Signal Processing Design Features

Calibrating amplifiers and ADCs in SoCs

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Programmable logic, SoC simplify power steering, accessory control

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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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Technical Papers

Maximizing the Power of ARM with DSP

A systematic approach to design system architectures with power, area and cost in mind

New Class of Nanopower Analog ICs Enable Sub-1V, Micropower Current Sensing Techniques

3D-IC System Verification Methodology: Solutions and Challenges

Advanced EDS Design Tools Pave the Way for a Transition to Electric Vehicles

ADC multiple device synchronization

The Value of PCB Manufacturing Quality During Prototype

EtherCAT on Sitara AM335x ARM Cortex-A8 Microprocessors

How to Keep Your Competitive Edge In Manufacturing's High Growth Automotive Electronics

Analyzing the Device Parasitics Sensitivity and Accuracy of Calibre xACT 3D Field Solver Extraction

Courses and Webinars

Accelerating Productivity with Xilinx 7 Series Targeted Design Platforms

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

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

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

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

Digital Blocks expands its video signal and image processing IP core family

QuickLogic introduces Background Color Compensator (BCC) technology for Pico Projectors

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

Commentary

Video: Did space station provides dev kit inspiration?

Colin Holland

The latest development kit has a novel design which could have been inspired by the NASA International Space Station.

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This is very nice. They need to send many of these units to top engineering schools and many cool ...

What's a good "real engineer" question?

Bill Schweber

There are quick ways to separate the real techies from wannabes

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My standard analog test is a zener shunt regulator. A few can correctly solve for the ballast ...

Xilinx launches first 7 Series FPGA design platforms

Clive Maxfield

The first complete development kits for increasing system performance, lowering power, and reducing BoM with Xilinx 28nm FPGAs are being demonstrated at DesignCon 2012

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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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Can't you unlock a steering wheel lock with a bump key?

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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Great reading the power and flexibility of using FFTs has always fascinated me. Thanks for sharing.

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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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