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The 2008 EDN DSP directory

- By Robert Cravotta, Technical Editor
THIS YEAR’S DIRECTORY CAN HELP YOU TO PEEL AWAY THE LAYERS OF COMPLEXITY TO FIND THE PERFECT DIGITAL-SIGNAL PROCESSOR FOR YOUR PROJECT.

FPGA IP block boosts mobile images

- By Graham Prophet

RF screen coating for moulded packages

- By Graham Prophet

Logic-analyzer-based instruments debug, validate MIPI physical layer

- By Dan Strassberg

NXP opts for soft encryption solution

- By Graham Prophet

Magma takes on mixed-signal SoCs

- By Ron Wilson

Microcontroller drains batteries down to 0.9V

- By Graham Prophet

LOW-POWER DESIGN ENVIRONMENT FOR CHIP DESIGN

- By Graham Prophet

8-bit RISC MCU with crypto runs at 1.6V

- By Graham Prophet

ARM9 MCU CONFIGURED FOR LCD GRAPHICS DESIGNS

- By Graham Prophet

EDN.COMMENT: Whatever happened to multicore?

- BY GRAHAM PROPHET, EDITOR

TEST & MEASUREMENT WORLD: PXI and bench instruments evenly matched

- By Richard A. Quinnell, Contributing Technical Editor, Test & Measurement World

TAPEOUT: Know your IP provider

- BY PALLAB CHATTERJEE, CONTRIBUTING TECHNICAL EDITOR

Three-state switch interface uses one microcontroller pin

- Kartik Joshi, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

High-speed clamp functions as pulse-forming circuit

- Marián Štofka, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia

Single-supply circuit measures 48V high-side current

- Wenshuai Liao, Analog Devices, Beijing, China; Stephen Lee, Analog Devices, Wilmington, Massachusetts; and Yanhui Zhao, Beihang University, Beijing, China

Optoisolators compute watts and volt-amperes

- W Stephen Woodward, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

AC-continuity tester finds single-ended faults in cables

- Kevin Bilke, Maxim Integrated Products, Fleet, Hants, UK

RF modules simplify wireless sensor networks

- BY DAVID MARSH • CONTRIBUTING TECHNICAL EDITOR
ADDING WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY TO INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS IS RAPIDLY BECOMING ESSENTIAL IN AREAS SUCH AS BUILDING AUTOMATION. AN EVER-GROWING RANGE OF OPTIONS MAKES IT EASIER TO APPROACH WHAT CAN BE A DAUNTING TASK.

Flyback transformer enables high power-factor and converter efficiency

- BY CECIL DEISCH • TELLABS OPERATIONS
EVER-TIGHTENING REGULATIONS REQUIRE A POWER FACTOR OF AT LEAST 0.9 AND HIGH EFFICIENCY FOR OFFLINE POWER SUPPLIES. THIS NEW SWITCHING-CONVERTER TOPOLOGY USES A FLYBACK TRANSFORMER AND ACCOMPLISHES BOTH THESE GOALS IN ONE STAGE.

USB host development

Automotive-grade FPGAs

NXP adopts Cortex-M3 for low-power MCUs

WLAN/Bluetooth frontend module

Li-ion-battery-fuel-gauge IC

Motor control over networks

Up-to-2-Gbyte Flash drive