers. By Tolga Aydemir
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10/10/2019
When Daimler set about creating a test chamber for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) it wanted an artificial environment that would reflect the conditions its vehicle would meet on the roads of the future.
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26/09/2019
Are PCB designers ready for a world of printed electronics? If not, it might be prudent to start thinking about moving beyond traditional PCB design and considering how to approach this rapidly growing market.
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23/07/2019
It’s 60 years since the filing of two patents that kick-started the incredible growth of the chipmaking industry.
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25/06/2019
Several years ago at the Design Automation Conference (DAC) the talk was of big data.
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12/06/2019
The break-through new process for making FPCs of unlimited length.
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31/05/2019
Big Data and AI are driving a new wave of technological innovation, but are the tools designers need available?
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29/04/2019
AI inference processing is still in its infancy, but the market and technologies are growing at a rapid rate.
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24/04/2019
PCB Design and Manufacturing Live opens its doors for a second year, welcoming a host of the industry’s PCB experts.
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13/03/2019
Board engineers are familiar with the trends - smaller, faster, safer. But as electronic systems become more complicated and the demands placed on them increase, creating a system that meets all this criterion is becoming more difficult to manage and deliver.
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01/03/2019
A cloud-based platform looks to make collaboration between designers, suppliers and manufacturers easier.
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19/02/2019
As the industry gets ready for this year’s show, New Electronics delivers a sneak preview.
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14/01/2019
Edge servers in Industry 4.0 environments are subject to very heterogeneous requirements.
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07/01/2019
Early in 2018, a crime surfaced in the US that earned the name ATM ”jackpotting”. Perpetrators would target older cash machines and switch their hard drives. The malware they store simply hands over cash to thieves armed with the right codes. It is just one of a range of hardware-level attacks that are now coming to the fore.
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20/11/2018
The system-on-chip (SoC) is arguably the biggest misnomer of today’s electronics industry. The core integrated circuit may well have onboard much of the logic circuitry needed to support the needs of the final system. But to get that SoC to function, the manufacturer of the final system needs to surround it with a host of support components, from power management to passives.
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25/10/2018
When it comes to engineering outreach, AESSEAL puts its money where its mouth is and proved a worthy Grand Prix Winner.
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26/09/2018
As the maker-market thrives, a new breed of engineer has appeared, and one which needs some nurturing.
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12/09/2018
Twenty years ago, it looked like a concept that was ready for primetime: putting programmable logic inside ASICs and SoCs. At the time, the move seemed inevitable. ASIC mask prices were rising fast, driven by the need to pull more and more from a bag of optical tricks to keep Moore’s Law on track. The cost of respins alone seemed enough to persuade designers to leave some reprogrammable “sewing kits” in their SoCs to let them iron out bugs after tapeout instead of committing tens of thousands of dollars more to the project to get some new masks.
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11/09/2018
When it comes to developing devices with IoT connectivity you need to be flexible.
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