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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, 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
  • LSI expands licensing deal with ARM

    Peter Clarke, EE Times, January 23, 2012
    Under 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, 2012
    We 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, 2012
    DesignCon 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, 2012
    There’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, 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
  • DesignCon memory preview

    Janine Love, Editor, EE Times' Memory Designline, January 9, 2012
    Here are some memory-related DesignCon presentation and forum highlights.  More
  • Future of computers - Part 2: The Power Wall

    Russell Fish III, January 5, 2012
    Continuing 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, 2011
    Advanced 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, 2011
    Our 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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