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Renesas signs with IMEC for short-range radio research

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ST turns to PCM for MCU embedded memory

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FDSOI gains three design wins

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All eyes on Zynq SoC for smarter vision

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Slideshow: The making of IBM's nano movie

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MCU functionalities change for ISO 26262 safety standard

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An overview of ZigBee's Smart Energy Profile 2.0 standard

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Energy Micro adds Cortex-M4 based MCUs

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Infineon, Renesas see sales tumble in industrial ranking

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Multicore debug goes heterogeneous at PMC-Sierra

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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

Altera to acquire power technology innovator Enpirion

DCD's DP8051 – even faster and more configurable

Microchip expands 8-bit PIC MCU family with intelligent analog integration

SPDT RF switch enables increased network capacity, higher data rates

Compare the best Solid State Drives with SSDBoss.com

Avnet introduces Xilinx Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC Mini-Module Plus

Altera Quartus II software v13.0 enables world’s fastest FPGA designs

Altera opens the FPGA world to software programmers

Microsemi's next-gen digital ICs and SoC FPGAs to use Intel's foundry services

Hurray! Xcell Journal Issue 83 is here!

Commentary

What were they thinking: exhibiting at DAC

Brian Bailey

Every year there are new companies exhibiting at DAC and we all know that most of them will not be back. Here are two very likely candidates for that list…

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Perhaps the tool from that injection molding company can come up with very accurate values for ...

The awesome majesty of the universe

Clive Maxfield

A recent science program on the television completely blew me away…

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Max, does this look like the show? www.history.com/shows/the-universe

Altera & Enpirion – great things to come

Clive Maxfield

I just had a briefing with the folks from Altera and Enpirion, and things are starting to make a lot more sense…

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Was I just talking to an artificial intelligence?

Clive Maxfield

This may sound a little crazy, but I seriously think I may have just had my first conversation with an artificial intelligence.

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What we know is that most programs are not able to handle exceptions very well, so the test would be ...

Cat in a shark suit riding a Roomba and chasing a duck

Clive Maxfield

Just when you thought you'd seen it all…

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This must be some new meaning of the word "chasing" of which I was not previously aware.

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London Calling: Amazon 'Coins' its own currency
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Slideshow: Astronaut sings Bowie in space
I still remember the time my sister checked out Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars from the ...
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Should smartphones pay in defense of French culture?
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Most Commented

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

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

Microchip’s MASTERs Conference for embedded-control engineers

3-D interposers stack chips

Huawei, world’s biggest underdog

5 questions with TSMC founder Morris Chang

DARPA: 3-D chips to get cooler

China Fabless: Allwinner's secret to tablet IC success

 

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