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Sensor-rich designs

- BY ROBERT CRAVOTTA• TECHNICAL EDITOR
DESIGNERS ARE ADDING SENSORS AND INTELLIGENT PROCESSING TO FILL THE HOLES IN THEIR END SYSTEM CAPABILITIES, AND IT IS YIELDING DESIGNS THAT ARE LESS COSTLY TO PRODUCE AND OPERATE.

60V output buck, boost, or buck-boost LED controller

- By Paul Rako

Microcontroller interfaces ARM7 core with FPGA

- By Robert Cravotta

picoChip optimises processor array chips for femtocells

- By Graham Prophet

ADI steps up SAR, ∑-Δ ADC specifications

- By Graham Prophet

Touch-panel controller for media device interfaces

- By Graham Prophet

Light sensor integrates photodiode, transimpedance amp, and linear-voltage-output stage

- By Paul Rako

MICROCONTROLLER FAMILY EXTENDS PERFORMANCE OF ULTRALOW-POWER DEVICES

- By Robert Cravotta

Primary-side control boosts efficiency of ac/dc-switching ICs

- By Margery Conner

CMOS-clock chip replaces crystal, PLL circuit

- By Margery Conner

8-BIT I²C-BUS EXPANDER HAS LOW STANDBY CURRENT

- By Paul Rako

Supercapacitor powers LED flash

- y Paul Rako

ULTRALOW-POWER REAL-TIME CLOCK EXTENDS BATTERY LIFE

- By Robert Cravotta

EDN.COMMENT: A different approach

- BY GRAHAM PROPHET, EDITOR

Test & Measurement World: STC to help test keep pace with design

- By Rick Nelson, Editor in Chief, Test & Measurement World

Test & Measurement World: Machine vision: Do you want data or results?

- By John Titus, Contributing Technical Editor, Test & Measurement World

PRYING EYES: Way, way off the grid: powering the Phoenix Mars lander

- MARGERY CONNER • TECHNICAL EDITOR

Control system uses LabView and a PC’s parallel port

Carlos Alberto Aguilar Sández, Centro de Estudios Superiores del Estado de Sonora, Unidad sede San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico

Low-cost circuit incorporates mixing and amplifying functions

- Guus Colman, Guy Torfs, Johan Bauwelinck, and Jan Vandewege, INTEC/IMEC, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Touch-activated timer switch extends battery life

- Israel Schleicher, Prescott Valley, Arizona

SHRINKING STANDARDS SQUEEZE EMBEDDED DESIGNS

- BY WARREN WEBB • TECHNICAL EDITOR
AS NEW EMBEDDED DESIGNS MIX HIGHLY INTEGRATED SILICON, PORTABLE PLATFORMS, AND SOARING DATA RATES, THE INDUSTRY IS ADOPTING SMALLER FORM FACTORS THAT EMPHASIZE COOLING, RELIABILITY, AND PERFORMANCE.

Selecting video op amps

- BY BARRY HARVEY • INTERSIL SEMICONDUCTOR
VIDEO AMPLIFIERS HAVE UNIQUE AND DEMANDING SPECIFICATIONS. UNDERSTANDING THEM WILL HELP YOU SELECT AN AMPLIFIER THAT CAN DO THE JOB.

Measurement-based simulation simplifies analysis of lossy backplanes and cables

- BY DR ERIC SWEETMAN • VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR
A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH USES DSO-BASED TDR AND TDT MEASUREMENTS TO CONSTRUCT MODELS WHOSE SIMULATED RESPONSE DISPLAYS AN UNCANNY RESEMBLANCE TO THE RESPONSE OF THE REAL HARDWARE.

Audio processor for soundbar speakers

LIN 2.0 compliant transceiver

SERDES with I²C control

CMOS imaging sensor

Power Architecture MCUs

Agilent grows USB based modular instruments range

- by Dan Strassberg

3-GHz PXI digital signal generator