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RF: Will it ever be plug-in IP?

- BY RON WILSON • EXECUTIVE EDITOR
AS SoCs FOR MOBILE DEVICES INTEGRATE RADIO CIRCUITS, THEY WILL NEED TO REUSE RF IP. BUT WILL THEY BE ABLE TO?

10 Gbps links span 30m in copper

- By Graham Prophet

PIC architecture supports USB across 8-, 16-, and 32-bit devices

- By Robert Cravotta

Audio codec extends battery life in media portables

- By Graham Prophet

Chip provides both signal isolation and 500 mW of regulated, isolated power

- By Margery Conner

FPGA start-up challenges in low-power sector

- By Graham Prophet

IMEC, Renesas research reconfigurable RF transceivers

- By Ann Steffora Mutschler

16-bit, 105M-sample/sec serial-output ADC has two-wire data stream

- By Paul Rako

“Connectivity hub” chip bundles 4 wireless functions

- By Graham Prophet

LeCroy challenges on processing power with 6-GHz scope range

- By Graham Prophet

EDN.COMMENT: Racing uncertainty

- BY GRAHAM PROPHET, EDITOR

Test & Measurement World: Oscilloscopes support the video craze

By Martin Rowe, Senior Technical Editor, Test & Measurement World

TALES FROM THE CUBES: One giant leap for “enhanced” hybrid

- BY STEPHEN TOMPOROWSKI • KAMAN MEASURING SYSTEMS

Capacitive touch switch uses CPLD

- Rafael Camarota, Altera, San Jose, California

Programmable current source requires no power supply

- By John Guy, National Semiconductor, Santa Clara, California

RS-232-to-TTL converter tests UARTs with a PC

- Matthieu Bienvenüe, Malissard, France

Hot-swap circuit allows two computers to monitor an RS-232 channel

- Jeff Patterson, All Weather, Sacramento, California

Improved laser-diode-clamp circuit protects against overvoltages

- James Zannis, Baulne-en-Brie, France

Microcontroller controls analog phase shifter

- Nick Ierfino, IGS Technologies, Montreal, Québec, Canada

Silicon simplifies embedded-system security

- BY DAVID MARSH • CONTRIBUTING TECHNICAL EDITOR
AS THE INCREASE IN CLONING AND INTELLECTUAL-PROPERTY THEFT DEMONSTRATES, SECURING EMBEDDED SYSTEMS FROM HACKERS IS RAPIDLY BECOMING A NECESSITY FOR MANY ORGANISATIONS. DEDICATED HARDWARE GREATLY SIMPLIFIES THIS DIFFICULT TASK.

40A-power-output module

Synchronous rectifier controller

Automotive battery transducers

Sensor signal processors

Microcontrollers for dashboard displays

Real-time spectrum analyser for field use

Keithley adds WiMAX testing