News and technical information for designers and developers who select microprocessors, microcontrollers, DSPs, and DSCs (digital signal controllers) for embedded designs, as well as developers that specify, generate, test, and maintain software for such systems.
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Circuit protection basics - Part 2: Case study - understanding and using predictive analysis
David McGirt, V.P. of Engineering, Innovolt, February 7, 2012This 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 -
LSI expands licensing deal with ARM
Peter Clarke, EE Times, January 23, 2012Under the agreement LSI is gaining access to the family of ARM processor cores, including the Cortex-A15 with virtualization support and future ARM processors. More -
Theory and practice
Kevin C Craig, PhD, January 19, 2012We all know about the gap; let’s do something about it. More -
CES is over; it's time to start designing
Patrick Mannion, Director of Content, January 19, 2012DesignCon focuses on both inspiration and deep-dive exploration of the technologies and techniques designers can apply toward forging the next generation of electronic devices and systems. More -
Vizio VTAB1008 tablet: symbiosis of man and machine
Patrick Mannion, Director of Content, January 19, 2012There’s just something about the 8-in. Vizio VTAB1008 Android tablet: You take it out of the box, turn it on, start using it, and immediately get attached to it. More -
Teardown: The power inverter - from sunlight to power grid
Steve Taranovich, Contributing Editor, January 13, 2012This 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 -
DesignCon memory preview
Janine Love, Editor, EE Times' Memory Designline, January 9, 2012Here are some memory-related DesignCon presentation and forum highlights. More -
Future of computers - Part 2: The Power Wall
Russell Fish III, January 5, 2012Continuing his take on the future of computers, and multicore processing in particular, processor expert Russell Fish turns his attention to the "Power Wall" - the increasing heat and power issues associated with increased performance. More -
AMD adds 13 chips to mixed-core CPU line
By Rick Merritt, EE Times, December 20, 2011Advanced Micro Devices refreshed its line of processors that mix CPU and graphics cores with five desktop and eight notebook parts. More -
Our editors' favorite gadgets
Staff, December 15, 2011Our editors reflect on some of the gadgets and gizmos that they personally find most useful, most fun, or most intriguing. More
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EDN's technical editors highlight notable new products including analog and digital ICs, power components, sensors, passives, boards and systems, software, and more.
Murata Electronics LFB182G45BG2D280 filter: Filter targets 2.4-GHz wireless apps
TDK B32*6T film capacitors: MKP and MKT film capacitors have low insertion height
Triad Magnetics CMT-8100 common-mode inductors: Inductors eliminate noise in power-supply lines
Power Integrations DER-297 reference design: LED-driver reference design adds efficiency
Mitsubishi WVGA AA070MC01 and WXGA AA106TA01 LCD modules: Modules have 170° horizontal and vertical viewing angle
Sharp LS series of ultra-low-power memory LCDs: Series draws less power than conventional TFT LCDs
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Rick Nelson, editorial director of Test & Measurement World, comments on test, globalization, measurement, machine vision, economics, nanotechnology, the engineering profession, and more.
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