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Ethernet AV to unify home networks?
Some are clearly betting on Ethernet to become the answer for home networks by late 2009...
- • Intel, Adobe extend Flash to TVs
- • Toshiba enters solar energy biz
- • Analysis: New CEO not an answer to NXP's problems
- • Samsung gives hope to DRAM market
Freescale, Nvidia chips target netbooks
The ultrasmall notebooks are one bright light in an otherwise depressed PC market outlook.
Go beyond LTE requirements, goals
LTE presents a number of lofty goals, creating challenges for technology and service providers, and equipment manufacturers.
Devt tools for efficient multi-core threading
Read about the debate on threading—the process of dividing a program into multiple tasks that run in parallel.
- • MCU design in FPGAs
- • Improve SI in high density FPGA-
based designs - • RapidIO protocol: A technical overview
Understand flexible media Ethernet PHYs
Know how second-gen dual media Ethernet PHYs achieve flexibility while keeping BOM costs down.
- • Understanding DDR-XAUI's feasibility
- • History and future of Ethernet, multimedia apps
- • Transition IPv6 in embedded systems
Bandwidth relief in PCI Express systems
Read about the challenges when using PCIe switches in fan-out applications and know how to address them.
- • Take advantage of GPIB capabilities
- • HDMI design guide for high-speed PCB design
- • Enhance medical imaging with connectors
Test wireless devices for HSUPA compatibility
Read about several high-speed uplink packet access (HSUPA) tests aimed at gauging performance.
Understand screen printing, component placement
Learn how boards are printed with solder and how components are securely loaded to PCBs using a placement machine.
- • Preparing boards for assembly
- • When Pb-free meets FR4
- • Standard sets Pb, Pb-free moisture sensitivity criteria
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Which fab tech will rule the sub100-nm era?
DT_08: My forecast is that nano-lithography will make it big in the next few years.
What do you think?
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DSPs integrate automotive bus standardsToday's cars depend on CAN and MOST to control their advanced interior functions, power transmissions and infotainment features. By Aseem Vasudev, Analog Devices
Ultra slim TV segment set for huge growth
DisplaySearch forecasts that worldwide penetration of ultra slim TVs will reach 10 per cent in 2012.
Enhance interleaved DC/DC converter
Know how to apply digital power management to interleaved DC/DC converters to achieve real-time optimisation.
- • Enhance AC induction motors with slip control, soft start
- • Current-sharing issues in multi-phase regulators
- • Protect audio amps from over-current
Address image capture, processing challenges in portables
Know the design and manufacturing issues in camera modules for portables, and the solutions to them.
- • Content analysis in security, surveillance apps
- • Design LED drivers for portable devices
- • Single-chip ICs boost adaptive front lighting system
Transmit signal serially at 10Gbps
Read about the scenarios that challenge the development of systems that enable 10Gbps signal transmission.
- • Signal compression eases migration to 4G
- • Improve CMRR in CAT-5 video links
- • Choose the right signal generator
Analogue verification opportunities
Read about the techniques for easing analogue/RF systems and circuit design, as well as verification.
- • Overcome 45nm P&R challenges
- • Understand programmable electrical rule checking
- • Signoff for manufacturability
Understand different connectivity options
Here's a comparison of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, IrDa and USB connection methods for mobile handset design.
- • RF ref modules bridge design, integration gap
- • ASN-GW's role in WiMAX access networks
- • Implement solid security on Bluetooth devices
Improve embedded systems performance with DRAM
Read about DDR3 features that improve system stability by eliminating unknown start-up states.
- • The need for secure storage in car systems
- • Fully-buffered DRAMs suit memory-constrained portables
- • Know when to use dynamic allocation
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Design a WiMAX IF sampling receiver
Read about an intermediate frequency sampling receiver for use in the wireless communication services band.
Irritating discon-
nection behaviour
Didn't it occur to design engineers that drivers might have to pass through connection-killing tunnels?
By Jeff Bier
Though SMP is a useful way to solve many compute-intensive problems, it's hardly the only solution.
By Jack Ganssle
We'll always have analogue
As business cycle turns down, vendors with analogue portfolios are in a better position than all-digital suppliers.
By Bill Schweber
Altera: Slowdown presents oppor-
tunity
Altera Corp.'s John Daane points out growth opportunities despite market slowdowns, and talks about the company's strategy in Asia.
The misuse of mutexes and semaphores can lead to errors in embedded systems.
Some trends in India appear contrary to what a global economic slowdown would suggest.
By Vivek Nanda
Retro trans-
mission: Hoffman RT-159A radio
The RT-159A is a crude tool by today's standards, but in the past it provided a simple but critical function.
