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Current Issue

December 2006

Cover Story

 

EDN HANDS-ON PROJECT: MOBILE MAKEOVER

- BY WARREN WEBB, TECHNICAL EDITOR
WITH THE RIGHT COMMUNICATIONS LINK AND READILY AVAILABLE DEVELOPMENT TOOLS,YOU CAN TRANSFORM AN OFF-THESHELF SMART PHONE INTO A LOW-COST, MOBILE USER INTERFACE FOR YOUR NEXT EMBEDDEDSYSTEM PROJECT.

Pulse

 

PIC18 processor includes full Ethernet support

- By: Robert Cravotta

Spice simulator offers speed, capacity increase over competitors

- By: Michael Santarini

Altera moves Stratix to low-power generation III for 2007

- By: Graham Prophet, Editor

Flexible switch has 48 lanes

- By: Richard A Quinnell

Electromagnetic simulator models effects of lighting and EMP

- By: Graham Prophet, Editor

Transcoding is cornerstone of video entertainment technology, says TI

- By: Graham Prophet, Editor

Reconfigurable processor array meets power challenge

- By: Graham Prophet, Editor

16 Gbytes of NAND flash in a single, 16-die package

- By: Graham Prophet, Editor

Benchtop DMMs make four-wire measurements with two leads

- By: Dan Strassberg

In-car, safety-critical video routed 15m over twisted-pair cable

- By: Graham Prophet, Editor

Department and Columns

 

EDN.COMMENT: Programming the “H” in the HMI

- BY GRAHAM PROPHET, EDITOR

SIGNAL INTEGRITY: Eye don't like it

- BY HOWARD JOHNSON, PHD

FPGAs entered at PLD density but became integration champion

- BY MAURY WRIGHT,EDITOR IN CHIEF

Design Ideas

 

PSoC microcontroller and LVDT measure position

- Sigurd Peterson, Sig3 Consulting, Aloha, Oregon

Hartley oscillator requires no coupled inductors

- Jim McLucas, Longmont, Colorado

Features

 

EMBEDDED PLATFORMS: A SECOND LOOK

- BY ROBERT CRAVOTTA, TECHNICAL EDITOR
PROCESSING PLATFORMS AND THEIR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ECOSYSTEMS ARE BECOMING MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE SUCCESS OF DESIGNING INCREASINGLY COMPLEX APPLICATIONS.

Electronica Returns: 2006’s Innovations

- BY GRAHAM PROPHET, EDITOR
THE BIENNIAL ELECTRONICA SHOW IS ALWAYS A FOCUS FOR PRODUCT INTRODUCTIONS ON A WIDE FRONT (OF WHICH THE FOLLOWING IS ONLY A SMALL SELECTION), AND 2006 WAS NO EXCEPTION; THE EXHIBITION FOUND THE INDUSTRY IN “CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC” MOOD – A PHRASE HEARD MANY TIMES FROM MANY COMPANIES’ EXECUTIVES – AND AS ENTHUSED AS EVER ABOUT ITS NEW TECHNOLOGIES.

Fixed-point-IIR-filter challenges

- BY MICHAEL CHRISTENSEN, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AND FRED J TAYLOR, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AND THE ATHEN
IIR FILTERS CAN MEET HIGHLY SELECTIVE MAGNITUDE-FREQUENCY-RESPONSE SPECIFICATIONS WITH A LOW-ORDER APPROACH. AS SUCH, AN IIR IS OFTEN THE TECHNOLOGY OF CHOICE IN REALIZING FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE TONE DETECTORS, NARROWBAND SPECTRAL FILTERS, NOISE REJECTERS, AND DIGITAL CONTROLLERS. THEIR DESIGN, HOWEVER, ENTAILS SOME UNIQUE CHALLENGES.

Product Roundup

 

Wireless energy sensors


UML/SysML modeling for AUTOSAR


Tiny optical encoders



 

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