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Reflections and transmission lines

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Creating highly reliable FPGA designs

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Adding an LCD to your microcontroller application made easy, inexpensive, & fun!

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Using non-volatile memory IP in system on chip designs

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Raspberry Pi online Maker Training Camp now open

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ARM aims at mid-range with three processors

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Xilinx to test FinFET FPGAs in 2013

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Samsung sells MCU business

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Multicore delivers multi-gigabits over microwave links

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Address jitter and noise more effectively with DDR4: Part 2

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Technical Papers

Enjoy the Ultimate WQXGA Solution with Exynos 5 Dual

CMOS Image Sensor: Current Status and Future Perspectives

Introduction to DMA

Reducing CPU Loading through Data Buffering of ADCs Using DMA

Getting 12-bit Resolution from 8-bit DACs

Implementing Accurate Peak Detection

Benefits of the big.LITTLE Architecture

A Competitive Analysis: AP, Modem Single-Chip vs. Dual-Chip Solutions for Mobile Applications

RX600 Series

Comparative table of MCUs

Application Portability for 32-Bit Microcontrollers--Reality or Myth?

Eliminating the parallel/serial tradeoff in embedded systems with SPIFI-equipped Cortex-M3

Courses and Webinars

Connectivity & Control for Industrial or Renewable Energy Applications

Rapid High- and Full-Speed USB development on Cortex-M microcontrollers

Migrating from 8-bit to 32-bit MCUs with NXP LPC1200

Delivering real-time, high-performance embedded systems with the ARM Cortex-R processors

Designing with Atmel 6-pin tinyAVR Flash microcontrollers

High Performance Power Converters on the First Design Pass

Fundamentals of Energy Harvesting

RTL Design-for-Power for Mobile SoCs: Best Practices

SoC Power Integrity Challenges

Fundamentals of Choosing LDO and Switching Regulators

Teardowns

Under the Hood: Android dreams, GooglePhone delivers

Good vibrations for energy harvesting

Wide Bluetooth, Wi-Fi adoption seen in handsets

Inside the Samsung Galaxy Tab: Taking on the iPad

Inside Xbox 360's Kinect controller

N8: Solid start for Nokia’s Symbian^3 strategy

CE parts met cockpit avionics in vintage F-15 video camera

Innovation at home: Inside a 3-D desktop scanner

FitBit blends wireless, MCUs and MEMS with online interface

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

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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

Camera showdown at CameraRocket.com

Formality tackles ECOs

Microsemi introduces highly-integrated IGLOO2 FPGAs

Microchip's new PIC32MX 32-bit microcontroller portfolio

Atmel announces new SAM D20 series of ARM Cortex-M0+ MCUs

TI 12-bit ADCs handle up to 900 Msamples/s

Microchip's real-time power monitoring and code optimization

Synopsys releases one library to rule them all

Kickstart IoT development with TI’s new SimpleLink Wi-Fi CC3000 BoosterPack

American Semiconductor's FleX-MCU – The first physically flexible microcontroller.

Commentary

Saddleback Leather meets airport security

Clive Maxfield

An interesting thing happened to me on my recent trip to New York…

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I've never seen that kind of watch before! Does it do anything special, or is it just cool because ...

Duck! Low-flying pizza!

Clive Maxfield

Can you imagine a future in which the skies (and restaurants) are jam-packed with miniature copters?

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It wouldn't matter -- they wouldn't be able to catch me :-)

What were they thinking: A place to sleep

Brian Bailey

An interesting little patent today that shows how simple a patent can be...

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The future is here (but I'm not ready)

Clive Maxfield

In my previous blog we pondered the past. In today's column I'd like to contemplate, ruminate, and speculate about the future…

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Obligatory link relating to mini bars (WARNING: may contain bad ...

Tech distractions

Jack Ganssle

The Amish are said to want to manage, rather than reject, technology. That's not a bad idea to emulate.

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Yes, it is inconvenient to have to pull over to allow a passenger to use the phone (almost like ...

Recent Comments

DenFletcher  06.19.2013
Engineering horror at Disney
Unfortunately, they severely underestimated the manpower needed…. $300,000 worth of computer and ...
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Nokia, Samsung, Apple victims of smartphone 'tipping point'
These bozos have been exposed since the '90s. There is a tremendous market opportunity in replacing ...
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GSMA Puts The Connected City At The Heart Of Mobile Asia Expo 2013
SmsCoin is going to attend Mobile Asia Expo 2013 as well! We are looking forward to experiencing the ...
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The hiring problem

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JEDEC forum puts the focus on mobile memory

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Reader Message Boards

TI Seeking Packaging Feedback

By Glenn B on 09.16.2011

Texas Instruments is seeking your feedback on our quality and lead-free (Pb-free)packaging.
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Lead free is better than chock-full of lead.

Kontron embraces ARM

By rick.merritt on 09.02.2011

X86 board maker Kontron will launch its first ARM products soon, according to a blog by Rich Nass of sister publication Medical Electroncis Design. The move

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hm: Can you be more specific in your question? I'm not sure exactly what you are asking.

Microcontroller selection - How do you choose?

By Duane Benson on 10.12.2010

The recent blog posting: 'Renesas simplifies MCU selection: What now for independents?' got me thinking about the MCU selection process. Myself, I tend to use

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trying to figure out what this component is!

By Josh Deeter on 09.09.2011

I have a 16-pin dip part that i believe to be a resistor pack.

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Thanks for everyone's input. I have figured out that the values I listed above are correct. What i ...

News, Analysis, and Opinion

Sensor network designs win IoT contest

Automotive smarts: Too much intelligence, not enough sense

Intel, ARM on even footing in Net of Things, says IDC

Five ARM Tech Con papers I’d really like to see

Global FDSOI ecosystem rising

Slideshow: Maker Faire returns to Silicon Valley

Intel's New CEO, President to Implement Undisclosed Strategy

AMD to support shared-memory spec this year

DESIGN West Slideshow: From mustaches to Lisa the robot

DESIGN West panel scopes out future of IoT

 

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