Signal Processing Design Features

The growing use of programmable logic in mobile handsets

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Extensible processing in mobile backhaul networks

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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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Technical Papers

Maximizing the Power of ARM with DSP

Introduction to Fuzzy Logic

Voice and SMS in LTE

The Impact of Digital Oscilloscope Blind Time on Your Measurements

Noise Figure Measurement without a Noise Source on a Vector Network Analyzer

Near Field Communication (NFC) Technology and Measurements

LTE Release 9 Technology Introduction

LTE-Advanced Technology Introduction

LTE Transmission Modes and Beamforming

Channel Sounding in White Space Spectrum

Courses and Webinars

Fundamentals of Designing with Analog to Digital Converters

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

Easier User Interface Design for Embedded Systems

Lighting Control made easy with NXP LPC1100XL Microcontroller series

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

Improve Linux Real-time Behavior with a new Light-weight Threading Model

Solving Isolation Challenges in Power Conversion Applications

Fundamentals of Designing with Digital to Analog Converters

Fundamentals of Instrument Control

RedHawk-3DX: Dynamic Power Sign-Off

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

Great support is a great product differentiator

Srinath Anantharaman, ClioSoft

Best-in-class niche software products are integrated into EDA flows to meet specialized needs; but what, exactly, is a “best-in-class” product?

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"Hi, I’m your data; can you hear me now?"

Bill Schweber

Extracting insight from mounds of data may benefit from using old techniques

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Very much so, I used to deal with multisite modems on a polling system and got to know when there ...

Something smells

Carolyn Mathas

Is this cool, or what? As you know, sensors are increasingly taking over our five senses in an ever-growing number of applications.

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Industrial control systems—Thwarting attacks

Carolyn Mathas

The Department of Homeland Security put feelers out to other governments in the hope of bolstering the safety of industrial control systems (ICS) and created a venue to brainstorm solutions.

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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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This is all completely ridiculous; we've got here a bunch of very clever people and expensive ...

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 ...

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Trends in embedded software design
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How PTS benefits embedded systems designs
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Marvell sees return to normalcy following Thai floods
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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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