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That Was Tricky: The logic analyzer versus a DVM

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How to go about selecting a microcontroller

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Top 10 Tips for Success with Formal Analysis – Part 2

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Book excerpt – The art of hardware architecture, part 4

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Comparing FMCs with PMCs/XMCs for harsh environments (Part 2)

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Location Is Everything: Improving Performance with Interactive LDE Estimation

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Comparing FMCs with PMCs/XMCs for harsh environments (Part 1)

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How to build a microcontroller-based functional tester

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Book excerpt – The art of hardware architecture, part 3

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The Fast Track to 3D-IC Testing

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Book excerpt – The art of hardware architecture, part 2

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How formal MDV can eliminate IP integration uncertainty

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Book excerpt – The art of hardware architecture, part 1

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HW/SW co-development (with finally some emphasis on software)

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Reducing signoff corners to achieve faster 40 nm SOC design closure

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Technical Papers

Routing Technology for Advanced-Node IC Designs

Mechatronic System Modeling and Simulation Techniques

Using 10-Gbps Transceivers in 40G/100G Applications

An Automated Physical Design Flow Architecture

Embedded System Power Consumption: A Software or Hardware Issue?

Courses and Webinars

Power Architecture Solutions for Industrial Control

Reliability and Qualification of MTP NVM IP from Commercial to Automotive Applications

Fundamentals of Measurement

Fundamentals of USB

Fundamentals of Analog Verification

Teardowns

Wide Bluetooth, Wi-Fi adoption seen in handsets

Inside Xbox 360's Kinect controller

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Reference Designs

Quantenna debuts 802.11n 4x4 MIMO wireless video bridge ref design

Quantenna Communications Inc. has debuted a complete reference design based on its QHS600 IEEE 802.11n wireless LAN (WLAN) 4x4 multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) chipset.
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Lattice adds over 90 reference designs for PLDs

Lattice Semiconductor Corp. has released more than 90 reference designs optimized for the MachXO and ispMACH 4000ZE PLDs.
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Products

FPGA-based dual motor control kit from Microsemi and TRINAMIC

Microchip and Digilent unveil PIC32-based Cerebot development boards

Demodulation software tests next generation Wi-Fi

Digital Blocks expands its video signal and image processing IP core family

QuickLogic introduces Background Color Compensator (BCC) technology for Pico Projectors

Analog Devices’ FMC boards support Xilinx’s Targeted Design Platforms

Samplify Systems announces APAX application acceleration technology

Xilinx announces ISE Design Suite 13.4

Real Intent upgrades Clock Domain Crossing product

Huawei's MediaPad Now Comes with Android 4.0

Commentary

What were they thinking: patent trolling patent

Brian Bailey

It is amazing what is covered in some patents and this one is just totally mind boggling…

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Upcoming Conferences: calls and more – Feb 3rd

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Conference related information, calls for papers, contributions and participation are all found here…

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How It Was: Fiddling and twiddling with the TV controls

Clive Maxfield

In the not-so-distant past you had to constantly fiddle and twiddle with your television's controls to keep a reasonable picture on the screen...

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On a less humourous note was the rumour of the TV screwman who would plug the "cheater cord" ...

Signal Integrity Reference Kit

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The folks over at Tektronix have created a reference kits about signal integrity containing a primer and webinar…

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The passion

Brian Fuller

Will the enormous contributions Baby Boom engineers have made to humanity carry forward to new generations?

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Every generation has its own set of doer's. What changes is the medium in which they innovate. ...

The Winter 2012 issue of Xcell Journal magazine is available now

Clive Maxfield

The folks from Xilinx have just announced the immediate availability of the Winter 2012 edition of their quarterly Xcell Journal magazine

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What's a good "real engineer" question?

Bill Schweber

There are quick ways to separate the real techies from wannabes

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My favourite test for techs is a simple diagram of 4-20mA loop between two boxes. One containing the ...

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