Signal Processing Design Features

Modularity provides functional, economical tire-pressure monitoring

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Testing modern MIMO Wi-Fi and LTE radios

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Making sounds with analogue electronics - Part 5: Using analogue synthesis

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

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MOST150 points to technology tipping point

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Leverage Ethernet to improve passenger safety, comfort, and convenience

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Radar Essentials

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SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS #60: Clock jitter demystified–random jitter and phase noise, Part 2

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Capacitive proximity detection spurs automotive convenience features

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Book excerpt – The art of hardware architecture, part 2

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Technical Papers

Maximizing the Power of ARM with DSP

The Value of PCB Manufacturing Quality During Prototype

EtherCAT on Sitara AM335x ARM Cortex-A8 Microprocessors

Comparing TI's TMS320C6671 DSP with ADI's ADSP-TS201S TigerSHARC Processor

Power spikes isolation to avoid corruption within sensitive ICs

Reducing Steps to Achieve Safety Certification

Implementing Power Management Features on the Nucleus RTOS

How to Choose the Right Sensor for Your Measurement System

Embedded Computing's Shift to Serial Point-to-Point Architectures

Microwatt "Always On" Analog Measurement Circuits for Solar Power Applications

Courses and Webinars

Video over LTE—Testing the next step in the end user experience

Fundamentals of Designing with Semiconductors for Signal Processing Applications: Beyond the Op Amp

The Latest on Driving ADCs Differentially: Part 2

Keep Connected Cars Up to Date with FOTA (Firmware Over-the-Air) Technology

Fundamentals of Laying Out PC boards

Power Architecture® Solutions for Smart Energy market

The Latest on Driving ADCs Differentially

Fundamentals of Clocks and Clocking

Enabling USB-to-serial applications with NXP LPC11U00 microcontroller series

Calibre® PERC™: Effective Reliability and Low Power Verification

Teardowns

FitBit blends wireless, MCUs and MEMS with online interface

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

Omron home blood pressure monitor taps semiconductor scaling

Innovation at home: Inside a 3-D desktop scanner

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

First look inside iPhone 4 reveals high reuse

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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

Samplify Systems announces APAX application acceleration technology

16-bit sensor signal conditioner delivers high resolution, low power

Test solution troubleshoots cellular networks

STMicroelectronics claims the most powerful TV SoC for even smarter TVs

Huawei's MediaPad Now Comes with Android 4.0

Testing multiple serial protocols with a single instrument

Dual-image sensor stereo camera FPGA-based reference design from Lattice and Aptina

Forty-nm flash memory IP developed for automotive real-time applications

Mentor, Mecel roll AUTOSAR 4.x basic software package

MMIC band pass filter tunes 19 to 38 GHz

Commentary

Targeting RF key security

Rick DeMeis

How secure are your RFID car key and other devices—to be afraid, or not?

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That's why I NEVER leave my car unattended without a steering wheel lock. Even if some mutt managed ...

Faster FFT, young listeners and MP3s & LPs

Rich Pell

Some recent audio-related items that caught my eye include a Fast(er) Fourier Transform, a new study on the 'iPod generation' and MP3 sound, a poll on younger listeners and LPs, and a 'circuit' diagram that's reminiscent of some DIY audiophile designs.

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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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Auto show musings

Rick DeMeis

You may have missed these under reported developments coming from the recent auto shows.

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On the Buick it is done using the base model audio equipment.

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 ...

MIT announces a “faster-than-fast” Fourier transform

Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office

For a large range of use cases, MIT researchers have found a way to increase the speed of one of the most important algorithms in the information sciences…

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Very Cool thanks for this. Lee studley

MIPI Alliance offers new specs for RF control

Janine Love

Today, the MIPI Alliance announced new DigRF and RFFE specifications, and yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak with Jim Ross, of Skyworks, and Dr. Dietmar Wenzel, of Infineon about the changes. Both men are part of the MIPI Alliance.

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Per Dr. Dietmar Wenzel, chair of the DigRF Working Group, DigRF v4 is not limited to 2G and 3G. It ...

New Book “Advanced Verification Topics” published by Cadence

Brian Bailey

The major EDA companies have been busy working on books recently, a trend that I love, and today I find out about a new book from Cadence…

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Predictions for 2012: ESL

Brian Bailey

In this episode of the 2012 predictions, I look at those related to the emerging field of ESL...

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Travel Nightmares: A bad day for an interview

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Hi-fi digital audio streaming comes of age

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Book excerpt – The art of hardware architecture, part 1

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Guest Column: Smarter Converters — the 2012 trends in data conversion

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