• Spice simulator offers speed, capacity increase over competitors 1/12/2006

  Magma Design Automation is again tapping into its recent acquisition of ACAD to add the FineSim Spice analog tool to its largely digital-tool portfolio. Magma offers the stand-alone, Spice-level circuit simulator with a parallel-computing option. Suk ....

  UML/SysML modeling for AUTOSAR 1/12/2006

  Telelogic’s Rhapsody now has a UML/SysML-based modeling environment that the company has designed specifically for the automotive AUTOSAR engineering community. AUTOSAR ....

  Ultralow-cost, two-digit counter features few components 1/11/2006

  The ultralow-cost, two-digitcounter circuit in Figure 1 represents an attempt to reduce the number of components using an approach largely based on software and a low-cost microcontroller, ....

  Fast-settling picoammeter circuit handles wide voltage range 1/11/2006

  Evaluating analog switches, multiplexers, operational amplifiers, and other ICs poses challenges to ICtest engineers. A typical test scenario requires application of a test or forcing voltage to a device’s input and measurement of any resultant leakage ....

  “Brick-wall” lowpass audio filter needs no tuning 1/11/2006

  When a system’s specifications call for a lowpass filter with a steep frequency-cutoff characteristic, an engineer can opt for a “brick-wall”- filter design that features a sharp transition band. For example, in an FM stereophonic-broadcast system, the ....

  Ultra-fast OS microkernel 1/10/2006

  -velOSity is the latest addition to Green Hills Software's INTEGRITY family of compatible realtime operating systems. With a ROM footprint as small as 1600 bytes, RAM footprint as small as 1000 bytes, and service call ....

  Synthesising DSP algorithms 1/10/2006

  Part of the EDA strand at electronica 2006, Synplicity will demonstrate the most recent enhancements to its Synplify tool, which accelerate the implementation of DSP algorithms into silicon. The Synplify DSP software is ....

  Rugged 7.5-in. LCD 1/10/2006

  The 7.5-inch TFT LCD LQ075V3DG01 is a robust medium-format display in Sharp's Strong2 product series. It features high image quality, an extended temperature ....

  Abracadabra: making system interconnect disappear with FPGAs 1/10/2006

  Designing system interconnect isn’t the most glamorous engineering job in the world. Indeed, to most system or digital designers, being assigned a backplane, interconnect, and connector selection is tantamount to being told to go stand in a corner with ....

  Clash Of The Wireless-USB Standards 1/10/2006

  Becoming wireless is a natural step in the evolution of the popular USB (Universal Serial Bus), whose developers aimed at simplifying the cabling of PC systems. Now, two approaches to unwiring the USB have arisen, leaving developers with the difficult ....

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