- Web servers in
embedded systems enhance user interaction
If an embedded system can
mimic a Web page, the system can leverage
all the capability of the Internet. The
key is using the right Web-server
software.
—Richard A
Quinnell, Technical Editor
- Logic analyzers:
stamping out bugs at the cutting edge
Once just a hardware
engineer’s tool, logic analyzers now
aid a more diverse group of users. The
instruments also cope with formidable
technical challenges to their own
design—the result of growing speed
and hardware complexity in the circuits
under test.
—Dan Strassberg,
Senior Technical Editor
- FRAM: ready to ditch
niche?
FRAM is the latest memory
technology to emerge from the R&D
labs, and both its specifications and
future predictions look great—on
paper. After years as an
“almost-here” technology, is
FRAM finally ready for cost-effective,
high-volume production?
—Brian Dipert,
Technical Editor
- Mobile phones put
the squeeze on battery power
 Powering mobile
phones from fewer cells focuses attention
on every aspect of battery discharge.
Today’s designs call for a
concoction of low-dropout regulators,
inductive switching regulators, and
charge pumps.
—Brian Kerridge,
Editor
- Solve
transient-protection problems with
devices and topology
CMOS-transceiver ICs are
exposed to harsh transient conditions
that lightning strikes, ESD, and
transmission power-line faults cause. The
right combination of devices and
topologies can provide the secondary
protection you need in T1 line cards.
—William Russell,
Semtech Corp
- Understanding,
enhancing, and measuring PC-audio quality
PC designers need a good
analog primer, including performance
characteristics and test procedures, to
design a quality PC-audio system.
—Steven Harris,
Crystal Semiconductor Corp
- The product of all
fears: binary multiplication
You can perform
multiplication in simple mPs using
low-level instructions.
—Clive
“Max” Maxfield, Intergraph
Computer Systems
- VHDL and Verilog
fundamentals—expressions, operands,
and operators
The data objects in VHDL and
Verilog form expression operands. Knowing
the operand differences between the two
HDLs helps you write more efficient
chip-design code.
—Douglas J Smith,
VeriBest Inc
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