Signal Processing Design Features

Reducing energy cost of intra-chip communications

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Multichannel DDS enables efficient FSK/PSK modulation

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SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS #65: Tracking down spurious signals in high-speed DACs

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How to use the CORDIC algorithm in your FPGA design

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Use GPS and MEMS sensor combo for next-gen positioning and navigation

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Teardown Report: Chevy Volt's electronic secrets

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ADC Guide, Part 5: ADC non-linearity (DNL/INL) and monotonic transfer function

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Use a twist (and other popular wires) to reduce EMI/RFI

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New generation RISC processing power - Green technology engenders new business opportunities

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Project e-smart, Pt. 2: Vehicle controls, modeling, and simulations

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Technical Papers

Maximizing the Power of ARM with DSP

OpenVPX System Bandwidth: A comparison of 10Gb Ethernet Performance, Serial Rapid IO, and InfiniBand

What's New In Power Management Electronics

Technical Considerations for Implementing USB 3.0 on SoCs

Microcontrollers for the drive train in hybrid and electric vehicles

Selecting the Correct Level of DC-DC Converter for Your Application

A Hybrid interconnect approach for GALS NoC systems

Technology and Analytics for Local Autonomous Control of Residential Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC)

Intel Code Execution Trace Resources

Intelligent Advertising Framework: IAF

Courses and Webinars

Fundamentals of Designing with Analog to Digital Converters

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

How to Make Your SoC Simulation Run 100x Faster with Accelerated Verification IP

Solving Isolation Challenges in Power Conversion Applications

Fundamentals of Designing with Digital to Analog Converters

System Management for High Availability Systems

Audio IP Subsystems Made Easy with a Complete, SoC-Ready Solution

RedHawk-3DX: Dynamic Power Sign-Off

SIMPLE SWITCHER® Nano Modules and Regulators + TI Processors

Design for Reliability - An IC Perspective

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

Satin to introduce automated design monitoring at DAC 2012

MIPS introduces new Aptiv generation of processor cores

LeCroy pushes RT DSO bandwidth war to 65 GHz, works on 100 GHz for 2013

Lattice ships over 1 million MachXO2 "Do-It-All" PLDs

Automotive application processor integrates remote-control technology, enabling safe use of smartphone-based in-vehicle infotainment

Innovative IC can't trap lightning, but can let you know it's coming

MathWorks Simulink supports Arduino, BeagleBoard, and LEGO MINDSTORMS platforms

Xilinx unveils Vivado Design Suite for the next decade of ‘All-Programmable’ devices

GainSpan Wi-Fi reference design code for TI MSP430

Sound-expanding IC yields audio analog of 3D for smartphones, tablets

Commentary

802.11ac Wi-Fi: Benefits of a Revolutionary Technology Leap

Tim Peters

With the new 802.11ac standard, we’ll be able to give the smartphones, tablets and notebooks we use everyday more breathing room through Gigabit-capable Wi-Fi networking. Get ready – it’s happening sooner than you think.

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5 G itself has come means what will be the next ? May be devices based on Cognitive Radio concepts ? ...

Autonomous cars: Sooner than we think?

Rick DeMeis

In the short term, vehicles will be able to take over many driving functions—but full autonomy may be farther down the road.

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No they don't. There must be a driver, with a driver's license, behind the wheel of these ...

The Prague Astronomical Clock – A testimony to timeless quality

Carolyn Mathas

Last Sunday at noon I had the good fortune of being in Prague at the Old Town Hall, site of the Prague Astronomical Clock.

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Open source robotics foundation formed

Carolyn Mathas

Willow Garage, a robotics research lab and technology incubator, announced the formation of The Open Source Robotics Foundation

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Engineer down! Someone needs our help!

Clive Maxfield

I just received an email from someone who we will call Dave (because that's his name). Dave says...

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I knew I'd regret putting my old ac and dehumidifier in the trash. They most likely had all the ...

Where are you with multicore?

Carolyn Mathas

In a recent discussion with Sven Brehmer, president and CEO of PolyCore Software, I asked him where does the adoption of multicore stand today?

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Shared memory multi-processing (circa 1970) was most likely the first "dual-core" and ran in a ...

Kill computer science, keep football. Say what?

Brian Fuller

The battle over preserving funding for University of Florida's CS program raises the question of what's more important: sports or academics?

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Is anyone going to submit a resume 10 years after graduation with "I was a starting QB in college" ...

Picoprojectors: the road back to the past, or enabling new paths?

Bill Schweber

I'm having a "back to the future" sense here, but the reality will likely be quite different

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The DLP technology almost replacing the LCD projector technology. TI made this achievement.Also they ...

Receiver protection: a game-changer

Doug Grant

Receiver protection is a pretty important issue in radio transceivers of all kinds. Think about it…the receiver front-end is built to amplify very small signals – fractions of a microvolt – and needs to be protected from the output of the transmitter.

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While this is a wonderful history, the practical application today stems from TDD systems such as ...

Algotochip – part tools, part service

Brian Bailey

Algotochip is a startup that has been around since 2009 and is a tool developer and service company, but they have no plans to sell their tools…

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Thank you Frank. I like to understand things whenever I can, and this one did have me scratching my ...

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Video: Did space station provides dev kit inspiration?

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LED drivers provide control, circuit-protection design options

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Hi-fi digital audio streaming comes of age

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Optimizing Performance, Power and Area in SoC Designs Using MIPS Multi-threaded Processors

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Book excerpt – The art of hardware architecture, part 1

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