• Circuit protection basics - Part 2: Case study - understanding and using predictive analysis

  David McGirt, V.P. of Engineering, Innovolt, February 7, 2012
  This article discusses a circuit protection technology that guards against damage from 99.5% of power disturbances including an infinite variation of voltage sags, brown outs, over voltages, power outages and damaging current inrushes.  More

• Sorting out 4G: Are we there yet?

  Janine Love, Contributing Editor, January 30, 2012
  Thanks to clever marketing campaigns and branding, the general public believes that 4G has arrived. The performance of 4G/LTE mobile handsets has improved, and designers are pushing the outer limits of performance in all parts of the handset. In many cases, the limitation is available spectrum, so designers must develop creative approaches until governments act.  More

• Wireless temperature monitor has data-logging capabilities

  Tom Au-Yeung and Wilson Tang, Maxim Integrated Products, Sunnyvale, CA; Edited by Paul Rako and Fran Granville, January 19, 2012
  You can make a wireless temps system with two ICs.  More

• Make an asynchronous clock for VPX-based PCIe systems

  Vadim Vaynerman, Bottom Line Technologies Inc, Westminster, MD; Edited by Paul Rako and Fran Granville, January 19, 2012
  Careful crystal selection and an FPGA are key to success.  More

• Teardown: The power inverter - from sunlight to power grid

  Steve Taranovich, Contributing Editor, January 13, 2012
  This teardown of a solar inverter card traces the path of harvested DC power from the photovoltaic panel, through boost conversion, power inverter and massive filtering of the created AC power signal required by the power grid. Surrounded by monitoring and microcontroller magic along with safety standard adherence, we uncover the mysteries of solar energy harvesting electronics.  More

• The prototype comes of age

  Brian Bailey, Contributing Technical Editor, January 5, 2012
  A radical change is about to happen in the typical development of an electronic system. The hardware-development flow will no longer be the center around which everything else revolves.  More

• Linear Technology acquires Dust Networks

  Nicolas Mokhoff, EE Times, December 21, 2011
  Dust Networks' low-power radio and software technology complements Linear's strengths in industrial instrumentation, power management and energy harvesting technology.  More

• Our editors' favorite gadgets

  Staff, December 15, 2011
  Our editors reflect on some of the gadgets and gizmos that they personally find most useful, most fun, or most intriguing.  More

• Hot technologies: Looking ahead to 2012

  Staff, December 12, 2011
  Our editors reflect on some of the hot trends and technologies in 2011—and look ahead to 2012.  More

• MCUs: High-end devices flourish

  Colin Holland, Editor, EE Times' MCU Designline, December 12, 2011
  It is the balance between the traditional technologies and the newer kid on the block - ARM - that is providing an area of interest.  More

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