Medical Design Features

SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS #62: Design your own simple I2C industrial interface isolator

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Medical device safety system design: a systematic approach

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A Current Sensing Tutorial--Part 1: Fundamentals

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Test op-amps for input bias current

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Calibrating amplifiers and ADCs in SoCs

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Prediction and negative-delay filters: Five things you should know

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Battery fuel gauge: factual or fallacy?

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Dream devices that would revolutionize healthcare

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Risk management in batteries for medical (and other) applications

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Coupling a Supercapacitor with a Small Energy Harvesting Source

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Technical Papers

Software Development for Medical Devices: Overcoming the Challenges of Compliance, Quality and Cost

Aggregation managers for the connected health system

Unifying Device Management and Cyber Security in the Connected Hospital

Medical Applications Guide

Medical Instruments Applications Guide

Courses and Webinars

Medical Devices Reach for the Cloud: Building a Scalable and Adaptable Software Platform for Connected Healthcare Devices

Simplify Point-of-Care Patient Monitor Design Using ECG AFE

Persistent Publish/Subscribe Messaging in Medical Devices

Frequency Synthesis, Part 1: Phased Locked Loops

Fundamentals of Power-Supply Distribution Topologies

Teardowns

FitBit blends wireless, MCUs and MEMS with online interface

BenQ K60 e-reader: Trying to stand on the shoulders of giants

A19 LED bulbs: What’s under the frosting?

Wide Bluetooth, Wi-Fi adoption seen in handsets

Inside a CFL bulb – Less power & longer life using NXP technology

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Reference Designs

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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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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Products

Medical connector combines optical and electrical signaling

Micrel aims to eliminate dropped mobile calls

Microsemi boasts new package for radiation-tolerant "Space Flight" FPGAs

RFaxis front-end IC assists ZigBee networks

Hi-Speed USB protectors let drivers safely recharge their USB devices

Encapsulated AC/DC power supply targets medical applications

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

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

Commentary

What's in your emergency repair kit, besides tools?

Bill Schweber

It starts with duct tape, of course, but there are other small items to bring

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Heh, depending on the length, the gauge, the current, and the nature of the item being powered, that ...

What's a good "real engineer" question?

Bill Schweber

There are quick ways to separate the real techies from wannabes

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This discussion no VCC and also the one on anode and cathode brings up something I've dwelled on in ...

DIY days: better, worse, or just very different?

Bill Schweber

How does today's do-it-yourself experimenter situation compare to "back in the day"?

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P.S. I just couldn't help but paste highly relevant YouTube links. These links demonstrating a point ...

DesignCon 2012 Panel: Test gurus share vision to accelerate your ‘time to answer’

Patrick Mannion

The countdown begins: On Wednesday next at DesignCon 2012 http://www.designcon.com I’ll be moderating a panel comprising four of the sharpest minds in the electronics industry as they explore the cutting edge of technology and what it means for you, the test engineer.

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High-tech conference promises help with design

Janine Love

DesignCon 2012 starts January 30 and ends February 2nd in the Santa Clara Convention Center.

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New Microcontroller Central website – changing the world bit-by-bit

Clive Maxfield

New NXP online community lets professional and hobbyists alike share design success stories and technical insights while providing technology news, product information, learning, and training.

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@ams0178 - I'll be one of the regular bloggers on the site. I don't have any direct connection with ...

Have you seen any erlangs lately?

Bill Schweber

Even a vital parameter can lose its stature due to technology change

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One more rule that is embedded in my memory was that you had to discharge the CRT daily when working ...

Predictions for 2012: Tools

Brian Bailey

What does 2012 have in store for the IP, EDA and semiconductor industries? See what people inside the industry have to say and we shall see if they are correct…

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The dumbing down of embedded design
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Rumored Japanese chip merger by the numbers
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Analyst: Apple took 80% of handset profits in Q4

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Next-gen video codec hits milestone

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